On September 18th, 2009, the Megan Fox-Amanda Seyfried horror comedy “Jennifer’s Body,” directed by Karyn Kusama (“Girlfight,” “Destroyer”) and written by Diablo Cody (“Juno,” “Young Adult”), was unleashed upon an unsuspecting audience. Critics and audiences alike ...
-
-
Listcore: 10 Reasons Why “Jennifer’s Body” Was Ahead of Its Time
-
7 Shots, Scenes and Moments from “Roma” That Reveal Its Cinematic Genius
Tonight at the Oscars, the record-breaking “Roma” shone bright, winning three Oscars for writer, director, and DP Alfonso Cuaron. Cuaron won for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Cinematography. Its lead actress, Yalitza Aparicio, ...
-
8 Things I Learned from Watching “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” in 2018
31 years ago, John Hughes released a movie that, in 2018, seems quaint, dated, and newly necessary all at once. Think of how many movies you know — particularly family movies from the 1980s-2000s — ...
-
“King Kong vs. Godzilla” ’63: A Critical Exchangecore
Are you pumped for “Kong vs. Godzilla” in 2020, dear reader? Featuring two slick, lifeless digital beasties destroying major cities but leaving each other virtually unscathed, just in case there’s enough interest to justify a ...
-
The DCEU Finally Captures Some “Wonder”
Over the past two weeks, your trusty Filmcore panel of (in alphabetical order) Armani Barron, Alex Kirschenbaum, and Emily NS saw Patty Jenkins’s “Wonder Woman,” the best movie in the DC Extended Universe that began ...
-
Quack Attack Is Back, Jack: Bonus “Duck”
Bonus Jonas! Presenting a few choice quotes from “Howard The Duck,” as curated by Alex Kirschenbaum and ENS (click here for our ferocious shredding of George Lucas’s anti-classic): “No one laughs at a master of quack-fu.” ...
-
30 Years Later, “Howard The Duck” Still Sucks
This month marks the 30th birthday of “Howard the Duck,” that infamous anti-masterpiece vomited out into the world by George Lucas on August 1st, 1986. This monstrosity of a film documents the inspirational story of ...
-
Apatow, Jacobs and Co. Preach Self-“Love” In Affecting New Series
TV Core-ner Review, “Love” – First Season (10 Episodes) Overall Rating: *** 1/2 stars (out of ****) Released February 19, 2016 Created by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Paul Rust Written by Apatow, Arfin, Rust, Brent ...
-
Q.T., You Are Doing Too Much: “Hateful Eight” Not-Quite-Great
Review, “The Hateful Eight” Overall Rating: ** 1/2 stars (out of ****) Released December 25, 2015 Written & Directed by Quentin Tarantino Cinematography by Daniel Mindel Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, ...
-
6 Reasons Why “A Christmas Horror Story” Is Your New Go-To Xmas Family Flick!
So it turns out that the creepy Canadian Christmas anthology, “A Christmas Horror Story,” released earlier this year, is a secret holiday gem. I’ll elaborate. 1. It’s about families growing together. Christmastime is all about family. ...