The performances in The Fall Guy are great, but the real star of the show are the stunts.
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Told exclusively through iPhone footage, laptop cameras, and text exchanges, Patricia Franquesa’s My Sextortion Diary plays out more like a thriller more akin to films like Missing, Searching, and UnFriended than the traditional talking head documentary.
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The first feature-length film from Rocket Jump (Freddie Wong and Matthew Arnold), We’re All Gonna Die has some rough edges but is at its greatest when it finds the balance between emotional and comedic.
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Sing Sing is a magician’s best trick from a filmmaker still early in his career.
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Civil War proves that Alex Garland still has some gas in the tank, exploring the morality of the media’s relationship with war while still holding the press in deep reverence.
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You can feel the passion oozing off of Monkey Man. Patel went away to iron out every detail, to the point where it feels like you can see the movie playing in his head. The stylish action sequences are bolstered by a killer score from Jed Kurzel that thumps along to each and every hit.
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Madame Web is at its best when it begs the question: what would happen if our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man was instead a blood-thirsty serial killer?
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Why is it when a jukebox musical for kids comes around ,everyone acts like they’re too good to watch it or they act like it’s beneath them? Trolls: Band Together is a movie I wish I had as a kid. A movie that makes you want to dance, move your body, and forget the troubles of the playground and be reminded that it’ll be okay.
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American Fiction is a challenging film, but it’s supposed to be: it’s a film that normalizes the Black experience on film and points its finger at your expectation of Black media.
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Six years after his last film, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers is his most human film since 2004’s Sideways.
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Aaron Culp’s Titty Boy (2023) takes an outrageous idea and plays it out with wit and heart.
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Hyperreal Film Club writer Blake Williams sat down with producer Jaime Arnaiz, and actors, Mario Mayo and Fernando Gil from the film, I’ll Crush Y’all for an exclusive interview at Fantastic Fest 2023 to talk about the action film scene in Spain, how to get the action star physique, and getting mistaken for Jason Statham.
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The Toxic Avenger is weird and loud, and in a lot of ways, a middle finger to the big budget superhero movies we’ve been inundated with for the past few years. An ode to the Troma films of the past while adapting that style for the modern day, The Toxic Avenger knows exactly how to tweak that formula and make it more accessible without ostracizing those that will flock to this movie off nostalgia alone.
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The Coffee Table offers an interesting look into the story of a family falling apart brought on by tragedy and secrets. The bones are there, and when the movie is on it’s a force to be reckoned with, unfortunately it’s a bit dragged down by a second act that lingers, but gets reigned back in with a thrilling and nail biting third act.
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Wake up and don’t sleep on School Daze.
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Blake Williams sits down producer Alan Hofmanis to talk Wakaliwood, SUPA ACTION, and the miracles that led to Who Killed Captain Alex?
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We were united in the experience of watching Adam Sandler.
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