Brent Leuthold
Whatzup Features Writer
Articles
Eisenberg project is a real pleasure
Following up last year’s When You Finish Saving the World, Jesse Eisenberg makes another compelling case for himself as a writer and director with his sophomore effort, A Real Pain. […]
New A24 thriller is a bit half-baked
Between collaborations with Guy Ritchie and last year’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Hugh Grant has seemingly had a ball playing villains recently. The trend continues with the new […]
‘Here’ is novel idea that just does not work
The plot of Here, the dreadful new formal experiment from director Robert Zemeckis, is fixated on a plot itself — a plot of land, to be more specific. The film […]
Witty banter found in search for new pope
Following up his much-lauded remake of All Quiet on the Western Front, director Edward Berger returns with another stirring ensemble piece that will likely garner attention as we enter awards […]
Horror sequel will put smile on face
Narrowly avoiding a straight-to-streaming release two years ago, the surprise hit Smile opened wide to more than $200 million at the box office. Inevitably, the series continues this fall with […]
Film shines light on ‘Dating Game’ killer
Anna Kendrick steps behind the camera for the first time to take on misogyny and murder with Woman of the Hour, a chilling true crime tale debuting on Netflix starting […]
Sequel to megahit is a pretty big joke
What do you get when you cross a loosely adapted comic book movie with a billion dollars at the box office and 11 Oscar nominations? Well, you get Joker: Folie […]
Would you take future self’s advice?
In the spring of 2020, popular YouTube comedian Julie Nolke started a sketch series called Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self, in which a version of herself a few […]
Aging in Hollywood can be terrifying
If the body horror sub-genre has a guiding principle, it’s in the terror of our infinite consciousness being inextricably tethered to malleable mortal flesh. Most films in the category find […]