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Brent Leuthold

Brent Leuthold

Whatzup Features Writer

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"Smile" is a horror movie that has just the right amount of frights.

Mental health at center of horror film

Capping off an uncommonly strong month for cinematic horror, the frightfest Smile stars Sosie Bacon as Dr. Rose Cotter, a psychologist who’s been putting too many hours into her job […]
Florence Pugh stars in the mundane thriller "Don't Worry Darling."

Thriller chooses style over substance

Hot off its Venice International Film Festival premiere this month, Olivia Wilde’s sophomore directorial effort Don’t Worry Darling lands in theaters with a whole mess of PR in tow.  Reports […]
'Pearl' is a prequel to Ti West's 'X.'

Killer gets backstory in horror prequel

When writer/director Ti West debuted his slasher film X at South By Southwest in March, he announced he secretly shot a prequel back-to-back with it that would fill in the […]
Aubrey Plaza shines in her dramatic role in "Emily the Criminal."

Plaza steals the show in dramatic role

Playing at Cinema Center this weekend, Emily the Criminal is both a stunning debut for writer/director John Patton Ford and another outstanding showing for Aubrey Plaza in a more serious […]
"Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul." has great performances from Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown.

Performances can’t save uneven script

Last September, The Eyes of Tammy Faye took the straight-laced biopic approach to telling the story of a pastor’s wife standing alongside her husband amidst a turbulent time of scandal […]
John Boyega star in "Breaking."

True-life tale shows veteran’s struggle

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this year with the name 892, the now-retitled thriller Breaking introduces us to beleaguered Lance Cpl. Brian Brown-Easley (John Boyega) as he’s being escorted […]
Orphan: First Kill registers as a mild success.

Adopt low expectations to enjoy ‘First Kill’

On a list of films unlikely to generate a prequel for release in 2022, the 2009 horror film Orphan would have to rank somewhere close to the top of the […]
"Bodies Bodies Bodies" misses the mark.

‘Bodies’ struggles to find an identity

Bodies Bodies Bodies is a movie that tries so hard to be several different things that it doesn’t amount to much of anything in the end. It wants to be […]
"Official Competition" is a fun look inside the film industry.

Comedy removes veil from film industry

After the would-be comedy The Bubble burst on Netflix this spring, we now have another comedy that skewers the film industry, but goes about it in a much smarter and […]