Brent Leuthold
Whatzup Features Writer
Articles
‘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 […]
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 […]
‘Marcel’ a funny, endearing adaptation
Based on a series of charming mockumentary YouTube shorts from the 2010s, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a super-sized film adaptation about a tiny creature with appropriately diminutive […]
Thriller lacks properly developed characters
Three films into his career, writer/director Jordan Peele has established himself as a rare breed in Hollywood: a creative force with a distinctive voice, who not only has big ideas, […]
Too many missed notes in novel adaptation
Based on the massively popular novel by the same name, the new period drama Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya Clark (Daisy Edgar-Jones), an underprivileged, but resourceful […]
New ‘Thor’ sequel aims to please array of fans
When it comes to the conception of Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the jump in quality from where he started to where he is now could be described as […]
Ethan Hawke leads ’70s crime thriller
The time and place is 1978 Denver, where teen siblings Finney (Mason Thames) and Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) endure family life with an abusive father (Jeremy Davies) while fending off bullies […]
Biopic not even close to being fit for a King
It’s been nine years since Baz Luhrmann made a mess of The Great Gatsby and, if nothing else, gave the world a Leonardo DiCaprio GIF so ubiquitous that searches for […]
Pixar makes use of tried, true formula
After two long years of having their premieres relegated to direct-to-Disney+ release, Pixar is finally back in theaters. While their latest effort Lightyear doesn’t match the quality of the outstanding […]