Brent Leuthold
Whatzup Features Writer
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‘The Green Knight’ Review: Evocative film recasts Camelot as a bold fantasy
Texas-based filmmaker David Lowery has always had Camelot on his mind. In a recent press release, he shared a photo of himself at eight years old donning a tunic and […]
‘Old’ Review: Shyamalan sinks in leaky premise, poor dialogue
Since his ubiquitous breakout film The Sixth Sense in 1999, writer/director M. Night Shyamalan has managed to capture the attention of the movie-going and non-movie-going public alike with tantalizing high-concept […]
‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Review: Cloying, unfunny sequel is a Warner Bros. airball
When the ESPN docuseries The Last Dance aired last year, it unveiled plenty of insights into the Chicago Bulls’ historic NBA run in the 1990s. But perhaps none was more […]
‘Pig’ Review: No canned ham: Cage astounds in porcine project
Since sneaking on screen as Brad’s Bud in Fast Times at Ridgemont High almost 40 years ago, Nicolas Cage has forged an ironclad foothold in our pop culture consciousness with […]
‘Black Widow’ Review: Marvel’s newest forgets who they’re dealing with
In an early scene from The Avengers, still the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s finest entry, Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff is being interrogated by Russians when she gets a phone call from […]
‘Werewolves Within’ Review: Movie based on video game plays up the laughs
When it comes to films based on video games, the track record over the past 25-plus years has been something less than stellar. Of the dozens of live-action adaptations, Rotten […]
‘False Positive’ Review: Pregnancy horror film labors through tired clichés
‘This pregnancy [stuff] is no joke!” one mom-to-be proclaims to another over lunch in False Positive, a fitfully inspired but thoroughly distracted horror film about the terrors of new motherhood. […]
‘Luca’ Review: Take a sweet summer vacation with Pixar movie
When it was announced back in March that Luca, the terrific new offering from Pixar, was going to stream exclusively on Disney+ with no upcharge, reports came out that those […]
‘Undine’ Review: Plenty to dive into with film from German director
For those unfamiliar with German director Christian Petzold, the main thing to know is that he doesn’t mind keeping his stories — and, by extension, his audiences — under an […]