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Brent Leuthold

Brent Leuthold

Whatzup Features Writer

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‘Soul‘ Review: Soulful masterpiece Pixar’s best in a decade

Almost immediately, Pixar’s abundantly ambitious and utterly absorbing new film Soul eschews these modest jumping-off points and tackles biggies like “Why are we the way that we are?” and “What […]

‘Wolfwalkers‘ Review: Gorgeous animated feature enraptures

Much like the Portland-based stop-motion outfit Laika, the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon has been building a strong resume over the past decade, even if their work has underwhelmed when […]

‘Mank‘ Review: Listless biopic rare stumble for Fincher

Almost 80 years later, director David Fincher finds himself in a seemingly similar situation of artistic authority with Netflix. Starting out early as an executive producer on their first hit […]

‘Run‘ Review: Engaging thriller quickens your pulse

By comparison, it’s much more broad in its story beats and campy in its execution, but at the end of the day, it delivers enough slick twists and turns in […]

‘The Nest‘ Review: Law, Coon in outstanding period drama

In his outstanding sophomore outing The Nest, writer-director Sean Durkin inverts this equation, taking a family already reeling from years of mistrust and instability and, instead of serving them up […]

‘A Rainy Day in New York‘ Review: Allen’s newest rom-com only midgrade

Due to be released by Amazon Studios back in 2018, Allen’s latest comedy A Rainy Day in New York was shelved after sexual assault allegations resurfaced against him amid the […]

‘Possessor‘ Review: Sci-fi movie disturbing, mesmerizing

It’s been some time since his latest effort, 2014’s disappointing Maps to the Stars, but luckily, David’s son Brandon has seemingly followed closely in his father’s footsteps. Brandon Cronenberg’s second […]

‘Bad Hair‘ Review: Simien bobs and weaves a cult classic

Instead of moving onto wholly new material, Simien wisely chose to adapt his overstuffed movie into a Netflix series whose three seasons account for some of the best original content […]

‘On the Rocks‘ Review: Murray, Jones perfect pair for endearing film

For one reason or another, Sofia Coppola just seems to get Bill Murray. In her previous directorial efforts Lost in Translation and A Very Murray Christmas, Coppola tapped into both […]