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Brent Leuthold

Brent Leuthold

Whatzup Features Writer

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‘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 […]

‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: Sorkin’s shallow screenplay sinks saga

With its 1960s-set true story that has ties to current events and an Academy Award-winner screenwriter at the helm, it’s the kind of movie that’s seemingly designed in a Hollywood […]

‘Dick Johnson Is Dead‘ Review: Warm-hearted documentary about death

Typically, people die only once. But the titular character in the stellar new Netflix documentary Dick Johnson Is Dead dies quite a few times.  The octogenarian psychiatrist is the father […]

‘The Devil All the Time‘ Review: Superb performances mark grim crime epic

Based on the debut novel of Donald Ray Pollock, the new Netflix film The Devil All the Time is the kind of grim crime epic that Hollywood is too timid […]