Brent Leuthold
Whatzup Features Writer
Articles
‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch‘ Review: Newest Grinch Almost Too Sweet
Illumination’s new take on Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch is the cinematic equivalent of sitting down next to a roasting fireplace in the dead of winter, armed with a piping cup […]
‘Bohemian Rhapsody‘ Review: Mercury Doesn’t Rise in Biopic
Freddie Mercury and his Queen bandmates get the biopic treatment in Bohemian Rhapsody, an occasionally inspiring but generally middling overview of the arena rock group and its larger-than-life lead singer. […]
‘The Sisters Brothers‘ Review: Actors Wear Western Well
The Sisters Brothers, the first English-language feature from French director Jacques Audiard, stars John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix as Eli and Charlie Sisters, two guns-for-hire caught in the middle […]
‘Halloween‘ Review: Slasher Is Trick and Trite
Michael Myers is back to his murderous ways again with this latest installment in the Halloween franchise that forgoes all of its previous movies with the exception of the 1978 […]
‘First Man‘ Review: Stirring Armstrong Biopic
Academy Award-winning director Damien Chazelle reunites with his La La Land star Ryan Gosling in First Man, an emotionally enthralling and sensorily spectacular account of Neil Armstrong’s life leading up […]
‘Venom‘ Review: Logic Not a Feature of Venom
There is a time in which Venom, the new Sony-backed superhero movie featuring a popular character from the Spider-Man comics, could have likely passed as a decent entry into the […]
‘Night School‘ Review: Hart Comedy at C Level
From the Adam Sandler-centric Billy Madison to the one-two combination of 21 and 22 Jump Street, the idea of grown adults returning to high school is a concept that has […]
‘A Simple Favor‘ Review: Fun, But Preposterous
What would you get if you combined the pulpy thrills of a murder mystery like The Girl on the Train with the comedic strokes of Mean Girls and a dash […]
‘The Predator‘ Review: Another Missed Opportunity
With its primal story of survival and its ultra-macho attitude, John McTiernan’s Predator is still lauded as an action classic to this day and went on to generate two direct […]