Brent Leuthold
Whatzup Features Writer
Articles
Biker film is a visual spectacle
Based on an evocative photobook of motorcycle club members from the 1960s, The Bikeriders works best as a mood movie if nothing else. Writer-director Jeff Nichols conceived a story around […]
Sequel lives up to its predecessor
Insofar as the pandemic turned everything inside out, fewer studios took a harder hit than Pixar, beginning when the animation studio’s March 2020 theatrical run of Onward was abruptly cut […]
Directorial debut is worth a watch
This summer, one Shyamalan simply isn’t sufficient. While M. Night Shyamalan has the concert-set thriller Trap due out in August, his daughter, Ishana Night Shyamalan, has struck first blood with […]
Slasher film offers fresh perspective
Years ago, Geico had an ad spoofing the stupidity of horror movie protagonists where a group of teens on the run from a killer opt to hide behind a wall […]
‘Mad Max’ characters get room to develop
In 2015, the Mad Max franchise got a fast and furious revitalization with the universally lauded Mad Max: Fury Road, which introduced the fearless Imperator Furiosa, portrayed by Charlize Theron. […]
Horror film blurs line between fantasy, reality
A couple months ago, Justice Smith starred in The American Society of Magical Negroes, a story of a meek young man dealing with identity issues in a world he feels is […]
Action-comedy rises to the occasion
Last summer, Ryan Gosling manifested Kenergy for the blockbuster phenomenon Barbie. This year, he’s doing his part to kick off the summer movie season with the similarly hilarious The Fall […]
Follow the bouncing ball in love triangle
When I first saw that Challengers, the latest from Italian auteur Luca Guadagnino, was being presented in IMAX, I admit to being thrown off balance a bit. After all, this […]
Ballerina keeps bandits on their toes
Abigail is a movie that will play very differently for those who know nothing about it going in versus those who enter the theater having seen a trailer or ad […]