Brent Leuthold
Whatzup Features Writer
Articles
Maximum effort given for superhero laughs
It’s been six years since the previous Deadpool movie, but quite a bit has happened in that time gap, perhaps most consequentially for the franchise being the acquisition of 21st […]
Get swept away in blockbuster sequel
Released in the summer of 1996, the hokey blockbuster Twister is best remembered for its larger-than-life marketing and its (at the time) cutting-edge visual effects, but not much else beyond […]
Horror film has right amount of creepy
After a monthslong viral marketing campaign that put forth cryptic teaser clips and coded messages inspired by Zodiac Killer-esque symbology, the unholy and unforgettable horror-thriller Longlegs has crawled into theaters […]
Moon landing plays second fiddle
Lifting off in time for the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, the crowd-pleaser Fly Me to the Moon deliberately fudges the facts of the Space Race to spin […]
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. […]