Brent Leuthold
Whatzup Features Writer
Articles
Indiana Jones turns back the clock
When George Lucas developed the Indiana Jones character, his quests were meant to mimic the rousing movie serials from his childhood in the 1940s. Now that Raiders of the Lost […]
Anderson adds substance to style
Wes Anderson is the type of director whose work is so firmly situated in the cultural consciousness that even those who have only seen one or two of his films […]
Raunch-com tries to revive genre
The predictable but reliably funny sex comedy No Hard Feelings stars Jennifer Lawrence as Maddie, a thirty-something Uber driver who’s in a bit of a pickle after her car is […]
DC story gets convoluted in a flash
Arriving with not-so-lightning speed toward the end of the DC Extended Universe’s cinematic run, The Flash is a project that’s technically been in the works since the 1980s and is […]
‘Spider-Verse’ is ever-expanding delight
Four and a half years after the landmark Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, a follow-up has finally arrived. It was worth the wait and then some. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse does […]
Live-action remake is pretty lifeless
After a pair of mild artistic successes in Mulan and Cruella, Disney retreats to the tried-and-true live-action remake formula that’s made them billions in the worldwide box office with The […]
Plenty of familiar faces in ‘Fast X’
Cars and characters continue to collide in Fast X, the 10th entry in the ever-expanding and the ever-ludicrous Fast & Furious film franchise. The first part in either a two- […]
‘Hypnotic’ not worth remembering
The pulpy actioner Hypnotic is the kind of movie that entrances one with just how many other movies it very closely resembles, say, Danny Boyle’s Trance, for starters. Its general […]
‘BlackBerry’ does not phone it in
The riveting new docudrama BlackBerry starring Jay Baruchel as Mike Lazaridis, founder of tech startup Research In Motion, opens this weekend, including showings at Cinema Center. We meet Mike and […]