Brent Leuthold
Whatzup Features Writer
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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 […]
Coming-of-age story is a timeless one
Writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig follows up her dynamite directorial debut The Edge of Seventeen with Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., another coming-of-age tale that beautifully conveys the painful […]
Director not afraid to be self-indulgent
With only three features under his belt, writer/director Ari Aster has made quite a name for himself with back-to-back nervy horror hits Hereditary and Midsommar. He returns after a four-year […]