Here's my take on BLUE MOON, a movie that looks like a familiar biopic but functions as an inspired subversion of one that hides a breadth of conversation within. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/12/09/b... #bluemoon #RichardLinklater #EthanHawke #MargaretQualley

Here's my take on FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2, which is an unwatchable calamity and an unforgivable waste of resources. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/12/08/f... #fivenightsatfreddys #fnaf2 #review

Here's a little rant on why the word of the year, without a shred of a doubt, is "slop." Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/12/06/s...

Check out my recent review of ETERNITY, a feelgood romcom fantasy that somehow, underneath it all, celebrates ordinary love. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/30/e... #EternityMovie #elizabetholsen #MilesTeller

Check out my recent review of ZOOTOPIA 2, which is just OK despite wanting to recreate the success of THE INCREDIBLES 2. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/12/03/z... #Zootopia2 #Zootropolis2 #disney

Here's my take on PRIMITIVE WAR, which is a B-movie that wandered into theaters and tried to hoodwink everyone it had what it takes to be a cross between OVERLORD and KONG: SKULL ISLAND with dinosaurs in it. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/12/04/p... #PrimitiveWar #primitivewarmovie

Check out my recent piece on THE RUNNING MAN and how the Bachman novel interacts with its two movie adaptations. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/19/t... #therunningman #TheRunningMan2025 #therunningmanmovie #StephenKing #EdgarWright

Here's my take on ZOOTOPIA 2, which is more of the same nine years later. A fun family outing you will forget about almost immediately. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/12/03/z... #Zootopia2 #Zootropolis2 #disney

Check out my recent review of HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, Spike Lee's remix of Kurosawa and a best-of mixtape of his pet obsessions. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/27/h... #SpikeLee #denzelwashington

Check out my recent review of ETERNITY, an accessible rom-com fantasy with a bit of an edge and a cerebral ambition. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/30/e... #EternityMovie #elizabetholsen #MilesTeller

Here's something I wrote in a gentle attempt at defending Spike Lee's remake of OLDBOY. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/12/02/a... #SpikeLee #oldboy #JoshBrolin

Enjoy this little monthly roundup of everything that happened over at the Uncut Gems Podcast in the month of November, which included John Dahl, The Wachowskis, Arthur Penn and, as usual, Mike Nichols. Full text here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/12/01/u...

Here's my take on ETERNITY, a feel-good rom-com that entertains and primes for reflection while refreshing the genre format just a tiny little bit. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/30/e... #eternity #EternityMovie #MilesTeller #elizabetholsen

Here's my little piece about how the words "over" and "out" can put a film fan in a tailspin. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/28/a...

Here's my take on HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, a remix of Kurosawa's masterful HIGH AND LOW and a dense best-of compilation of Spike Lee's longstanding obsessions. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/27/h... #highest2lowest #SpikeLee #denzelwashington #JeffreyWright

Check out my recent take on Richard Linklater's NOUVELLE VAGUE and how he made a New Wave movie about New Wave. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/24/n...

Check out my recent review of KEEPER here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/20/k... #keeper #keepermovie #ozperkins #OsgoodPerkins

Check out my piece on THE RUNNING MAN where I discuss the book, the 1987 movie and the newest adaptation. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/19/t... #TheRunningMan #therunningmanmovie #TheRunningMan2025 #StephenKing #EdgarWright #arnoldschwarzenegger

Here's my take on SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE which is an exercise in premeditated incompetence disguised as style. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/25/s... #SISU #SisuRoadToRevenge #JalmariHelander #JormaTommila #StephenLang

Check out my recent review of PILLION, a performative BDSM rom-com that doesn't have much to say apart from the bleeding obvious. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/23/p... #pillion #pillionmovie #AlexanderSkarsgard #HarryMelling

Check out my take on Richard Linklater's NOUVELLE VAGUE, a great example proving that Linklater remains one of the most interesting directors working today. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/24/n... #RichardLinklater #nouvellevague

Check out this little piece I just wrote about reading, smartphones, and burnout. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/21/i...

Check out my take on THE CHORAL, a piece of risk-averse prestige bait that wants to say a lot but doesn't have the courage to make a meaningful statement. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/16/t... #TheChoral #ralphfiennes

Here's my take on KEEPER, a movie that clearly counts as a "minor" Perkins but still furnishes enough entertainment to win me over. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/20/k... #OsgoodPerkins #keeper #TatianaMaslany #rossifsutherland #horrorreview

Check out my little rant about the demise of serendipity in movie-watching. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/15/o...

Check out my review of NUREMBERG, a piece of prestige filmmaking with very little edge. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/13/n... #nuremberg #NurembergFilm #RussellCrowe #RamiMalek

Here's my most recent piece on THE RUNNING MAN and how its adaptations struggle with the book's edginess. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/19/t... #TheRunningMan #TheRunningMan2025 #therunningmanmovie #EdgarWright #arnoldschwarzenegger #GlenPowell #stephenking

In case you missed it, here's my recent article on Guillermo Del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN and why it is a hollow piece of performative genre storytelling above all else. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/12/f... #frankenstein #Frankenstein2025 #GuillermoDelToro

In case you missed it, here's my little tirade on the disappearance of serendipity in movie-watching. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/15/o...

Check out my review of THE CHORAL, a movie that bites more than it could chew and skims risk-aversedly across several themes. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/16/t... #TheChoral #ralphfiennes #RogerAllam

Check out my take on NUREMBERG, a veritable Wikipedia biopic tuned to educate but not to exhilarate. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/13/n... #NurembergFilm #JamesVanderbilt #RussellCrowe #RamiMalek

Check out my recent piece on PREDATOR: BADLANDS, a movie that literally puts "bad" into "badlands. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/10/p... #PredatorBadlands #predator #DanTrachtenberg

Here's my take on THE CHORAL, a serving of boomer catnip and a superficially transgressive collection of bumper stickers to use as conversation starters while talking to your elderly friends. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/16/t... #TheChoral #ralphfiennes #RogerAllam

Here's a little tirade on how streaming services made it impossible for us to discover movies we don't know we'd like. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/15/o...

Here's my take on NUREMBERG, a piece of prestige awards bait that holds some educational value but will be forgotten within a week because it lacks dramatic bite a movie like this needs. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/13/n... #NurembergFilm #RussellCrowe #RamiMalek #MichaelShannon

Check out my take on GdT's FRANKENSTEIN and all the ways in which this filmmaker wasted a great opportunity to do something of import. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/12/f... #Frankenstein2025 #GuillermoDelToro #frankensteinnetflix

Check out my recent article about the disappointment that is PREDATOR: BADLANDS. Full text here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/10/p... #PredatorBadlands #predator #DanTrachtenberg

Here's my take on Guillermo Del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN, a performatively Gothic fairy tale that squanders an opportunity to say something about anything and instead indulges in aesthetic pursuits alone. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/12/f... #Frankenstein2025 #netflix #GuillermoDelToro

Check out my review of THE LOST BUS, a highly effective and dramatically compelling disaster movie. Currently on AppleTV! Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/09/t... #TheLostBus #PaulGreengrass #MatthewMcConaughey #AmericaFerrera

In case you missed it, here's my diatribe on the ascendancy of colonified subtitles in movies, which seems particularly fitting with PREDATOR: BADLANDS doing gangbusters at the box office. flaszonfilm.com/2025/10/23/c...

Here's my recent review-adjacent rant on PREDATOR: BADLANDS and why it is an abomination and a colossal waste of time and money. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/10/p... #PredatorBadlands #Predator #DanTrachtenberg

Check out my recent review of BUGONIA, an accessible weirdo movie that also happens to be timely as hell! Currently in cinemas! Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/05/b... #Bugonia #EmmaStone #JessePlemons #YorgosLanthimos

Check out my recent piece on Art the Clown and his weird place in the popular culture. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/06/a... #arttheclown #terrifier #damienleone #horrorfan

Check out my recent review of THE LOST BUS directed by Paul Greengrass here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/09/t... #TheLostBus #PaulGreengrass #MatthewMcConaughey #AmericaFerrera

Here's my take on PREDATOR: BADLANDS, a strong contender for calamity of the year and an example of what's wrong with the blockbuster filmmaking. Yikes! Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/10/p... #PredatorBadlands #predator #DanTrachtenberg #ElleFanning #dimitriusschusterkoloamatangi

Check out my recent article on the point of writing (and doing literally anything creative) when AI can do it better anyway. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/07/w... #AI #Superintelligence #writingcommunity #writing

Check out my recent piece on A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and its important place in the slasher space. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/02/t... #anightmareonelmstreet #wescraven

Here's my review of THE LOST BUS, a disaster spectacle that succeeds wholeheartedly on the back of its authenticity and emotional realism. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/09/t... #TheLostBus #PaulGreengrass #MatthewMcConaughey #AmericaFerrera #AppleTVPlus

Check out my recent review of BUGONIA, which is a cool movie with just enough weirdness to keep you on your toes. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/05/b... #Bugonia #emmastone #JessePlemons #YorgosLanthimos

Here are some words on the subject of creative expression in a world where AIs can do a better job at it than you. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/11/07/w... #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Superintelligence #technology