Army of the Dead Review - Just Another Zack Snyder Film, For Better and Worse

Christopher John May 25, 2021 6 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Two Zack Snyder movies in one year? Can the internet handle cinema at that magnitude? I speak ironically of course…

1939 Best Picture Nominee: Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch) – Awards Don’t Matter

Andrew F Peirce May 22, 2021 1 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The deserving Best Picture winner of 1939, Ernst Lubitsch's masterful Ninotchka, gets a deep dive discussion in…

Spiral: From the Book of Saw Review - Chris Rock, You’ve Made a Gore Fan Out of Me

Hagan Osborne May 22, 2021 3 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Just when you thought game-time was over, the Saw-adjacent spinoff, Spiral, possesses all the hallmarks of its ilk,…

The Woman in the Window Review - A Thriller That Forgets to be Thrilling

Christopher John May 21, 2021 5 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. When a film’s test screenings are described as “poor” to the point that said movie is delayed 7 months to accommoda…

Spiral: From the Book of Saw Review - Same Thing, Different Day

Christopher John May 20, 2021 4 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. In 2011, Saw was practically dead as a franchise. It had started small and respectable, James Wan and Leigh Whannel…

Those Who Wish Me Dead Review - A Respectable But Unmemorable Neo-Western

Christopher John May 18, 2021 5 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Directed and co-written by Taylor Sheridan (director of Wind River and writer of Sicario and Hell or High Water), T…

The Last Breath of 2020 - A Round-Up Review

Christopher John May 17, 2021 14 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. We’re back here again. Another catch-up post by this writer who watches so many films in a given period that even t…

Minari Review - A Wonderful Film

Christopher John May 16, 2021 3 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, Minari stars Steven Yeun and Han Ye-ri as Jacob and Monica, parents to two…

Mortal Kombat Review - Ticking Boxes and Nothing More

Christopher John May 16, 2021 7 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. It is entirely possible to attend a screening that is preceded by a Q&A with the film’s director and one of the…

Small Axe Review - One of the Best Pieces of Filmmaking from 2020

Christopher John May 14, 2021 11 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Small Axe is the latest creative work from filmmaker Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director of Hunger, Shame, 12…

Straya Author Anthony O'Connor Talks World Building in a Future Australia, Being Genre Agnostic, and Post Apocalyptic Chaos in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce May 10, 2021 1 min read

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Aussie author, screenwriter, and critic, Anthony O'Connor, has landed on the bookshelves of the nation with his debut novel, STRAYA, a post-apocalyptic look at the Australia of the future. I won&#…

June Again Actor Stephen Curry Interview - On Acting with Noni Hazelhurst, Ageing, and Australian Film

Andrew F Peirce May 10, 2021 1 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Writer/Director JJ Winlove helms June Again, a powerful drama/comedy about a mother living with dementia, June (Non…