Nobody Review - 100% Pure American Muscle
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Nobody stars Bob Odenkirk as Hutch: an unassuming everyman who lives an unsatisfying life mind-numbingly dedicated…
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Chaos Walking Review – The Sick Straggling Entry in a Genre That’s Long Dead
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Usually I start my reviews by stating who directed it and detailing the plot synopsis while including the main acto…
Sparkles Review - An Adorable Film Full of Insight and Camaraderie
It’s easy to be cynical toward inclusivity considering how often attempts to be inclusive can end up being straight up insulting. Yes, media is much better for having a wider array of representation e…
Crisis Review - The Drugs, and the Film, Don't Work
In Crisis, director Nicholas Jarecki’s bleak crime-drama, the war on drugs is a losing battle. Based on true events, Crisis follows the lives of three characters, each of whom having been negatively…
Adieu Les Cons (Bye Bye Morons) Review - A High-Energy Comedy Mystery Quest with Dark Undertones
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. There are clear throughlines weaving their way through the work of Albert Dupontel, from his very first feature (Be…
Laura's Choice Review - One of the Towering Achievements of Australian Documentary Filmmaking
Laura's Choice screens on ABC Australia, Wednesday March 17th 2021 at 8:45pm, and also on iView. In August 2006, I travelled with my Grandfather to his home country of Scotland. Together, we drov…
The Little Things Review - More Than Seven Things Wrong With This Routine Thriller
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Written and directed by John Lee Hancock (director of The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder), The Little Th…
Blackbird Review - A Sensitive Drama with an Emotional Journey and a Few Too Many Characters
Roger Michell’s Blackbird takes place at a beach house, telling the story of a family getting together as one of its eldest prepares to ‘check out’. That is a particularly casual way to discuss a film…
Shadow in the Cloud Review - Two Competing Ideas Fail to Blend Cohesively
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Shadow in the Cloud stars Chloe Grace-Moretz as Flight Officer Maude Garrett who boards a B-17 bomber in 1943. She…
Run Review - Representation in an Impressive Thriller
Aneesh Chaganty made a solid footprint in Hollywood in 2018 with his tense, computer screen-based thriller Searching, starring John Cho as a father looking for his missing daughter. It used the kind o…
Wrong Turn Review - Baffling and Ridiculous Viewing
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Exhausting and absurd, this Wrong Turn reboot gets it wrong with every turn it takes. For a seventh film in a fran…
Penguin Bloom Review - A Well-Meaning Mess
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. 2021 is already proving to be a landmark year for Australian film, with Robert Connolly’s The Dry and Glendyn Ivin’…