Simon Abrams
Movie Reviews

My Animal movie review & film summary (2023)

Heather and Jonny’s creators sometimes inadvertently bury their characters’ feelings in features-obscuring silhouettes and by-the-numbers teen and family drama. That lack of variation

Read More
Movie Reviews

The Beasts movie review & film summary (2023)

Thankfully, co-writer/director Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s focus on Antoine and Xan’s emotionally charged stalemate keeps “The Beasts” from devolving into yet another quasi-artful and pseudo-moral

Read More
Movie Reviews

Fear the Night movie review & film summary (2023)

With “Fear the Night,” LaBute clearly aims to push viewers’ buttons, especially using the oft-repeated threat of sexual violence. Some dramatic irony mildly

Read More
Movie Reviews

Final Cut movie review & film summary (2023)

Remi’s feelings about making a zombie movie are quickly sublimated into the process of making a zombie movie. He paces up and down

Read More
Movie Reviews

Biosphere movie review & film summary (2023)

“Biosphere” has a curious premise that’s briskly unpacked within the movie’s first half hour. [SOME ESSENTIAL SPOILERS FOLLOW] In that time, insecure Billy

Read More
Movie Reviews

Shin Kamen Rider movie review (2023)

Anno’s take on Kamen Rider plays out like a loving, idiosyncratic deconstruction of Kamen Rider, a wayward young hero who defends the world

Read More
Movie Reviews

Simulant movie review & film summary (2023)

These big moments aren’t impressive enough to make “Simulant” more than the bargain bin sci-fi pastiche it obviously is. But there’s some appreciable

Read More
Movie Reviews

The Roundup: No Way Out movie review (2023)

In “The Roundup,” Ma Seok-do, Lee’s barrel-chested renegade cop, pummels his way through another pack of vicious baddies. A new sequel, “The Roundup:

Read More
Movie Reviews

Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV movie review (2023)

In a mix of epigrammatic soundbites and testimonials, Paik describes the difficulties he had in finding opportunities and receptive audiences for his earliest

Read More
Movie Reviews

Shazam! Fury of the Gods movie review (2023)

“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” meanders further in that direction. The first “Shazam!” works as well as it does because it’s mostly focused

Read More
X