Despite two incredible lead performances from Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, this dramatization of the Mossad extradition of Adolf Eichmann feels a bit too safe. […] The…… Read more “New from Clint Worthington of Alcohollywood: Film Review: Oscar Isaac Hunts Nazis in Compelling, if Spotty, Operation Finale”

Spike Lee’s latest is one of his best, a funny, soulful blaxploitation-infused take on the ways the racism of America’s past ripples through into its […] The…… Read more “New from Clint Worthington of Alcohollywood: BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee as His Most Confrontational, Outrageous, and Timely”

The shark schlock comes at you hard, fast, and fun, as Jason Statham battles giant sharks with an international cast in the Deep Blue Sea […] The…… Read more “New from Clint Worthington on Alcohollywood: The Meg is the Goofiest, Cheesiest, Most Sharktastic Fin-tertainment of the Summer”

The Academy’s board of governors approves new changes for next year’s Oscars, including a three-hour telecast and the addition of new categories. Next year’s Oscars […] The…… Read more “New from Clint Worthington and Alcohollywood: Oscars Changes Add a “Popular Film” Category, Cuts Down to Three Hours”

Susanna Nicchiarelli’s biopic of the German singer and artist is as impermeable as it is impermanent – those seeking a window into the artist’s life […] The…… Read more “New from Alcohollywood: Ponderous and Disconnected, Nico, 1988 Will Not Let You Be its Mirror”

Jim McKay’s tale of the plight of undocumented workers in America is soulful, sensitive, and a potent rebuke to modern rhetoric about the humanity of […] The…… Read more “New from Jon Espino on Alcohollywood: En el Séptimo Día Is a Naturalistic, Humanistic View of the Immigrant Experience”

The web-footage sequel to the first Unfriended sees the series move in more believably conventional directions, eschewing supernatural scares for more haunting domestic terrors. We […] The…… Read more “New from Jon Espino on Alcohollywood: Unfriended: Dark Web Elevates Its Premise to Scarier Screen-Based Dimensions”

Justin McConnell’s lean, fascinating horror-drama blends an intriguing structure with some novel investigation into the psychology of its shape-shifting horror monster. There’s stalking, and then […] The…… Read more “New from Alcohollywood and Clint Worthington: Fantasia 2018: Lifechanger is a Bleak & Eerie Story About Identity & Never Letting Go”