Relay Twists Emotional Tension Into Razor-Sharp Suspense

Relay Twists Emotional Tension Into Razor-Sharp Suspense

Relay ★ ★ ★ ½ Relay is a neat little espionage thriller, taut with tension and driven more by drama than by high-stakes action. That’s not to say there isn’t action in this film, but only when the story requires it—nothing less, nothing more. It’s a well-crafted...
Honey Don’t! — I Wish I Hadn’t

Honey Don’t! — I Wish I Hadn’t

Honey Don’t! ½ Honey Don’t! sets itself up as a quirky dark comedy, but the only mystery is where the hell the plot went—and when it vanished. Honey (Margaret Qualley) is a private detective who investigates an accident where a woman named Mia was killed. Mia...
Weapons Is a Merciless Masterclass in Fear

Weapons Is a Merciless Masterclass in Fear

Weapons ★ ★ ★ ★ Weapons cuts to the core of our deepest parental fears. What would you do if you went to bed, confident you’d tucked your children safe and snug into their beds, and at exactly 2:17 A.M,. your child slipped out of bed, walked through the front door,...
Freakier Friday Has Double the Body-Swaps, Half the Fun

Freakier Friday Has Double the Body-Swaps, Half the Fun

Freakier Friday ★ ½ A mother, a daughter, and now…a grandmother in someone else’s body! Freakier Friday is the long-gestating sequel to 2003’s Freaky Friday, which was one of several remakes of the 1976 film that starred Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster. Surprisingly,...
Together— For Better, for Worse…Till Flesh Do Us Part

Together— For Better, for Worse…Till Flesh Do Us Part

Together ★ ★ ★ ★ Together is the latest in the trend of ‘body horror’ films in which real world fears manifest in some sort of physical disfigurement—or worse. Last year’s The Substance showed us the cruel nature of Hollywood’s reliance upon external beauty and the...