Publications - THE ROLLING TAPE

Reviews

April 16, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: ‘The First Omen’ Makes You A Believer

On June 6th, 2006, my father and I walked into a theater to watch The Omen (2006), a remake of the Richard Donner classic. Once it was over, ...

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April 15, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Civil War’ Review: Dunst and Spaeny-Led Film Warns the World

I read a review about Alex Garland’s Civil War saying it was a horror movie. And while I have become rather fond of war films and the gruesom...

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April 12, 2024 · by Danny Jarabek

'Monkey Man' Review: Dev Patel’s Engine for Kinetic Stunts and Static Social Commentary

If there was an Oscar for the Biggest Miracle of a Production that takes into account its constraints, obstacles, and chaos relative to its b...

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April 2, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'Asphalt City' Pummels You Into Wretched Submission

The first ten minutes of Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s Asphalt City (2024) begins with Tye Sheridan’s Ollie Cross, a rookie EMT, awakening from a ...

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April 1, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Is Dumb Enough to Be Fun

It’s both a blessing and a curse that Adam Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) should come out after the historic Oscar win for ...

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March 31, 2024 · by Neha Jha

‘Mom’ Review: An Honest Slice of Women’s Lives and Recovery

The receptionist at the hospital retorts when Bonnie (Allison Janney) keeps harping on why her daughter Christy (Anna Faris) has put her spon...

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March 26, 2024 · by Evan Miller

‘Road House’ Review: You Can Take the House From the Road, But Not the Road From the House

Of all the campy and ridiculous action movies released in the 1980s, Road House (1989), starring Patrick Swayze, might be the craziest. It’s ...

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March 24, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: Nostalgia Chillingly Decays in ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’

There’s a line from Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) when Annie Potts’s Janine greets Carrie Coon’s Callie Spengler, Callie asks if the house s...

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March 23, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'Late Night With The Devil' Catapults Dastmalchian to Infamy

From his screen debut in The Dark Knight (2008), David Dastmalchian has thrived playing creeps, criminals, and deranged sad individuals in wh...

Lists

March 23, 2024

SXSW 2024 Ranked

I was very fortunate to attend this year’s South by Southwest Festival for the first time. Throughout the eight-day-long festival, I managed ...

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March 20, 2024 · by Neha Jha

Review: Finding Oneself in 'Laapataa Ladies'

People do not always stay glued to their seats after the credits roll down, hoping to see after-credits. Laapataa Ladies (2024) made audience...

Reviews

March 15, 2024 · by Gabe Lillianthal

'Malta' Review: A Colombian Story With Universal Resonance

The grass will always be greener on the other side, especially when your side is covered in graffiti and tight city streets. Malta, which rec...

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