Bone Lake is a playful, twisty-turny take on relationships and aging that gets its kicks playing on audience assumptions about said topics.
Author: James Preston Poole
James Preston Poole
James Preston Poole is a freelance writer for But Why Tho? covering film and television, with a special focus on genre and indie film. He has written about film since he was a child and has learned over the decades that each film or TV series is its own unique beast that deserves to be met on its own terms.
The Apprentice is an aspiring crook epic, aiming to lay bare the moral rot that comes with capitalism. More often than not, it hits its target.
Outside of Julia Garner’s understated performance and sharp direction, there’s not enough fresh to recommend visiting Apartment 7A
Adding a sci-fi element in the mix, V/H/S/Beyond succeeds for one reason: nearly all the segments are great.
Never Let Go, feels like a fight between an atmospheric high tension pot boiler and a slow character study that barely reconciles the two halves.
Terrifier 3 is a film that throttles so far over the line into bad taste that it becomes utterly enthralling.
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In is a riotous, eager return for Hong Kong action that honors the past while ambitiously breaking boundaries.
Blumhouse’s Speak No Evil severely misunderstands the appeal of the original, offering little but a pale imitation.