Movie Review Us

Us 

Directed by Jordan Peele 

Written by Jordan Peele 

Starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker

Release Date March 22nd, 2019 

Us was a horror movie event when it was released in 2019. Jordan Peele has turned his every work into something everyone needs to see, something confirmed by his recent film Nope. Following the breakout success of his Academy Award winning Get Out, Peele busted through some very high expectations and created another masterful horror movie. Us is a chilling, gripping, watch-it-through-your-fingers, entertaining creepfest. That it is also masterfully acted and directed is an example of how too many filmmakers allow genre to hold them back. The best filmmakers, like Peele elevate the genre rather than lower themselves to it. 

Us stars Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a suburban mother of two. Adelaide is happily married to Gabe (Winston Duke) and the two of them have a daughter, Zora (Shahadi Wright), and a son, Jason (Evan Alex). As we meet them, the family is on their way to Adelaide’s mother’s former home where they will spend the weekend and go to the nearby beach to spend time with their friends, party boy, Josh (Tim Heidecker) and wine-mom Kitty (Elizabeth Moss).

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



Movie Review The Invitation

The Invitation (2022) 

Directed by Jessica M. Thompson

Written by Blair Butler

Starring Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Alana Boden

Release Date August 26th, 2022 

The Invitation is an extraordinarily boring and predictable bit of horror nonsense. Though it is competently crafted and not terribly acted, the film holds no life, no energy, and no form of invention. The Invitation is the kind of movie that simply... exists. Competent filmgoers will guess the twist very quickly and what remains of the movie is tedious, aside from one terrific and sadly underutilized supporting performance. 

The Invitation stars Nathalie Emmanuel as Evie, a struggling would be artist living in New York City. Evie has recently lost her mother and believes that she has no other living family. This changes when she is gifted a DNA testing kit and free chance to find new relatives. Through this, Evie finds that she has roots, indeed a full family line, living in England. In fact, Evie's Cousin Oliver (Hugh Skinner) happens to be coming to New York on business and wants to have lunch.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



Movie Review Low Life

Low Life (2022) 

Directed by Tyler Michael James

Written by Hunter Milano, Noah Rotter

Starring Wes Dunlap, Lucas Neff, Lucy Urbano

Release Date August 26th, 2022

I'm a huge fan of true crime channels on YouTube. Creators and channels like Lazy Masquerade, Savox, The Internet Investigator, and Hanna the Horrible have given me endless hours of fascinating content on the macabre and terrifying side of true crime. Amidst that genre of channel is a sub-genre of videos where the creators detail the often horrifying yet totally real downfalls of other YouTubers. Whether they were child predators using their fame to lure victims or crazed narcissistic murderers, these stories carry an even greater fascination because so much is known and available about these people. The video evidence of their emotional and professional declines are available for the world to say on their very own channel. 

The new to streaming thriller Low Life is like witnessing one of these YouTuber crime stories firsthand and as a fan of this content, the film captivated me. Low Life stars Wes Dunlap as Benny Jansen, a loud mouthed, motor mouthed YouTuber who specializes in catfishing and exposing child predators. Benny's efforts are noble, in theory, we should all surely want to see predators get taken down. However, as Benny uses these stories to make himself famous and to make money, the ethical and legal lines surrounding what he does become very blurry.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



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