In Pine Ridge, the Lakota Nation women are doing everything they can to let their situation known, including how the past, history, drugs in their town, and abuse are affecting them and their people. These ladies are rising up, speaking up, and fighting to get life better for themselves and their people.
Director Seth Landau’s “Bryan Loves You” is the prime example of a movie that has a great idea but never quite sticks the execution. With the film’s trademark mask and set up, “Bryan Loves You” has every single chance to be a terrifying tale about cults, hive minds and indoctrination. Instead, a lot of what unfolds is rambling filler that never quite amounts to much of a movie.
In New Orleans, Louisiana, funeral parades and celebrations are common and expected. These are steeped in tradition going back to the early days of settlers and slaves. This film explores these and other traditions in New Orleans through the eyes of multiple people with different backgrounds.
Three women find their lives thrown together after the passing of one man. As things go from bad to worse, they are forced to work together to make ends meet.
When Sophie is hired to pet sit for a rich client in the countryside, she doesn’t expect much action. Unfortunately for her, a trio of burglar soon turn her quiet gig into a home invasion nightmare. To survive, she must get the help of a woman she does not know through an app for the blind that she uses regularly.
When his brother comes back home unannounced suffering from a mystery illness, it is soon made clear that vampires roam the town and Matt must do something about it.
One half of James Wan’s “Malignant” is a bonkers, bizarre, campy, violent remake of “Basket Case.” It is so painfully self-aware, and it has a good time with it by often fucking with the audience. The second half seems to be a look at how ridiculous James Wan can get before the movie rushes to the merciful end. While I can forgive director Wan for “borrowing” from Frank Henenlotter for the sake of his bonkers horror film, I pretty much give up once the film devolves in to myriad plot holes and inexplicable martial arts sequences.