Posted inArts & Entertainment The Transfiguration is an unusual, low-key vampire movie Bloody kisses. by Astrid Budgor August 7, 2017March 16, 2024 Bloody kisses.
Posted inArts & Entertainment Kidnap: A no-frills thriller that could have used a couple frills Who kidnapped Halle Berry’s career, friends? by Astrid Budgor August 4, 2017July 26, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment The Dark Tower: An anonymous adaptation of an idiosyncratic series 4,000 pages of singular madness, pre-chewed for ease of digestion. by Astrid Budgor August 3, 2017February 25, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment Atomic Blonde: A slight spy thriller, dressed up in neon Charlize serves look after look, punches people. And neon kind of rocks… by Astrid Budgor July 28, 2017December 24, 2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment Barely there: A Ghost Story A study in emptiness. by Astrid Budgor July 14, 2017June 19, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment Baby Driver shines when it’s behind the wheel He drives. by Astrid Budgor July 10, 2017November 15, 2024
Posted inArts & Entertainment The Beguiled is beautiful and rotten Southern Gothic… without the Gothic. by Astrid Budgor June 27, 2017December 11, 2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment Alien: Covenant is vicious, mean-spirited — and surprisingly good Imperfect organism. by Astrid Budgor May 23, 2017September 3, 2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is as unwieldy as its title Dull blade. by Astrid Budgor May 10, 2017March 20, 2024
Posted inArts & Entertainment British shoot-em-up Free Fire runs out of bullets Soft boiled. by Astrid Budgor April 21, 2017August 17, 2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment Coming soon: Sunscreen Film Festival International + local films spotlighted in this St. Pete-based film fest. by Astrid Budgor April 21, 2017August 3, 2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment Sarasota smorgasboard A brief guide to the Sarasota Film Festival. by Astrid Budgor March 31, 2017August 17, 2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment Life is a derivative, diverting sci-fi slasher In space no one can hear you etc. etc. by Astrid Budgor March 27, 2017August 17, 2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment GIFF 2017 announces award winners The best of GIFF 2017. by Astrid Budgor March 10, 2017March 7, 2024
Posted inArts & Entertainment Gasparilla Arts Month 2017: The Gasparilla International Film Festival This year’s film fest includes so much more than movies. by Astrid Budgor March 1, 2017December 27, 2024
Posted inArts & Entertainment The Great Wall? How about the “sort of OK wall”? No Trump jokes here. by Astrid Budgor February 22, 2017August 17, 2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment Get Out pulls its punches Not nasty enough. by Astrid Budgor February 22, 2017August 17, 2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment John Wick Chapter 2: Lots of headshots Are you in the mood to salivate over an AR15? by Astrid Budgor February 8, 2017August 3, 2023
Posted inArts & Entertainment Review: Doctor Strange is another Marvel origin story The weirdness is applied minimally. by Astrid Budgor November 3, 2016April 8, 2024
Posted inArts & Entertainment Review: Inferno could use a lot more heat Even Hell has its zeroes. by Astrid Budgor October 27, 2016August 17, 2023