Alina Faulds

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a goldmine for successful American South Asians. Many go on to become lawyers, doctors, and engineers— all classic career choices for those who want to avoid disappointing their parents. But what happens when a spelling bee champion just ends up totally average? This is the premise for Sujata Day’s debut feature film Definition Please.
Fifteen years after winning it all with the word “opsimath”, the now-adult Monica Chowdry (Sujata Day) still lives at home...

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Male masturbation has made for some of the most iconic scenes in coming of age movies. In Call Me By Your Name, Elio (Timothée Chalamet) uses a peach to get off, and in American Pie, Jim (Jason Biggs) has s…

Matthew Vaughn’s The King’s Man is a roaring prequel to his previous films Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Set amid World War One, The King’s Man tells the origin story of the Kingsman, an independent secret intelligence service, as they operate in the shadows to help Britain win the war.
After his wife is killed in an ambush by Boer rebels outside a British-run concentration camp during the South African War, Duke Orlando Oxford (Ralph Fiennes) vows to keep his ...

Director Denis Villeneuve has long proved himself as the purveyor of science fiction with his films Arrival and Blade Runner 2049, so he seemed to be the best choice for a Dune film. Long perceived as being impossible to adapt, Villeneuve proves this notion wrong, as Dune is truly the quintessential sci-fi epic. With its flawless cast, sweeping visuals and impeccable worldbuilding, Villeneuve’s Dune surpasses even the highest of expectations and seems in place to firmly cement itself into the...

Hosted by Carson Timar, alongside a rotating roundtable of diverse and marginalized writers, ClapperCast features in-depth debates and discussions of the latest festivals, wide releases, news, interviews, and other happenings in the film world.
On this week of ClapperCast, the team celebrates their 100th episode by reviewing Turning Red, interviewing Director & Writer of The Outfit Graham Moore, and looking at personal retro reviews of Airheads, The Hater & Julie & Julia!

Hosted by Carson Timar, alongside a rotating roundtable of diverse and marginalized writers, ClapperCast features in-depth debates and discussions of the latest festivals, wide releases, news, interviews, and other happenings in the film world.
On this week of ClapperCast, the team looks back at the history of Batman on film and give their rankings on who is the best and who is the worst!

Dog appears to be a familiar enough buddy road trip movie, except centred on two war veterans – one of them being a Belgian Malinois. In reality, Dog proves itself to be unexpectedly deep and endearing as the script explores the traumas endured by Dog’s two main characters, and how they come to cope with their experiences.
In the opening scene of Dog, we meet Jackson Briggs (Channing Tatum), a former army ranger looking to deploy again, but due to a prior brain injury, he can’t get medical cl...

Hosted by Carson Timar, alongside a rotating roundtable of diverse and marginalized writers, ClapperCast features in-depth debates and discussions of the latest festivals, wide releases, news, interviews, and other happenings in the film world.
On this week of ClapperCast, the team reviews Deep Water, X & The Adam Project. They also look at The Marine & 12 Rounds as part of ClapperCast's Road to Wrestlemania Series!

Hosted by Carson Timar, alongside a rotating roundtable of diverse and marginalized writers, ClapperCast features in-depth debates and discussions of the latest festivals, wide releases, news, interviews, and other happenings in the film world.
On this week of ClapperCast, the team is joined by The Film Drunk's Jonathan Fujii as they break down the 2022 Oscar Nominations and bring reviews for Jackass Forever, Moonfall, I Want You Back, and Ready to Rumble as part of ClapperCast's Road to Wres...

Hosted by Carson Timar, alongside a rotating roundtable of diverse and marginalized writers, ClapperCast features in-depth debates and discussions of the latest festivals, wide releases, news, interviews, and other happenings in the film world.
On this week of ClapperCast, the team is joined by Maddy Sheehy as they review No Time to Die, Mass, & Escape the Undertaker alongside retro reviews for Audition, Hellraiser & Southbound!

As the quintessential Americana group during the height of rock and roll, brotherhood was the soul of The Band. Consisting of four Canadians and a man from Arkansas, The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm) first came to be as The Hawks, the backing band to rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins. They reached prominence on Bob Dylan’s electric tour and officially named themselves The Band. After releasing a few studio albums, they decided to part ways after ...

THIS REVIEW MENTIONS AND DISCUSSES TOPICS SUCH AS SEXUAL ASSAULT
The Last Duel is the latest historical epic from acclaimed director Ridley Scott. The film is based on the 2004 book of the same name by Eric Jager, and written for the screen by Nicole Holofcener, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck. The Last Duel takes place in Medieval France – specifically in Normandy – and follows Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon), a knight who challenges his former friend Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) to a judicial d...

Hosted by Carson Timar, alongside a rotating roundtable of diverse and marginalized writers, ClapperCast features in-depth debates and discussions of the latest festivals, wide releases, news, interviews, and other happenings in the film world.
On this week of ClapperCast, the team jumps back into the MCU as they review Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness before they kick off their new Murder Mystery May series with retro reviews of Clue & Death on the Nile!

Hosted by Carson Timar, alongside a rotating roundtable of diverse and marginalized writers, ClapperCast features in-depth debates and discussions of the latest festivals, wide releases, news, interviews, and other happenings in the film world.
On this week of ClapperCast, the team celebrates their 100th episode by reviewing Turning Red, interviewing Director & Writer of The Outfit Graham Moore, and looking at personal retro reviews of Airheads, The Hater & Julie & Julia!

Doubling down on the chaotic energy of 2018’s Venom, its sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage fully dives into the relationship between Eddie Brock and his symbiote Venom (both played by Tom Hardy), which would be fine and dandy except it leaves the rest of the movie to be severely underwritten.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage continues the story set forth in the original film’s post-credits scene when Eddie Brock visits serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) at his cell in San Quentin Priso...