Mike Tyrkus

Writer/director Emerald Fennell’s creatively interpreted version of Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights soars with creative delights and an assortment of artistic flourishes, but it may leave some viewers befuddled at whether the whole affair was worth the trouble in the first place. Although most may be familiar with the story, Brontë’s novel follows the unfortunate love that an orphan...[Read More]

While aspects of writer/director Bart Layton’s crime thriller Crime 101, such as a solid performances from lead Chris Hemsworth and co-star Mark Ruffalo, elevate the film above the usual offerings within the genre, the piece still echoes other films that have handled similar subject matter a bit more adeptly. The film follows a jewel thief named Davis (Hemsworth) as he perpetrates a string of heis...[Read More]

For a film concerned with the tale a of “tribute” artist – that is a singer who makes a living performing the songs of and in the style of another (probably more well-known artist) – writer/director Craig Brewer’s Song Sung Blue is less a light-hearted guy from nowhere gets his big shot story (e.g. Mark Wahlberg in 2001’s Rock Star) than it is an attempt to portray the same as an American fable of...[Read More]