Amsterdam: A Star-Studded Mess That Pales In Comparison To Other O. Russell Films

October 26, 2022 / Aaron Haughton

Writer/director David O. Russell’s latest effort, Amsterdam, is a sprawling, star-studded mess that’s too overstuffed and unwieldy to fully connect. It contains one of the year’s most impressive ensemble casts, but for all its combined star power, it sadly can’t muster up much of a charge. It’s undeniably a David O. Russell film, but it’s drained of most of the lifeblood that makes his best work compelling, charismatic, and kinetic.

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The Little Things: Baby's First Dark Thriller

March 01, 2021 / Aaron Haughton

Writer/director John Lee Hancock attempts to go dark with his “throwback” thriller The Little Things, and it just doesn’t work — unless this is your first rodeo with films of this variety. Had it been released in the 90s, it may have been edgy and fresh, but every single one of its major twists, turns, and developments play like tired rehashes of all the other superior thrillers that came before it.

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Amsterdam: A Star-Studded Mess That Pales In Comparison To Other O. Russell Films

The Little Things: Baby's First Dark Thriller