“The Boys” creator and showrunner Eric Kripke has said he wanted to use the second season of his Amazon Prime Video superhero-vigilante drama to address the white supremacy he was seeing play out on social media. Enter Stormfront (Aya Cash), a seemingly indestructible new member of the Seven who, at first, is loved for her kick-ass female energy but is soon exposed as a Nazi. In the finale episode, “What I Know,” the other women finally get a chance to express their justified anger (and provide a bit of wish fulfillment for the audience) by taking her on.
What starts as a moment for Maeve (Dominique McElligott), who previously expressed concern that nothing ever changes, to take some power back becomes the ultimate team-up between her, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara). Although they can’t defeat Stormfront, who eventually flies out of harm’s way, there is catharsis...
What starts as a moment for Maeve (Dominique McElligott), who previously expressed concern that nothing ever changes, to take some power back becomes the ultimate team-up between her, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara). Although they can’t defeat Stormfront, who eventually flies out of harm’s way, there is catharsis...
- 6/3/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
There are no shortages of talented young actresses who aren’t getting their due in Hollywood. We know that. For my money though, no one is as underrated and deserving of acclaim as Zoe Kazan. She has been doing really compelling work for years now, but always seems to be stuck somewhat on the periphery of the industry. Simply put, she deserves better. This week, she once again puts forward a top tier performance, this time in the independent horror movie The Monster. Not only is the film good, she’s positively incredible. This is one of the best performances I’ve seen all year long. The film is an indie horror tale that’s also as much a character study as anything else. Young mother Kathy (Kazan) has a tough relationship with her daughter Lizzy (Ella Ballentine). Kathy isn’t too responsible and is struggling with addiction. They’re...
- 11/10/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Monster movies are tough because there’s a desire to go full bore into cat and mouse chaos or metaphorical symbolism. Things get muddled when both are attempted at once without the correct balance. I’m not saying picking one or the other always spells success — writer/director Bryan Bertino‘s debut The Strangers ultimately failed at mysterious chaos despite some effective scares — but it does often allow a filmmaker the opportunity to focus and reinforce his/her idea with less chance of getting distracted. Bertino’s third film The Monster, however, suffers the same fate within the other camp. This one utilizes metaphor and flashback to depict a volatile mother/daughter relationship wherein the “monster” proves an embodiment of their worst selves. Unfortunately, this idea is never dug into further than its surface conceit.
I’m not kidding when I say volatile either. At times the hatred Kathy (Zoe Kazan...
I’m not kidding when I say volatile either. At times the hatred Kathy (Zoe Kazan...
- 11/8/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
"Dogs don't got teeth like this." A24 has finally unveiled a trailer for the horror thriller The Monster, the latest feature from Bryan Bertino, the director behind the 2008 hit The Strangers. The Monster is indeed about a creepy monster, despite the tendency for movies like this to trick you into thinking "the monster" is just some deranged human living in the woods. Zoe Kazan and Ella Ballentine play mother-daughter in the film. When their car breaks down in the middle of the woods, things get increasingly creepy. The cast includes Scott Speedman, Aaron Douglas, Christine Ebadi and Chris Webb as the "monster". This seems like a very quiet release, with the film being dumped without much buzz, but who knows. Take a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Bryan Bertino's The Monster, direct from A24's YouTube: A divorced mother (Zoe Kazan) and her headstrong daughter must make...
- 10/7/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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