Richard E. Grant
The Franchise Wryly Unmasks Our Era of Superhero Exhaustion: Review
The new HBO satire of Marvel movies features Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, and Richard E. Grant. The Franchise Wryly Unmasks Our Era of Superhero Exhaustion: Review Liz Shannon Miller
The Spine of Night Is a Gory, Retro Throwback to Ralph Bakshi: SXSW Review
Editor’s Note: The following review is part of our coverage of the 2021 South by Southwest Film Festival. Stay tuned for further reviews straight outta Austin — well, virtually, of course. Below, Clint Worthington reviews Philip Gelatta and Morgan Galen King’s animated fantasy horror. The Pitch: In a mysterious fantasy world, an enchanted flower known as The Bloom holds the secret to many dark and powerful magicks. The tale of the Bloom, and its effect on the many inhabitants of this strange land, is told by a nearly-naked swamp witch named Tzod (Lucy Lawless) to the flower’s enigmatic Guardian (Richard E. Grant) atop a snow-capped mountain. Among her many tales are heroes and villains, religious zealots and diligent scholars, and buckets of blood and shattered bone along th...
