Kalyn Corrigan

1 month ago | laweekly.com | Kalyn Corrigan

No serious fan of the MCU’s Black Panther movies or the later Creed additions to the Rocky franchise will be surprised to learn that the renowned filmmaker Ryan Coogler teaming up with his favorite leading man Michael B. Jordan has once again resulted in massive success.

1 month ago | villagevoice.com | Kalyn Corrigan

Death is impossible. It’s a door that you keep waiting to swing open, announcing the entrance of a dinner date who never arrives, or the recurring dream of a person whose prolonged absence makes their face appear fuzzy. For director David Cronenberg, death is a muse, and his grief is the driving force behind his latest masterpiece. The Shrouds is a movie that seeks solace through modern technology, and hopes to provide an answer to the timeless question: Can art serve as an act of catharsis?

1 month ago | laweekly.com | Kalyn Corrigan

Death is impossible. It’s a door that you keep waiting to swing open, announcing the entrance of a dinner date who never arrives, or the recurring dream of a person whose prolonged absence makes their face appear fuzzy. For director David Cronenberg, death is a muse, and his grief is the driving force behind his latest masterpiece. The Shrouds is a movie that seeks solace through modern technology, and hopes to provide an answer to the timeless question: can art serve as an act of catharsis?

1 month ago | villagevoice.com | Kalyn Corrigan |R.C. Baker

Don’t try to outrun your pain: It will come back to haunt you, and it will most likely happen while you’re wearing a shirt adorned with your own face. That’s the moral of The Ballad of Wallis Island, a charming British dramedy in the same vein as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Juno, and John Carney films like Sing Street and Once. Based on co-writers Tom Basden and Tim Key’s own 2007 short, “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island,” the feature-length version sticks to a modest scale.

1 month ago | laweekly.com | Kalyn Corrigan

Don’t try to outrun your pain: It will come back to haunt you, and it will most likely happen while you’re wearing a shirt adorned with your own face. That’s the moral of The Ballad of Wallis Island, a charming British dramedy in the same vein as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Juno and John Carney films like Sing Street and Once. Based on co-writers Tom Basden and Tim Key’s own 2007 short, “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island,” the feature length version sticks to a modest scale.