Coby Kiefert
Movie Reviews

Revisiting 'The Village' (2004)/Written, Produced & Directed by M. Night Shyamalan/Grade: B

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Few mainstream blockbusters have spurred as much polarized debate as M. Night Shyamalan's The Village (2004)....

'Unfriended' (2015)/Directed by Leo Gabriadze/Grade: B+

Now this one, I feel, deserves way more attention. That may seem strange, given the film's initial buzz when it released in 2015. Both...

'Saint Maud' (2021)/Written & Directed by Rose Glass/Grade: A-

Boy, was this a rough one. My favorite film of 2021, this disturbing horror-drama from A24 sadly got overlooked by many in the general...

'Me & Earl & The Dying Girl' (2015)/Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon/Grade: A

This is a deeply special film for me. It helped me push myself out of my shell in my later adolescence. Based on a novel of the same name...

'Serenity' (2005)/Written & Directed by Joss Whedon/Grade: A+

TV-show-based movies tend to suck so hard. There are, of course, rare exceptions, i.e. The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (2004) and Downton...

'Princess Cyd' (2017)/Written & Directed by Stephen Cone/Grade: A

A Chicago teen visits and bonds with her aunt in this overlooked indie stunner. Now this one I not only think is criminally overlooked...

Trying to Be 'A Good Person'

Rented this one on YouTube fairly recently. What a movie! The performances were uniformly excellent, particularly by the...

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"Why so serious?"

The Joker, The Dark Knight (2008)