Well, this is quite certainly too late to be helpful, but here it is anyway. I know, I should have seen this earlier, and reviewed it before Halloween came and went, because now no one cares. But oh well. Live and learn. I think this is still a pertinent conversation, because this is a very [...]

I’ll try to be brief. Gentlemen Broncos has been getting eviscerated by critics. There are a handful of very good reviews, which you can find here, here and here (I don’t care what anyone says, I like Armond White), but the overall response to this film has been almost ragingly negative. I’m so much of  [...]

Today’s horror movies will make you jump. They’ll startle and even disgust you. But this Halloween, if you’re tired of watching movies that are more “horrific” than genuinely frightening, you might take a look at some of Hollywood’s classic scare-fests. Though old movies might lack the jarring edits and industrial sound effects of more modern [...]

It seems almost like a cruel joke that, just as the weather turns cold and gray, college professors begin to pile on the midterms, research papers and homework. In my case, this time of year has provoked more than one disheartening existential crisis that left me wondering if I was doomed to be a washed [...]

Fox Searchlight just keeps hitting the mark. I’m struck, just now, by the fact that a good number of the movies I’ve loved most in the past few years have all come from the same company. It’s remarkable what a good eye these people have for quality scripts and talented filmmakers. This weekend brings us [...]

Here we go with another Weekend Preview. This week will be much shorter, because nothing much has changed since our last update. Before I get into anything else, let me remind you that White on Rice will be playing again this weekend in Provo and attendance will be the determining factor of whether or not [...]

It’s not often that great independent film makes its way to Provo’s theatres. That isn’t the case this weekend, as Dave Boyle’s excellent White on Rice begins its second weekend at Provo Towne Centre. (Rhombus film critic Jordan Petersen recently raved about the film here.) In hopes of boosting support for the film, we have [...]

Though I haven’t seen it yet, the trailer for this week’s new film Surrogates leaves little doubt: robots are evil, and they will destroy the world. The film apparently depicts a futuristic world in which people live vicariously through attractive robot versions of themselves. If the trailer can be trusted, the movie begins with an [...]

4,500 new jobs. Massive rebates. 20% tax credits. This may sound like a government bailout, but it isn’t. These are the major highlights to Senate Bill 14, approved by the Utah legislature and scheduled to take effect tomorrow. But what does this have to do with film? In a word: everything. SB 14 is an [...]

I’d like to welcome you to the film page at Rhombus. As an introduction, I’d like to tell you more about what exactly you can expect from us. Generally speaking, everybody loves movies. For decades, Utah has been known as somewhat of a ‘secondary hotspot’ for major film production. Furthermore, Utahns adore the movie theater. [...]