Russ Fischer
Birth.Movies.Death.
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Past articles by Russ:
WILD-ASS CINEMA WEEK: Alex Ross Perry’s HER SMELL
Elisabeth Moss finds brilliant truth in rock star cliches. → Read More
Leonard Maltin Spills Details on His First Festival, MaltinFest
The film critic and historian brings movies that deserve more love to Los Angeles. → Read More
AVENGERS: ENDGAME Review: Marvel Nails the Landing
Bigger and more effective than its predecessor, ENDGAME outshines INFINITY WAR. → Read More
THE TWILIGHT ZONE Review: A Promising Return To A Dimension Of Mind
Jordan Peele’s pulp-genre revival is both reverent and relevant. → Read More
LORDS OF CHAOS Rewrites Metal’s Mythology
Mayhem biopic finds the ecstatic truth in the most notorious story in extreme music. → Read More
COLD PURSUIT Review: Revisionist Revenge, Remade
The Liam Neeson thriller achieves its final form. → Read More
MARY POPPINS RETURNS Review: This Movie Needs A Nanny’s Firm Hand
Otherwise charmingly insubstantial in every way. → Read More
ROMA Review: An Overwhelming Vision of Intimate Power
Alfonso Cuarón sees an entire society in one woman’s story. → Read More
The FALLOUT 76 Diaries, Part Four: Role-Playing Solo
In which Russ doggedly approaches a multiplayer game with no concern for other people. → Read More
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD Review: Lots Of Magic, But No, Like, MAGIC
I’ll trade you this Niffler for one real character. → Read More
WRECK-IT-RALPH 2: How Ralph Fakes The Internet
For RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET, Disney Animators had to recreate the whole damn World Wide Web. → Read More
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Review: A Parody Of Queen Writing A Song About Queen
Larger-than-life performances energize a shallow highlight reel. → Read More
John Carpenter Talks Basketball, #MeToo And His Music
Hey, not EVERYTHING is about HALLOWEEN. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE Has Delusions Of Grandeur
Both the windmill, and the knight errant tilting at it. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: THE PERFECTION Is Fatally Flawed
Go-for-broke insanity undermined by one terrible choice. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: IN FABRIC Is A Beautiful Synthetic Blend
A killer dress is just the wrapper on this unpredictable oddity. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: LUZ Is An Excellent Experiment In Possession
Spellbinding and completely oblique. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: CLIMAX Is Gaspar Noe’s Infernal Comedy
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: HALLOWEEN Wraps The Slasher Formula In New Context
David Gordon Green gives Laurie Strode the movie she deserves. → Read More
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET: Persistence of the Princesses
How 'that' scene stayed intact from inception to animation. → Read More