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Gender relations are under the microscope in this thriller in which a couple are locked in a house and ordered about by an anonymous voice
Ever since The Invisible Man, the upper-class wife whose luxury real estate becomes an overbearing metaphor for her isolating marriage seems to have become a go-to set-up for indie filmmakers. Last year we had Swallow and The Nest, and this year that plot gets a straight-up genre treatment in Held. The perennially pained-looking Emma (Jill Awbrey, who also wrote the script) is clearly over her square-jawed husband Henry (Bart Johnson), but they’re giving it one more try by escaping to a secluded, automated smart house vacation rental. Naturally, the property’s version of Alexa has oth...
Horror, Thriller, Mystery Henry (Bart Johnson) and Emma Barrett's (Jill Awbrey) marriage is falling apart. Trying to save their relationship, the couple celebrate their nine-year anniversary by renting out a modern vacation home for one weekend, equipped with the top-of-the-line smart home features and security. However, their weekend getaway takes a turn for the worse when Emma wakes up the next morning in different clothes, and a stranger reveals he's been watching them the whole time, knowing every little secret of their relationship. Henry and Emma attempt to escape, only to be locked in ...
What’s new on VOD and streaming this weekend: April 9-11 Including Nomadland, Sugar Daddy, The Nevers, Held and Exterminate All The Brutes By Kevin Ritchie and Norman Wilner Apr 9, 2021 N OW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of April 9. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms. Sugar Daddy (Wendy Morgan) NOW named Kelly McCormack one of Canada’s rising screen stars in 2019. Watch Sugar Daddy and you’ll see why: Morgan’s slightly stylized, emotionally charged drama stars the Letterkenny and Killjoys scene-stealer – most recently seen a...
While #metoo has been going strong since 2017, it’s only recently that the movement has crystallized into a true cinematic form. Superhero flicks such as Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman 1984 are now targeting toxic masculinity, and voices we seldom heard before (the teen unable to get a legal abortion, the office assistant forced to cover for her a-hole boss) are anchoring heavy dramas. Heck, there’s even a proper Best Picture nominee — Promising Young Woman — with a good shot at taking home the golden statuette at the Oscars. The reckoning is reaching every genre and budget ...