FREAKY TALES
It's always a nice surprise when you can just vibe with a film, something that very much happened with Freaky Tales . The latest offering from indie filmmaking duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, this action comedy leans into both its own absurdity and influences from other films to become one of the most entertaining films of the year so far. An NBA star (Jay Ellis), a corrupt cop (Ben Mendelsohn), a female rap duo (Normani and Dominique Thorne), teenage punks, neo-Nazis and a debt collector (Pedro Pascal) embark on a collision course in 1987 Oakland, Calif. If the synopsis above doesn't at least make you the tiniest bit interested in seeing how this plays out, then it definitely won't do anything for you. What Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck achieve here in creating such an authentic - outside of all the weird shit - 80s vibe is nothing short of mesmerising. It's a film almost paying homage to a time itself, as well as the countless influences that inspire the narrative - someth...
