Stolen (2024)
Stolen is a Swedish film about the Sami people… and the only thing I knew about the Sami people going in was a minor dust-up when Frozen 2 came out (the native peoples in that film were dressed like the … Continue reading
Stolen is a Swedish film about the Sami people… and the only thing I knew about the Sami people going in was a minor dust-up when Frozen 2 came out (the native peoples in that film were dressed like the … Continue reading
Based on the average rating, this review will be written by Hot Take McGee… who thinks this was a pretty great horror film. Not sure why the scores are so low. Maybe it doesn’t have enough standard horror bits, gore, … Continue reading
The Antisocial Network is an important Netflix documentary if you want to understand the more underground side of what we all experience in the form of social media. Not Facebook, not Instagram, not even Letterboxd… but sites like 4chan where … Continue reading
Snack Shack is a coming-of-age comedy that may have an aroma of familiarity but vernally comes off as good natured and authentic. It’s about two teens who need to make cash over the summer so they take over the community … Continue reading
To be perfectly clear, Godzilla x Kong is 10 pounds of stupid in a 5 pound bag. Taken as a film for intellectual film snobs, it’s trash. Taken as a film that inhabits exactly what the kid in me who … Continue reading
Late Night with the Devil kind of surprised me by doing something a little different with the standard-issue found footage film. For one thing, it’s got more in common with something like Ghostwatch than Paranormal Activity. And it actually dares … Continue reading
Love Lied Bleeding, besides being a killer title, is a wicked, sun-baked neo noire that lets the ladies off the chain. It’s a tale of murder, mayhem, and gym memberships set in dark corners, darker rooms, and too much sunshine … Continue reading
Shaitaan is a Hindi-language Indian horror film that’s a different kind of Bollywood picture than I’m used to. Though, granted, I’ve only ever seen one other Indian horror film… everything else has been action flicks and romances. But this film … Continue reading
Damsel scratches my epic fantasy itch…. and I’m surprised to say that given how the movie gets off to such a generic bouncy shiny YA start. It takes its sweet time to drop its gloves and go bare knuckle on … Continue reading
Similar to the director’s wonderfully inventive Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, River is also about an unusual 2 minute time loop. In this case, it’s a more familiar Groundhog Day type loop with the unique twist that everyone in the … Continue reading