Bloody Axe Wound is a movie that had an idea and execution… but made so little sense that I spent the whole time wondering what they were even doing. It’s about a town with a long-running slasher problem. It stars … Continue reading
Babygirl is like 50 Shades of Grey and all those toxic Netflix knock-offs… only its complicated, mature, and adult in ways those lesser films are not. It feels like it was written by someone who understands adults and adult desires… … Continue reading
Y’know, with a title like Nightbitch, I was expecting something a lot more hardcore. And, yeah, I knew the basic premise so I also expected themes of motherhood and depression. Instead I got a movie that was shouting those brilliant … Continue reading
Apparently I continue to be radically behind on my modern stand-up comedians and apparently should watch more Netflix specials to keep up. Then maybe I’d appreciate these various stand-ups who man and woman this Netflix roast of 2024. I agree … Continue reading
I kind of enjoyed this movie… until I didn’t. I kind of cynically understood whatit was saying… until I didn’t. I don’t think a movie could self-destruct so gloriously in its final act… until it did. A Different Man is … Continue reading
Nosferatu is Robert Eggers’ fourth – and best – full-length film. And it almost wasn’t if its over-familiarity kept getting in my way. I mean, it’s just Bram Stoker’s Dracula as filtered through the original 1929 silent film and a … Continue reading
Based on the descriptions of this film, I was expecting more of a supernatural/psychological thriller where reality bends and nightmares take over. The film isn’t that at all… and waiting for the zone of the twilight blackened mirror to hit … Continue reading
The God’s Not Dead franchise is an easy one to hate… but I like to give each film a chance. And sometimes that means ignoring its self-righteous, delusional take on American Christianity. The franchise tends to believes in the persecution … Continue reading
Chasing Amy is Kevin Smith’s third film and is known as an important milestone in ’90s queer cinema… as told by a straight white dude. And while it’s a good film, everyone these days seems to agree that it hasn’t … Continue reading
Carnage for Christmas is one of three Alice Maio Mackay low budget horror flicks to hit Shudder this December. This is her fifth (rather short) full length movie… and she’s 19. So even if the budget is vanishingly small and … Continue reading