H.P. Lovecraft’s The Old Ones is a low (very low) budget film that’s not an adaptation of any one Lovecraft story… despite his name being a writing credit. Instead it’s a goofy amalgamation of a bunch of his ideas and … 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
Música on Amazon Prime gets by on an upbeat, bright vibe and a winning performance from Camila Mendez… who isn’t the star of the show. It stumbles and flails with its actual lead as played by Rudy Mancuso. He almost … Continue reading
The First Omens wobbles continuously on the balance beam of bad that I feel kind of guilty scoring it higher than Immaculate. Not just because the two films are shockingly similar (and it’s not Omen’s fault it came out a … Continue reading
Monkey Man is a tale of two halves… if you can bear the shitshow shambles of the first half, you might find a good movie in the second. But what do I know? Everyone seems to be loving this flick … 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
The dictionary definition of mess is this film. A slide into disorder and chaos where nobody is right and a solution may not even exist. It’s not a horror movie… but it is a nightmare. This German film is set … Continue reading
Immediately I was taken out of this movie by my pedantic annoyance at the title. It should be French-Canadian Girl. <shakes tiny fist in impotent, irrelevant rage>. But one could equally argue it should be called Meet The Canadian Parents. … Continue reading
Journey to Bethlehem opens with a title card saying it’s based on a true story… the greatest story ever told, as it turns out. This comforts me because it suggests the movie I’m watching is just a tribute (you gotta … Continue reading