Amsterdam is a movie that had me confused what it was about for ninety minutes… and then it became ABDUNDANTLY clear what it was about. And then it speechified and orated and made meaningful, ponderous connections to modern day. And … Continue reading
For as long as live streaming has been a thing and for as long as found footage AND screen life movies have been a thing, how is it taken this long to get a movie called Deadstream? Well, this Shudder … Continue reading
Sissy is a very entertaining accidental slasher released to Shudder. It follows Cecilia, a successful social media blogger who runs into a childhood BFF who she hasn’t seen in years. She’s invited to a party with a bunch of people … Continue reading
Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is adapted from one of the short stories in Stephen King’s book If It Bleeds. It’s a strange choice but, also, probably the most filmable story in that book. It feels like they poured through the book … Continue reading
Speak No Evil is a frustrating film in the (fictional?) subgenre of… I dunno? Politeness horror? The kind of movie where good people get in trouble with seemingly normal (yet crazy) people because they are too ingrained with the societal … Continue reading
Athena is a Netflix film that gets an A+ for filmmaking effort even if it just gets a B for character drama. I wish it had nailed every aspect because, wow, this is an amazing movie on a technical level. … Continue reading
Somehow – probably through voodoo – Billy Eichner and the gang made an accessible mainstream gay romantic comedy that is also super duper out-of-the-closet gay. I don’t know how they got the mixture right… but I didn’t come away thinking … Continue reading
The Greatest Beer Run Ever tells the apparently true story (details leave me dubious) about a local neighborhood fella who has friends fighting (and dying) in Vietnam. It’s 1967 and the antiwar movement is dividing families so he decides to … Continue reading
Started Halloween madness a couple weeks early so here’s a roll-up up classics as of November 30 (plus a few odds and ends from earlier in the year). 1896 – A Nightmare – Well, at one minute long, you can’t … Continue reading
I suspect this will not be the popular opinion, but I enjoyed this sequel a tad more than the original. I just rewatched the first one as someone who saw it back in the 90s but had no nostalgia for … Continue reading