As a guy who liked the first Joker (had some issues but most of it worked), I was uncertain how to feel about this sequel going in. Word of mouth wasn’t great. And, wow, were my lowered expectations met…. and … Continue reading
The biggest problem with Monster Summer isn’t that it’s a children’s horror movie, it’s the misleading advertising. This isn’t a movie about monsters at all… no werewolves, no creatures from black lagoons, no Frankenstein’s whatever, not even a particularly nasty … Continue reading
Here After is a morose, ponderous sink into gloomy filmmaking that thinks its profound and original but is neither. It’s about a mother with a teenage daughter who dies for twenty minutes and then miraculously recovers. But is who comes … Continue reading
Well… that was a mistake. To be clear, this review and rating are a me thing. If you are hardcore anime fan – or a fan of the manga this film is based on – my reaction to it is … Continue reading
When it comes thrillers and horror, I’m usually the guy who says dumb characters are ok since, if they were smart, we wouldn’t have a movie. But Out Comes the Wolves proves that I have my limits. The flick is … Continue reading
I had little interest in seeing this film… but the more I heard it was a blatantly right-wing worship festival, the more ghoulishly curious I became. Would it be that blatant? Would it be that bad a movie? Well, it … Continue reading
Slingshot is a frustrating and frustrated science fiction film that has one tiny bit of scientific knowledge and hand-waves away the rest. But I was ok with that since it’s a low budget film that opts to go psychological over … Continue reading
Hell Hole is a movie I wanna like. It’s a low budget creature feature that is clearly trying… but also failing. It has some genuinely fun (and funny) moments but they are constantly backstabbed by too much dialog, too much … Continue reading
When the most interesting thing about your werewolf movie is that its a mini-reunion of Game of Thrones actors, you’ve done something wrong. But, yeah, we get Kit Harrington (complete with pelts) and James Cosmo (who played Lord Commander Mormont) … Continue reading
I kept rooting (pun intended) for this flick to find purchase and really earn its slow burn atmosphere creep factor. And, for awhile, it really does… it was never “fast paced” or “exciting” or particularly “coherent” but what it was … Continue reading