To suggest The Slumber Party is a tween remake of The Hangover would be completely accurate. The similarities were so strong that I had to look it up… and the book its based on (The Sleepover by Jen Malone) not … Continue reading
Fear the Night is a home invasion thriller that struggles to find anything new or interesting to do or say in its chosen sub-genre. About the only saving grace is a fairly forbidding (if sporadic) performance from Maggie Q. The … Continue reading
Joy Ride is one of those classic misses for me that seems to be hitting for everyone else. The flick is a raunchy comedy full of raunchy jokes where the raunchy punchline is the long and short of it. I’m … Continue reading
Ruby Gillman is not a movie without charm, but it borrows so many ideas from other (better) films that it becomes a bit of a predictable time-waster. Though I imagine its target market of tweens will probably enjoy it. The … Continue reading
I am absolutely not a fan of the Michael Bay era of the Transformers movies. I found them over-produced noise with a same-iness to all the monotonous action scenes. They left me bored and mentally drained. But I enjoyed the … Continue reading
Becky was a solid streaming revenge flick about a fourteen year old girl fending off a bunch of Neo Nazis. It was a pretty bloody entertaining B picture. I certainly didn’t expect a sequel, much less one released to theaters. … Continue reading
The premise of Robots showed promise. In the near future, humanoid robots have taken most of the jobs but its illegal to own a realistic robot. Jack Whitehall plays a guy who owns one that he sends out on dates … Continue reading
Hypnotic is a movie that really, really, really, REALLY wants to blow your mind. And maybe it will if you haven’t seen a lot of twisty, clever films. It tries to do something interesting… but it doesn’t do it in … Continue reading
Clock was a frustrating watch for me. My feelings on the movie kept changing as what it was about ebbed and flowed. The flick is about a woman who’s biological clock is NOT TICKING LIKE THIS. Her husband wants a … Continue reading
Here we have another post-logic, cryptic nigh-experimental film. Categorized as horror, I’d maybe put it more into the slot of a movie you watch late at night to help you fall asleep. The film has a definite vibe, a sense … Continue reading