Checked out The Shack, a flick that sounds like a generic scary movie but is really an impressively crafted faith-based film. Based on a popular novel, it tells the story of a man whose daughter is murdered and is then … Continue reading
Also caught up on the 2016 Jackie, which stars Natalie Portman in an Academy Award nominated performance as Jacqueline Kennedy. Very good performance in a pretty mediocre film. Set immediately before, during, and at various points within a couple … Continue reading
Sadako vs. Kayako is a 2016 Japanese film that could better be renamed The Ring vs. The Grudge. Yes, this is the film that lets the ghost girl from The Ring fight the ghost girl (and creepy cat-yowling boy) from … Continue reading
Watched the newish Christian film I Am Not Ashamed on iTunes over the weekend. I believe this was released in a limited theatrical run last year… it’s produced by Pure Flix and Universal which is an interesting combo (because usually … Continue reading
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is the 6th film in the franchise that manages to sequel bait in a movie called The Final Chapter and whose narrator claims this is the end of the story. Lies! Lies I tell you. … Continue reading
Also saw one of those quintessential January releases, the Bye Bye Man. Yes, it’s a horror movie called The Bye Bye Man. Why is it called The Bye Bye Man? Because the spooky creature in it is called The Bye … Continue reading
So a film version of the toy line Max Steel (which I’d never heard of) came out earlier this year and pretty much nobody noticed (I did but it was only at the theaters for a week and I never … Continue reading
Saw Bad Santa 2 and it’s a pretty mediocre sequel to a movie you either thought was hilarious or unconscionably crude and disgusting. And people who liked it could think it was all of these things. It was certainly a … Continue reading
Also saw Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, the new war/coming home movie from Ang Lee. I highly recommend doing what everyone else did and not see this movie (it came in 13th place in its opening weekend, making under one … Continue reading
Shut-In is a new horror movie with minimum advertising starring Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt, and Jacob Tremblay (the little kid from Room). Basic premise… Naomi Watts lives in a great big house in the middle of the woods… her husband … Continue reading