For spooky season 2021, I bit the bullet and subscribed to Shudder to get to a bunch of older horror flicks. And I found this documentary which I’d heard about but hadn’t realized was a Shudder original. So that’s something… … Continue reading
I had this on my mental “to watch” list for awhile but finally decided to give it a whirl for the season. Didn’t realize it was an anthology film… and was pleasantly surprised that more of the segments worked than … Continue reading
I suspect I’m entering unpopular opinion territory, but I really enjoyed this Venom sequel. I mostly liked the original but I thought it was too inconsistent and had a rather unmemorable ending. This movie feels more in control of its … Continue reading
Cry Macho stars Clint Eastwood as an aged cowboy and former rodeo star who is asked by a friend to go to Mexico and retrieve his estranged son. Eastwood does this out of a sense of obligation but eventually out … Continue reading
If I were to draw a line on a graph showing my enjoyment of this flick, it would start low and waver up and down, mostly down, for the first half. And then it’d shoot up up and up. Ask … Continue reading
Having not watched any trailers, it turns out re-watching the original 1992 Candyman in advance of this new film was a wise decision. The new Candyman is a direct sequel to the original film… another one of those sequels that … Continue reading
Free Guy is kind of like taking a shopping car through movie history and picking and choosing elements from all over. Instantly I saw a little Lego Movie, Truman Show, Dark City, The Matrix, Tron and a few others. In … Continue reading
The A24ist of A24 movies and you know what your getting into if that makes any sense. The Green Knight is an enigmatic slow burn of a movie. A retelling of an Arthurian legend that you may or may not … Continue reading
Deeply unsettling and somewhat transgressive is how I’d describe this movie. It plays in the same themes and ideas of other films in a sub-genre I call the domestic thriller or horror. Movies where the average everyday people in your … Continue reading
Fear Street 1666 is easily the best film in this unique trilogy. After enjoying the first and less so the second (a fact for which I’m apparently quite wrong about), I’m only hoping others will see the qualities in this … Continue reading