I was rather surprised and pleased by this horror/suspense film. I didn’t expect much going in, that’s for sure. It’s a film in the “city folk go out into the country and run afoul of the rubes” movie mixed a … Continue reading
Honest Thief is a simple movie that doesn’t revolutionize anything, doesn’t set the world on fire, doesn’t change hearts and minds. It does what it does competently and entertains. It’s a solid, effective suspense thriller. The film stars Liam Neeson … Continue reading
The Owners is the latest in the weird sub-genre of burglars or home invaders who bite off more than they can chew. In this one, a team of bargain basement burglars breaks into a rich couple’s mansion… only to have … Continue reading
Songbird is a curious film that could have been renamed “Well, I guess it could have been worse?”. The film was made during lockdown and is no small, web-cam-focused film like Host was. It’s produced by Michael Bay and uses … Continue reading
The new Small Town Film Noire movie Girl is a mean little film starring Bella Thorne, a young lady who is getting a lot of work lately. About all I knew going in was that she stars and it’s some … Continue reading
The Rental is in a long-existing but suddenly bourgeoning sub-genre of thriller/suspense/horror that basically suggests staycations are for the best. The kind of movie that says, “hey, you know that cute B&B / house on the beach / rental in … Continue reading
Unhinged is a film that should probably just have been called Road Rage: The Message. Or perhaps, “Unhinged: You know, the bad guy kind of had a point there at the start of this… too bad he killed those people … Continue reading
In the next episode of Bad Decisions Playhouse: An Amazon presentation of a Blumhouse production of The Lie. This is one of a number of new (though originally a 2018 film) Blumhouse productions that Amazon has put their name on. … Continue reading
Spree is a found footage movie starring Joe Keery (aka Steve from Stranger Things) as a social media influencer / ride-share driver. He’s not a successful influencer as he’s been live streaming his life for a few years and has … Continue reading
An early George Romero film AND a non-zombie Romero film, I was curious to see where he’d go without being bound to the genre he created. To put it mildly, this is one 70s-ass 70s movie. Full of casual 70s … Continue reading