Sep
07
Rebel Ridge
I was all set to give Rebel Ridge a superlative star rating within its first hour but as soon as the flick went from defense to offense, it fell hard. I was so disappointed in the final act from a … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Thriller
Sep
07
1992
1992 is two, two, two movies in one… and they don’t play well together. It wants to be a serious film about surviving the Rodney King riots in LA 1992… while also being a heist film. Too bad it’s more … Continue reading
Sep
01
City of Dreams
The only thing I knew about City of Dreams was that it was an immigrant story. The person who said that was sugar-coating it because, yeah, its an immigrant story in the same way Grave of the Fireflies is about … Continue reading
Aug
30
Slingshot
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
Aug
27
Greedy People
Greedy People is a sporadic and uneven crime/thriller/comedy that wants you to think about a Coen Brothers film while you watch it. Not as good as most of their oeuvre, but certainly playing in the same crime comedy ballpark. The … Continue reading
Aug
27
Blink Twice
Blink Twice is a bit of a problem movie. It has a good setup but it slogs down in the middle before delivering a pretty great finale. It’s such a good ending that it blew past my three stars and … Continue reading
Aug
23
Strange Darling
Strange Darling is a curious and somewhat fascinating film that weaponizes our empathy and compassion as movie goers. Much in the same way one of the characters turns those traits on other people in the movie itself. It’s an odd … Continue reading
Aug
21
King Tide, The
The King Tide is a good idea for a half hour Twilight Zone episode or a short film… but in its current form, its slow burn aesthetic is a little undercooked for the amount of story they have. It’s about … Continue reading
Aug
19
Skincare
I enjoyed the setup for this film so much when I didn’t know what it was about. Honestly, I assumed it’d be a body horror film about a skincare compound that causes human meltdowns. In that it’s not that at … Continue reading
Aug
06
Detained
Detained is a single location thriller that’s allegedly full of mental twists and turns… except it’s largely predictable and obvious. It’s an utter failure at the one thing it needs to be: surprising. It’s about a woman brought into a … Continue reading