“Ever wondered what a post-apocalyptic, kung-fu, rock 'n' roll Wizard of Oz would look like? What if it was set in an alternative timeline where the Russians won the Cold War and Elvis rules the last bastion of freedom, Las Vegas? And what if The King died and people like a samurai sword wielding Bud” read more
“It takes something special to make you forget that Arnold Schwarzenegger is not a great actor and this movie is the first one to teach me that. It is also the first movie that I became obsessed with. God knows I ran that VHS copy ragged back in the day.
Though it's supposed to be an adapta” read more
“At first, Baskin seems cohesive and straightforward as it follows a group of beat cops called to answer a backup call in a part of their jurisdiction with a shadowy reputation. The police come across an inexplicable confluence of events that toy with the idea of fate, cosmic powers, and hell itself ” read more
“This show far exceeded my expectations. It didn't go the slavish remake/homage route, nor the adaptation route but combined both elements to create something wholly its own and, simultaneously, warmly familiar.
I'll admit i was a bit puzzled by the beginning structure but it all served a p” read more
“Surprisingly subdued but entertaining dramedy centered around the Afghan conflict. Tina Fey is Kim Baker, an ambitious reporter embedded in a land where cultures clash and new lives are forged as easily as they are lost.
The movie's strengths are multitude but it really does an excellent j” read more
“Ever wonder what a horror film with zero exposition would be like? The answer is genuinely unsettling. Hereditary let's you know so little until it's climax that you'll be paranoid and suspicious of every single damn thing going on in a bid to try to figure things out and convince yourself that it's” read more
“I've had a soft spot for Leigh Whannel since he broke onto the scene as the writer of the first three Saw films then went on to get creative with other fare as Dead Silence, Cooties, and, most notably, the damned great Insidious series. However, the trailer for Upgrade left me somewhere between inte” read more
“The American remake of 2007's French home invasion suspense thriller ร l'intรฉrieur (Inside) is not only completely uncalled for but, worse, totally uninspired. Though it starts off fairly well it doesn't take long for logic and common sense to quickly be launched out the window. A few moments work” read more
“I absolutely, positively LOVE this movie. An instant favorite. The story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan fascinated America (and the world) in the early nineties and the two became inadvertent archetypes for good and evil. Harding became the white trash punchline and pariah of an entire nation a” read more
“Part mockumentary and part found footage film, Adam Green's Digging Up The Marrow is an ambitious film with a solidly fantastic concept that ultimately fails to grasp its full potential by depending far too much on its star's abilities to convey a genuine sense of realism. More grievously, it does a” read more
“I had as much hope as one can be expected to conjure up for a big studio project about a board game when I saw the first Ouija film. Still, I somehow got even less than my low expectations dictated would be reasonably acceptable. Despite this response I went into the follow-up, Ouija: Origin of Evil” read more
“A decent adaptation of a fantastic retelling of the Beowulf myth (by Michael Crichton) that opts for realism instead of fantasy and has a nice underlying theme about finding beauty and honor in other's cultures. Though hobbled by the odd casting choice for the lead and a short running time that stun” read more
“Honestly, I watched this one on a whim. Hadn't heard of it and wasn't expecting much from it but, as it turns out, "Honeymoon" was a predator in waiting. I went from relatively receptive to whatever might conspire to engaged rather quickly and it wasn't long after that when I was just downright rive” read more
“Seeing "Game Change" (2012) now makes it seem not just the cautionary peak at the averted potential disaster that putting an populist ignoramus in a position of power could have wrought but it seems disturbingly prescient of the current political landscape. It seems that we charged headlong into the” read more
“This movie's relatively straightforward and simple concept that has been done justice a variety of times before in a various formats is ultimately robbed of any effectiveness by stilted, subpar direction with absolutely no vision. The downright awful costume design doesn't help either. Could of been” read more
“Notoriously parred down in length due to studio interference and infamously plagued with production troubles, Michael Mann's only foray into horror remains an amazing, phantasmagoric, and strikingly unique blend of period piece, horror, and fantasy. Allegorical elements mirroring the battle between ” read more
“A fascinating documentary from William Friedkin, the man that brought William Peter Blatty's classic "The Exorcist" to the big screen, "The Devil and Father Amorth" chronicles a real life exorcism at the direction of the former chief exorcist of the Vatican, Gabriele Amorth. Allowed into the exorcis” read more