The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was supposedly so bad that Sean Connery retired after making it. After watching it, I can’t blame him. It’s a ridiculous adventure with no real stakes and it was over before…
Bad Movies
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The Room and I I’m no stranger to Tommy Wiseau’s The Room. Like many people, I first became aware of its existence when caught in the orbit of The Disaster Artist in 2017. This was the first…
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I had a choice between writing a retrospective on David Lynch’s haunting Lost Highway, or this embarrassing 1992 comedy starring Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty. Every reasonable cineaste would naturally choose the former. One movie…
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Red Notice is an action-comedy starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot — three people whose movies I generally avoid. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson might have definite star power but he has a track…
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I’m quietly a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000. I didn’t grow up watching it and only discovered it in the last few years, but I really enjoy it. Riffing on bad movies is basically…
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I like to think that the two best directors on the planet are Tommy Wiseau and Neil Breen. However, when it comes down to it, Neil Breen has the upper hand. He uses better special…
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I love Step Up 3D. It’s quite possibly one of my favorite movies. But, my heavens, does it have some cringy dialogue. For those of you who don’t know, Step Up 3D is about a group of dancers,…
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By now, everyone knows that Tommy Wiseau is by far one of the greatest actors in history. No other person can reach his level of emotion or his infectious charisma. Ever since his breakout performance…
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Streaming ReviewsStreaming Thriller
Why ‘Mrs. Serial Killer’ is This Year’s Worst Movie (So Far)
by Ingridjeby IngridjeThree days. It took me three days to finish watching Mrs. Serial Killer. What torture! And it will be even bigger torture not to write anything mean about Mrs. Serial Killer. Frankly, I don’t think…
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Although it was received with mixed reviews, 2016’s The Boy attracted a reasonable amount of attention thanks to its unusual conclusion. It managed to steer clear of the familiar ‘creepy doll’ horror tropes and was…
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Floria Sigismondi’s new horror flick, The Turning, which is based on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, had a lot of potential to be a refreshing addition to the genre, which is why it…
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Cats is a lot of things: an eyesore, an acid and cocaine trip, nightmare fuel, you name it. It is not, however, a good movie. If anything, it’s a great reminder that Tom Hooper is…
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Back to the Future Part II is iconic, but that doesn’t mean that it’s a good movie. While it’s flashy visuals and its satirization of America’s future are fun, the movie itself is a mess.…
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Once you start critiquing movies, you can’t stop. Even in movies that I adored before, I can’t watch them without picking them apart. Do you realize how cringy the entirety of Cars (2006) is? I…
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ReviewsThriller
‘The Fanatic’ is the Bonkers John Travolta Stalker-Thriller You’ve Been Waiting For!
I’m one of the few moviegoers out there who was actually looking forward to seeing Fred Durst stalker-thriller/wacky John Travolta vehicle, The Fanatic. The fact that it’s already hailed as both a critical and financial…
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I’m not one to be negative, but Illumination Entertainment really takes the cake for worst film studio ever created. They create some of the cringiest content I’ve ever seen. The only film Illumination halfway did…
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Another Bloody Movie PodcastPodcasts
Film Fiasco – ‘The Greatest Showman’ (Another Bloody Movie Podcast)
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesA lot of people fell in love with The Greatest Showman upon its release in 2017. It took many on an emotional rollercoaster with its pop music and charming cast, leading to an extended theatrical…
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Another Bloody Movie PodcastPodcasts
Film Fiasco – ‘The Book of Henry’ (Another Bloody Movie Podcast)
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesPoor Colin Trevorrow. You really have to feel sorry for the guy. No matter what he does in future, he’ll always be remembered as either one of two things; The filmmaker that got famously fired…
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In one of the lesser trends to continue in 2018, we have another low-budget horror movie in theaters the week after Thanksgiving. And in typical fashion for such movies, The Possession of Hannah Grace is a slog.…
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It’s hard to believe that the first movie in The Twilight Saga came out just over a decade ago, yet here we are. 2008 was a different era for me — I was a 20-something in college…
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Sometimes a movie catches you at exactly the right moment; a sweet spot of time, place, and circumstance where you’ll buy whatever that movie is selling. I watched Cocktail when I was a teenager at a…
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Some movies receive tons of press and hype before their premiere and ultimately live up to their lofty expectations. However, some, like the following movies, really flop at the box office and with fans despite…
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A story about Egyptian mythology, crazy special effects, stars such as Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Chadwick Boseman and Geoffrey Rush…what’s not to love? Well, according to critics and moviegoers alike, everything! Gods of Egypt was…
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The Room. Gosh, where do you begin with this colossal disasterpiece? How could you approach such a monumentally laughed at film with such sincerity and reverence? And how in God’s creation did a man none…
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We all have our favorite movies. From timeless classics to little seen gems, there’s tons of movies out there that are truly great. Then, there’s the other side of that equation. Sometimes, you love a…
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