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Wounds has been on my watchlist ever since I read the early reviews. It could have been the mysterious and vague premise: creepy and gross things transpire after a bartender (played by the hunky Armie …

It was merely five years ago when the one-and-done Maleficent arrived in theaters to great box office success. But outside of financial statements, the film didn’t make an impact and has been long forgotten ever since. …

Rob Zombie’s filmography has always been an acquired taste, even among horror fanatics. Rob Zombie’s cinematic hallmarks include the seventies’ grindhouse aesthetics; profanity-laden rednecks with an excessive amount of nudity and gore; and the inevitable …

With Joker being such a blatant homage to the works of Martin Scorsese and other filmmakers that told scuzzy New York dramas in the 1970s and 1980s, it’s interesting timing that Scorsese himself, while on …

Truth time: It Chapter Two failed me. It (2017) remains one of the biggest surprises and smash-hits of its respective year. I loved it so much that I saw it multiple times in theaters. The …

It’s never a good sign when a movie shifts release dates multiple times. That was the case for Where’d You Go, Bernadette, the latest film from acclaimed director Richard Linklater. After an initial release scheduled for …

Walking out of the theater in 2013, after watching Olympus Has Fallen, I couldn’t imagine thinking about that movie again. Or that I’d be sitting in a theater six years later for the third installment …

Spooky movie season is officially here. While Halloween might be a few months off, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is already spreading the spooky spirit. It’s a fresh cinematic take on a controversial children’s …

We owe a lot to the French New Wave. Minds like Truffaut, Godard, and many more fundamentally changed how we looked at film. And now, in present-day, director and actor Louis Garrel is adding a …

The Babadook is one of my favorite horror movies ever made. What Jennifer Kent accomplished in that movie is nothing short of miraculous, so much so that it continues to own an area of brain, seeping …

Two years ago, Spider-Man: Homecoming gave us a true taste as to what this universe’s bleak Spider-Man had to offer. That’s right, I say ‘bleak’ because the character wasn’t Spider-Man; the movie changed too many …

Over the years, I’ve only gained more appreciation for the original blaxploitation classic known as Shaft. Not just for its cultural significance, but for its gritty seventies style, slick dialogue, and fascinating characters. There’s also …

The fact that I’m reviewing Child’s Play proves that I’m a horrible sell-out. When I first heard about this movie, I flat-out refused to see it. Not just because it’s a remake of one of …

When I reviewed Welcome to Marwen in 2018, I lamented the fact that many movies “based on a true story” seem to add in a love story. Even if the real story did not contain one. …

Today I’m here to review a movie no one asked for. Not a single soul. Don’t get me wrong, Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson is a match we’ve seen work before, and the Men In …

There’s a very good chance you’ve never heard of Johnny Depp’s film The Professor. This is not necessarily indicative of the quality of the product. There are so many movies, good and bad, that are …

Mix two directors, young attractive leads, some good performances, nice cinematography, and a made-for-TV vibe, and you get A Violent Separation. While this movie has some things going for it, there was clearly an untapped well …

Look I’ll be honest, the only movie I’m remotely excited about is HBO’s Deadwood, the long-awaited return of one of the greatest TV shows ever created. Anything else just looks mildly amusing in comparison. But …

Body at Brighton Rock is a disconnected film that starts with so much potential. Throughout its runtime, it slowly slides out of control and starts to change its identity over and over again. All of …

It’s always worth noting what a new Netflix film means in the larger scope of the company. With the service essentially at saturation levels here in the U.S., the only way to expand is through …

By now, you may have caught on to the fact that most of my reviews are of streaming service, and “pay-per-view” fare. I so rarely get out to the theater/cinema in person, this is the …

With a title like ”I Trapped the Devil”, you know it’s not going to be a romantic comedy. It will either be some low-budget, generic horror film or a low-budget horror movie gem. In either …

Hi, it’s me again with another teen romance. Obviously I am suffering from some crisis after turning 30, and I accept whatever moral judgement you wish to throw at me. After, in a nutshell, is …

In a time where the revisionist Western (and even the revisionist-revisionist Western) are typical the only stories of the West getting the green light, The Highwaymen goes in the opposite direction, preferring a classical approach …

Some people say movies like Napoleon Dynamite,  Juno, or pretty much anything by Wes Anderson, are quirky for the sake of being quirky. That they try too hard to be whimsical, and “different.” The people …

Adaptations that emerge from Stephen King source material are either a hit or a miss. We had IT in 2017 that succeeded in making us fear clowns for the rest of our lives, and The Green …

On November 26th, 2008, the eyes of the world were on Mumbai. Terrorists were openly and brazenly killing innocent civilians. Among the nearly 200 dead and more than 300 wounded were staff and guests at …

Any time a movie is compared to Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation, it’s starting off on the right track. Long Lost is an erotic thriller that’s on its way to release limited across 30 locations. If it’s …

Last week I reviewed Dragged Across Concrete, which co-starred Michael Jai White. Coincidentally, Triple Threat also co-stars Michael Jai White — he’s a lot nicer in DAC. Both films are also exceptionally violent. The similarities …

Guardians of the Galaxy meets Independence Day. That is the most accurate and most concise way to sum up Captain Marvel. The movie is an edgy, space-thrill ride from start to finish. It maintains its …