Where, oh where, can it be?
This one is more of a features article, but it’s close enough to count. If you want to read about me discussing Stuart Gordon adapting the work of H. P. Lovecraft, then you can go here.
This one is more of a features article, but it’s close enough to count. If you want to read about me discussing Stuart Gordon adapting the work of H. P. Lovecraft, then you can go here.
For the past couple of years, I’ve reviewed a Halloween movie to celebrate the big day. Though there are still plenty of installments left, I decided to forgo that this year. There are multiple reasons for that. One is how if I were to do another Halloween review, it would cover both Halloween IIs. If memory serves, they both have their moments, but aren’t entries I’m in a huge hurry to rewatch.
Continue reading “When Your Number’s Up”
To see my review of Soul Mates for MovieWeb, go here.
I can’t believe I’ve seriously published 200 of these reviews. My original plan was to review Let Me In, which for a while was my favorite movie back when I was 12. Except, to do the review justice, I would have to reread the book it was based on, Låt den rätte komma in, and watch the Swedish film adaptation, maybe even the recent tv adaptation. I’m probably going to do all of that someday, but I just don’t have the time at the moment. So, then the question became what could I do instead? I quickly came up with an answer.
Continue reading “Best Do-Over Ever”
13 Fanboy follows Kelsie Voorhees (Hayley Greenbauer), who’s the granddaughter of Friday the 13th actor Deborah Voorhees. While Kelsie herself is fictional, her grandmother is not. Voorhees (yes, her last name was a factor in getting her cast, but not the only one) played Tina in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. In addition to playing herself in 13 Fanboy, Voorhees also directed and co-wrote the script with Joel Paul Reising.
Continue reading “Friday Fanatic”
You really need to admire the resiliency of the slasher movies. Whenever it seems like the genre is on its last legs, something comes along to breathe new life into it. The audience is growing familiar with genre tropes, let’s have fun with that in Scream. The whole post-meta thing is growing stale, let’s combine a slasher movie with a classic film.
Continue reading “A Killer Movie”
Brynn Adams (Kaitlyn Dever) is a young woman living by herself in this awesome looking, but isolated lake house. Brynn is a pariah in her hometown for reasons that gradually become clearer as the movie goes on. One night, Brynn wakes up and discovers that there’s an alien inside her house. Pretty soon, there’s a whole host of alien invaders that Brynn has to fight off.
Continue reading “Knock On Any Door”
John Wick (Keanu Reeves) has recovered from the injuries that should have killed him ten times over in the last movie and, with the help of the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne), is continuing his war against the High Table. In response, the Marquis Vinent Bisset de Gramont (Bill Skarsgård) is granted special powers to take down John once and for all.
Continue reading “The Not So Final Chapter”
To see my review of The Nun II for MovieWeb, go here.
The fact it took me until now to remember I wrote this review is a tip-off to the movie’s quality. Of course, if you still want to see my review of The Flood for MovieWeb, go here.