It’s Nick and Nick time in Renfield (Spoilers) Following the lead of Tod Browning’s Dracula, Robert Montague Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) is a solicitor who comes to the home of Count Dracula (Nicholas Cage) as part of a real estate deal, only to discover that his new client is a vampire. The film even includes footage …
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Life In Plastic
It’s Barbie’s World, They’re Just Living In It (Spoilers) Margot Robbie is Stereotypical Barbie, or Barbie for short, whose life in Barbieland is a non-stop party until Barbie suddenly has intrusive thoughts of death, flat feet, and cellulite. After consulting Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon), Barbie learns that she needs to go to the real world …
Guardians of the RPG
A very Marvel fantasy Our white male lead for this diverse band of adventures is Edgin Darvis (Chris Pine), a bard who used to be a member of the Harpers, an organization of do-gooders who never ask for payment. At least until his wife Zia (Georgia Landers) is killed by his enemies, at which point …
Where, oh where, has my review gone: Mad Heidi
Where, oh where, can it be? To see my review of Mad Heidi for MovieWeb, go here.
Oogie Boogie
This one doesn’t gamble, however. (Spoilers) The Boogeyman is a film adaptation of the short story of the same name by Stephen King, originally published in Cavalier magazine and then collected in the anthology Night Shift. It concerns the mythological creature that’s haunted children in cultures all over the world. It has many names and is commonly believed to …
Where, oh where, has my review gone: Perfectly Good Moment
Where, oh where, can it be? To see my review of Perfectly Good Moment for MovieWeb, go here.
Where, oh where, has my review gone: Silver Bullet
Where, oh where, can it be? To see my review of Silver Bullet for MovieWeb, go here.
Ghostface Takes Manhattan
It was either this or going into space. (Spoilers) One year after the events of Scream (2022), Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera) is dealing with all sorts of problems. Unlike celebrity survivor Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), Sam’s reputation is in the toilet due to an online rumor that she masterminded the killings in the last movie. Her relationship …
Where, oh where, has my review gone: Evil Dead Rise
Where, oh where, can it be? To see my review of Evil Dead Rise for MovieWeb, go here.
The good, the bad, and the guy with the gun
A look back at the earlier Evil Dead films (Spoilers) With Evil Dead Rise right around the corner, I thought it was time to rewatch what’s come before—at least in terms of the films. I wanted to hold off on watching the tv show until another time because I wanted to finish my first draft by the …
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