An Ode to a Great Director Thirty-eight years ago, Stuart Gordon came out with a film called Re-Animator, which became a cult hit and launched his career as a film director. Now, a film honoring his work has been released. It’s titled Suitable Flesh and had been a project that Gordon himself had tried to …
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Where, oh where, has my review gone: Lovecraft/Gordon Analysis
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.
Where, oh where, has my review gone: Soul Mates
Where, oh where, can it be? To see my review of Soul Mates for MovieWeb, go here.
Best Do-Over Ever
The season that started it all (Spoilers) 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 …
A Killer Movie
Maybe Not The Most Original, But Still Well Done (Spoilers) 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 …
The Not So Final Chapter
You’ll see what I mean (Spoilers) 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) …
Up
Now They’re Here (Spoilers) Josie (Ayo Edebiri) and PJ (Rachel Sennott) are two ugly (?) lesbian losers who are crushing on cheerleaders Isabel (Havana Rose Liu) and Brittany (Kaia Gerber). After rumors spread over them being juvenile delinquents who beat up Isabel’s d**k boyfriend Jeff (Nicholas Galitzine), Josie and PJ decide to lean into this …
Terrible Tenure
Murder should be an automatic disqualification. (Spoilers) Jim Bowden (Timothy McCracken) is a college professor obsessed with getting tenure. Early in the film, Dean Richard Crawley (James Shanklin), wary of tenure-induced apathy, tells Jim that he believes it to be an “antiquated concept” and that Jim should focus on doing good work. Naturally, Jim doesn’t …
Drac Pack Part 1
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 …
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 …
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