Say my name. (Unmarked Spoilers) Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is an artist living with his art gallery director girlfriend Brianna (Teyonah Parris). Searching for inspiration for his next project, Anthony meets Cabrini-Green resident William Burke (Colman Domingo), introducing him to the legend of the Candyman. The vengeful spirit of a black man killed due …
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Scary Movie
Not my favorite, but still pretty good. (Massive Unmarked Spoilers) The fifth installment of the Scream trilogy opens with Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega) stuck home alone when she hears her landline ringing. When she picks up the phone, she’s greeted by a voice (Roger L. Jackson) and then attacked by someone wearing a familiar costume. …
If there’s something strange…
The beloved original and not so beloved remake. (Unmarked Spoilers) Ghostbusters is a 1984 film about an awesome Ray Parker Jr. song and nothing else. I’m kidding, of course. It’s about the antics of a team of ghost hunters as they try to save the city from a supernatural menace. The film was remade in 2016, …
…Die if I want to, die if I want to
What? It’s a catchy song. (Unmarked Spoilers) Slumber Party Massacre, directed by Danishka Esterhazy and written by Suzanne Keilly, follows in the tracks of Evil Dead and Fast & Furious where it’s a sequel and/or remake that retains the original title, just without the ‘The.’ It follows Dana (Hannah Gonera), who’s decided to go on …
That which does not kill us
Why am I watching all these non-horror movies? (Unmarked Spoilers) This sorta sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) is an adaptation of Det som inte dödar oss or The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz. It is the fourth novel in the Millennium series. Yes, we’ve now gone from the …
Cruel Devil
The one thing missing is more of that catchy theme song…(Unmarked Spoilers) Once upon a time, Cruella (Emma Stone) was once a wild child named Estella (Tipper Seifert-Cleveland, Billie Gadsdon) who was constantly getting in trouble at school. Much to the frustration of her mother Catherine (Emily Beecham). After Estella finally gets expelled, Catherine has …
Do you believe you can fly?
“There is no way that LeBron will ever be Jordan. Nobody will ever be Jordan, okay.” -Russell Gettis, Bad Teacher (Unmarked Spoilers) Al-G Rhythm (Don Cheadle) is the Warner Bros. server algorithm (get it?). When he’s not ruling over the Serververs, he’s busy conducting an idea that will finally get him the respect he thinks …
The Dirty not Dozen
Let’s all pretend the first movie never happened. (Unmarked Spoilers) Task Force X or the Suicide Squad is a group of supervillains sent into nigh unsurvivable scenarios in exchange for time off their prison sentences. The Squad’s mission this time around is to infiltrate the nation of Corto Maltese and destroy Project Starfish, aka Starro …
Who’s your daddy?
If you think that sounds creepy, good. These are two creepy movies. (Unmarked Spoilers) The Stepfather (1987) is about an unnamed serial killer (Terry O’Quinn) who’d marry single mothers, only to kill his new family when they inevitably fail to live up to his Leave it to Beaver aspirations. He is currently married to Susan …
Finally
I can still remember when a Snyder cut seemed like a pipe dream. (Unmarked Spoilers for theatrical version) The plot of Zack Snyder’s Justice League is more or less the same as the theatrical cut. (Emphasize on the more, because the runtime of this movie is four hours long.) Following the death of Superman/Clark Kent (Henry Cavill), …
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