Review: Visually Interesting with a Curiously Intriguing Story, Zone 414 Channels Ridley Scott Sci-Fi
As far as I’m concerned, the perfect blend of science fiction and film noir will and always will be Ridley…
Review: Character Actor Shea Whigham Shines in Gritty, Surprisingly Emotional The Gateway
There’s something about the presence of actor Shea Whigham in pretty much anything that makes me feel better about whatever…
Review: Japanese Pop Star Masumi Leads a Bold, Brutal and Bloody Yakuza Princess
Right out of the gate during Brazilian filmmaker Vicente Amorim’s (Motorrad) latest work, Yakuza Princess, I learned something new and…
Review: A Family Tears Itself Apart From the Inside in Debut Feature Film We Need to Do Something
While many recent horror films have taken on the guise of a domestic drama, in which some evil or corrupt…
Review: Superhost Gets the “Influencer” Thing Right, if Not Always the Scares
Sometimes a horror movie can be very good at what it does but still not be especially scary. We had…
Review: See the Best of Noir Now in The Third Man, Full of the Style and Shadows of Postwar Vienna
The nighttime streets are dark and shadowy, elegant in rubble and 19th century buildings. Cobblestones glisten in the light from…
Review: Marvel’s Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Highlights the Best of Martial Arts in a Solid Stand-Alone Saga
I have been a massive admirer of martial arts films since I was a youngster, so seeing the genre represented,…
Review: Udo Kier Channels the Heart and Nostalgia at the Center of Affecting Swan Song
Written and directed by Todd Stephens, Swan Song is the third of three films the Sandusky, OH native has made set…
Review: A “Pandemic” Movie, Together Puts a More Than a Year of Lockdown in Perspective
There are a select few actors whose work I will seek out simply because they are in it, and one…
Review: The Lost Leonardo Charts the Meteoric Rise (in Price) of a Potential Masterpiece
I have no idea what I was occupied with at the time, but I somehow entirely missed (or have since…
Review: Humorless and Ingratiating, Vacation Friends is a Comedic Dud
In the same way I’ll ding a horror film for not being scary, I’ll eagerly discuss the existence of comedies…
Review: No Man of God Puts a Serial Killer and a Scientist in the Same Room, to Fascinating Results
At this point, the only reason to dive into the world of Ted Bundy again would be if a filmmaker…
