Reviews of films
Welcome to the second review of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas film series! It’s called Christmas Joy. Here’s the synopsis: Joy Holbrook is an intuitive market researcher in DC who has captured the attention of the account’s CEO and is about … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Christmas Joy Recap/Review
“It’s not meant to be only an uplifting and inspirational piece of literature… I wanted it to be a little scary.” ~ Garrard Conley. Author of Boy Erased. The following review contains mild spoilers and the subject merits a trigger … Continue reading Movie Review: Boy Erased (2018)
10/31/2018 – Grand Finale: A Bay of Blood (1971) Directed by Mario Bava Well it’s finally that time of the year, Halloween. I’ve been celebrating with horror movies all month, but it’s finally time to treat myself for all the writing … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Grand Finale: A Bay of Blood
Apologies in advance: I’m going to go all “stereotypical blogger”. This is the part where I tell you a long, rambling story about my boring personal life before I get to the actual movie review. But before I do that… … Continue reading Made Overseas: Dark Water (2002)
Yesterday I got so cold, I felt like I could kill. Available…uh…on the internet, I guess. Amazon Prime is a liar. Approximately 112 minutes. A woman is in what looks like some sort of hospital, and is reading…from the middle … Continue reading WTF ASIA 28: Cure (1997)
10/30/2018 – Vietnam: The Housemaid (2016) Directed by Derek Nguyen Our final country and fifty-fifth overall is Vietnam, a country that for most Americans continues to be defined by the Vietnam War. The country itself has long been dominated by censorship … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Vietnam: The Housemaid
As steaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading The Ritual (Netflix, 2018)
10/29/2018 – Coralie Fargeat: Revenge (2017) Directed by Coralie Fargeat We’ve finally reached the end of our look at female directors in horror. This year we’ve looked at twelve female horror directors (or in one case, a directing duo) with five more to … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Coralie Fargeat: Revenge
This Halloween, take a bite out of 1996’s forgotten Roger Corman comic book movie, as Talisa Soto takes on the role of bloodsucking superheroine Vampirella! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack Halloween Special: VAMPIRELLA (1996)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Pixar Edition. Brave
10/28/2018 – 2010s: Unsane (2018) Directed by Steven Soderbergh It’s impossible to seriously look back at a decade with any clarity when we haven’t even finished it, so now I’m going to do just that. While some trends may seem apparent thus far, … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – 2010s: Unsane
Intro to Hallmark and Countdown to Christmas So the Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas has begun and at the time of this writing, Halloween hasn’t happened yet. This Christmas celebration stuff is getting out of hand. If you’re not familiar … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Christmas at Pemberley Manor
10/27/2018 – United Arab Emirates: Djinn (2013) Directed by Tobe Hooper Our second Middle Eastern country of the year is one with a far less extensive history. The first film, Aber Sabeel, wasn’t made until 1988 and it was never released in … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – United Arab Emirates: Djinn
In early September I was lucky enough to go to sunny and beautiful Toronto to spend a week indoors in the dark attending the Toronto International Film Festival. I’ve wanted to attend TIFF for as long as I can remember … Continue reading I Went to TIFF, and So Can You!
10/26/2018 – Anna Biller: The Love Witch (2016) Directed by Anna Biller For once I do not need to update what has happened with female directed films since I already covered 2016 last time. Today’s director, Anna Biller, would receive a bachelor’s … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Anna Biller: The Love Witch
10/25/2018 – 2000s: Three… Extremes (Saam gaang yi) (2004) Directed by Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, and Takashi Miike Last decade, we witnessed the horror industry in a downturn quality wise after a stellar one before that. Towards the end of the ’90s, the genre at … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – 2000s: Three… Extremes (Saam gaang yi)
Some mild spoilers may follow. If you’re dead set on seeing this and want to go in without knowing a thing, I’d skip this review. If you’re mildly curious, read on, I don’t spoil any of the twists or surprises … Continue reading Movie Review: Suspiria (2018)
It’s time to take a break from one comfort genre for another in the form of a Western. For all the talk of the genre being dead, it’s never actually gone away either in modernized (such as Hell or High Water) … Continue reading Movie Reviews: The Sisters Brothers (2018)
In one corner: the ghost of an accursed video tape. Although she who was murdered and stuffed in a well, her latent psychic powers let her rage live on long after her death. Straight from the deepest depths of Well, … Continue reading Made Overseas: Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
10/24/2018 – Romania: Domnisoara Christina (1992) Directed by Viorel Sergovici Romania represents the twenty fourth European nation we’ve looked at (and final one this year) which means that nearly half the continent has been covered. There’s been a distinct Euro-centric focus to this … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Romania: Domnisoara Christina
As steaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House (Netflix, 2016)
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