An awful lot of fun, “Late Night with the Devil” is demonic silliness at its finest

At a time when it seems like exorcism films have been done to death (he, he), it's nice to know that there is still something you can do with demonic possession other than just rehash another Annabelle film full of cheap scares and no ingenuity. I mean, Satan on a talk show; great! Written and...

“Blonde” is a surreal, bizarre, nightmare of a film

Marilyn Monroe did not lead an easy life. That is a pretty definite statement. Behind all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Monroe was known to have suffered from depression, lost multiple pregnancies and never achieved a truly happy marriage. And according to novelist Joyce Carol Oates and screenwriter/director Andrew Dominik, Monroe was also a...

Exposing the casual nature of cruelty, “The Zone of Interest” is an unsettling story of atrocities and those who cause them

At this point, you'd be forgiven for potentially thinking that there is nothing new to say about the Holocaust. Given that we are approaching 100 years since Kristallnacht, what more could be said about the subject given the hundreds of books, films and theater crafted around it? Quite a lot apparently. That's why Jonathan Glazer's...

“The Fall of the House of Usher” isn’t prime Flanagan, but still fills the horror niche

Mike Flanagan has built up quite the resume of horror anthology shows while at Netflix with The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass and now The Fall of the House of Usher. While his latest venture might show signs of some diminishing returns, it is nevertheless a thoughtful and monstrous...

A masterpiece of minimal cinema, “Big Shark” is… nah, just kidding. It’s ridiculous schlock about a big shark.

The Room, one of the most infamous bad movies in history, finally has a companion. And that bedfellow is Big Shark. Rest assured, Tommy Wiseau's 2003 "masterpiece" was not a fluke; Big Shark is just as special. Written, directed and starring Wiseau, Big Shark features three heroic firefighters in Patrick, Georgie (Greg Sestero... and Mark...

“Evil Dead Rise” doesn’t quite… rise to the occasion

The idea of turning Evil Dead into a franchise has always been a little ludicrous. The first few movies were just Sam Raimi and best bud Bruce Campbell goofing off, making crazy set pieces and cramming in as much bravado and blood as possible. They've never been box office successes; why create a cinematic universe?...

“The Last of Us” puts all other videogame adaptations to shame

Properties based off videogames have proven to be highly problematic. Tomb Raider, Warcraft, Super Mario Bros., Resident Evil, Sonic, Assassin's Creed, the fricking Angry Birds... the list goes on and on of terrible adaptations. Why though? It is an actual mystery. Are the studios rushing these projects into production to just make a quick buck?...

“Barbarian” is inventive in every way except its monster

Horror with a point is always better than horror with no point. Every Candyman will be better than Saw. Every Get Out will be better than Friday the 13th. That automatically makes Barbarian a cut above given that it deals with some very serious issues: #MeToo, chauvinism, race relations. The movie itself settles into "okay"...

“Morbius” Really is Terrible

I went into Morbius with the faint hope that all of the Internet/critics/moviegoers were wrong. I mean, it's a comic book vampire movie. There's some fights, some gore, some fantasy. I wasn't expecting Citizen Kane or anything. I was just hoping that all of those people saying it was God-awful, stupid, moronic, cheap and redundant...

“Halloween Ends” doesn’t land a killing blow

Halloween (2018) was a modest reboot. Halloween Kills was a disaster. Halloween Ends falls right in the middle; not a disaster, but not a good movie. Despite some good intentions, it doesn't execute to its full potential and fails to form a cohesive whole. Written by Paul Brad Logan, Chris Bernier, Danny McBride and David...