Click here for the flashback interview with Scott Mann for FALL. It is always with just a bit of trepidation that I approach sequels. Can it recapture the magic that made the original such a success that the powers that be felt a sequel was worth the time and the money? Can it be worth… Read More »
INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER
And so we have entered a new phase of the INSIDIOUS franchise. We have dispensed with the Lamberts and their beleaguered patriarch Josh (Patrick Wilson) with a brief flashback, and we can only hope that they have found the closure that will prevent them ever again dealing with The Further and subjecting us to a… Read More »
IT ENDS
IT ENDS is that wondrous oeuvre that demands of its audience both its attention and its intelligence. To describe this unconventional road trip as an existential thriller would be glib and unworthy. What we have here is nothing less than a consideration, via allegory, of existence itself. We are asked to ponder how to live… Read More »
COYOTE VS. ACME
Click here for the flashback interview with Will Forte for EXTRA ORDINARY. The dynamic tension of Wile E. Coyote’s endless quest to capture the Road Runner has always arisen from the Herculean industriousness of the former, and the flippant impudence of the former. The Road Runner didn’t just avoid becoming an entrée, he would rub… Read More »
THE END OF OAK STREET
The drama of a marriage teetering towards divorce bumps up against a bigger problem in THE END OF OAK STREET, a rip-snorter of an action flick that asks the question: what would a typical suburban couple do if a pterosaur swooped down on them in their backyard? As played by Ann Hathaway and Ewan McGregor,… Read More »
ICE CREAM MAN
There may be no more twisted filmmaker working today than Eli Roth. I say that with admiration and with affection. Since introducing himself with CABIN FEVER in 2002, he has honed his skill at creating a perfect storm of horror, satire, and human drama. And so it is with ICE CREAM MAN, a subversive gloss… Read More »
EVIL DEAD BURN
This is what you need to know about EVIL DEAD BURN. It is a masterpiece of its genre. It does not, however, transcend that genre. Not really. If you love the garish gore that is the trademark of this franchise, you will adore it. If dangling entrails and exposed bones, lots of them, don’t work… Read More »
SUPERGIRL
I know it may seem minor detail on which to dwell, but it’s a significant one. The 2026 incarnation of SUPERGIRL, played with cynicism suffused anger by Milly Alcock, sports her super-heroine costume accessorized by boots that are low-heeled with a closed, square toe. Yes, they are thigh-high, but they are not form-fitting latex, and… Read More »
BLACK BOX
BLACK BOX is a solid horror film that indulges in the tropes of the genre, specifically the airplane in peril sub-genre, but manages to avoid most of the clichés. Blending found footage and some slick direction, the scares are earned and the story does a fine job of offering up some surprises that throw both… Read More »
STOP! THAT! TRAIN!
Click here for the flashback interview with director Adam Shankman for ROCK OF AGES. STOP! THAT! TRAIN! continues the fine tradition of AIRPLANE! and POLICE SQUAD delivering so many jokes per second that the sheer volume becomes the best joke of all. That’s saying a great deal for a film that is a drag queen… Read More »
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