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Every stew needs a pinch of salt, but you can’t make a stew out of salt. That culinary metaphor may seem an incongruous...
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Career Opportunities, or “How I Learned To Stop Whalleying and Love Jennifer Connelly” is a fascinating study of a film. I would love...
The advent of streaming television over the last several years has marked a small-screen renaissance for the iconic Star Trek franchise. Under the guidance...
When I watched 2018’s Batman Ninja, I was pleasantly surprised to find that what seemed like tone deaf corporate synergy, was a loving homage...
Every stew needs a pinch of salt, but you can’t make a stew out of salt. That culinary metaphor may seem an incongruous...
The first season of Knuckles unfolds as a spin-off set in the Sonic the Hedgehog cinematic universe, blending humor, action, and lore. It focuses...
There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by...
Succession is a gripping drama that delves into the cutthroat world of the Roy family, whose members are locked in a fierce battle...
Thanksgiving is a strange bird: where comedy and the slasher genre have coexisted since Wes Craven’s Scream in 1996, generally the humor is...
Young Sheldon serves as both a prequel and an expansion of The Big Bang Theory, offering a deeper understanding of Sheldon Cooper’s formative years...
“Gathered together from the cosmic reaches of the universe, here in this great Hall of Justice, are the most powerful forces of good...
Evil masterfully weaves together supernatural dread, psychological tension, and deeply personal stakes, creating a narrative that explores the intersection of good and evil...
After an unexpected reassignment, Secret Service agents Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) and Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly), find themselves in the heart of South...
Collecting one of the better original animated movies and it’s sequel on Blu-ray for the first time, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island marked a...
Before he played James Bond, Beau Maverick, Simon Templar (The Saint), or Brett Sinclair (The Persuaders!), Roger Moore played con man Silky Harris...
Anticipation has always been a double-edged sword in cinema. Even a fairly decent movie will have studios hoping that a second crack at the...
Alien: Romulus is almost everything you could want from a soft reboot of the Alien films: strong evocation of the production design and...
Belief. It is one of the cornerstones of religion. I am not religious. I was raised Fundamentalist Baptist and my family was kicked out...
Robert Harmon’s The Hitcher is one of the greatest horror films of the 1980’s, full stop. It’s also so much more. A dark...
Those who have been reading my reviews on this site for some time know my great affection for the work of Indonesian gore-king Timo...
American Movie is a painful watch. Usually that’s a dealbreaker. In the case of Chris Smith’s unflinching (but not unfeeling) 1999 documentary about Mark...
There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by...
In January of 2020 I walked into a public movie theater for the last time for a little more than 3 years. The film...
I thoroughly enjoyed the original A Quiet Place. When the sequel A Quiet Place II came out, it was barely a blip on my...
The 1955 children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon is simplicity itself: a four-year-old boy, Harold, has nothing to fill his world but empty...
Director Wes Craven struck gold in his 1972 debut with Last House on the Left, a grindhouse remake of an art house classic...
Nine Queens is an Argentinian noir made in 2000. Directed by the late Fabián Bielinsky with a quick and lively realism on the...
In the late 90’s it was hard to find an actor on a stronger career trajectory than Nicolas Cage. After 1995’s Oscar winning...