Memorial Day Weekend is finally here, and it’s the unofficial kick off to summer. It used to be the kick off to the Summer Movie Season, but studios have pushed that date back into April. And there have been some big movies hitting theaters already. There will be a great many films released between now […]
‘The Souvenir’ Is One Of 2019’s Best Films
There were a handful of films at Sundance that I sadly missed, one of them being writer/director Joanna Hogg’s autobiographical coming-of-age drama, The Souvenir. Many of the conversations I heard coming out of the screening I worked were decidedly mixed, and that muted reaction may have swayed me to not try and cram the film […]
‘The Intruder’ Proves Painfully Derivative
Who would have ever thought that the reliable dad actor, Dennis Quaid, would end up starring as a deranged psychopath in a home-invasion thriller? It is both a blessing and a curse that The Intruder ends up being that film, a blessing because his completely wack-a-doo performance ends up being the movie’s most entertaining aspect, […]
Noisy And Oppressive ‘Hellboy’ Reboot Is All Action And Attitude
Guillermo Del Toro brought us two of the more visually imaginative superhero films ever made with Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), both of which give us relatable, endearing characters and narratives within a fantastical (and fantastically realized) world. After refusing to move forward with Del Toro’s proposed third film, Lionsgate has […]
Consistently Creepy ‘Pet Sematary’ Foregoes Character In Favor Of Plot
Recently, we have been getting some very good Stephen King film adaptations. From the nostalgic, no-holds-barred terror of IT (2017) to the nightmarish, introspective Gerald’s Game on Netflix, these films see talented filmmakers finding a way to take King’s material and trim them down to compelling two-hour fright-fests, all while retaining a strong sense of character […]