‘Quarry’ Season 1 REVIEW: Cinemax Crime-Drama is a Winner
Intriguing and absorbing, full of twists, deceit, drama and suspense.
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November 2016
‘7 Años’ MOVIE REVIEW: Spanish Netflix Film Offers Solid Character Drama
Good performances and smart dialogue aside, the movie does have its shortcomings.
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‘The Night of the Virgin’ MOVIE REVIEW: Extreme, Grotesque and Gloriously Insane
An utterly gobsmacking entry into the body horror sub-genre.
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‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ MOVIE REVIEW: Ang Lee Has Commendable Aim, but Misses the Mark
The technology push doesn’t quite correlate the way it should.
‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’ TV REVIEW: The Send-Off We Deserved
Filled with moments that will satisfy every type of fan.
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‘Peelers’ MOVIE REVIEW: Grindhouse Fun Undone by B-Grade Familiarity
Some inventive kill sequences aside, the film falls short with plot and characters that rarely rise above mediocrity.
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‘The Founder’ MOVIE REVIEW: Michael Keaton Keeps McDonald’s Movie Digestible
Uninspired direction and a screenplay happy to sprinkle facts and tick off mainstream pleasantries.
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Reel Classic: ‘The Thing’ (1982)
We take a look back at John Carpenter’s influential 1982 sci-fi/horror picture.
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‘Morgan’ MOVIE REVIEW: Mercilessly Forgettable Sci-fi Horror
Impossible to watch this movie and not be distracted by the ever-present shadow of Alex Garland’s vastly more cerebral ‘Ex Machina.’
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‘I, Daniel Blake’ MOVIE REVIEW: Ken Loach Crafts Profound, Urgent Cinema
A deeply affecting call to action, and a must-see film.
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‘Arrival’ MOVIE REVIEW: Filmmaking Prowess Held Back by Showy Hokum
Despite the many solid aspects, the film falls back on a murky and contrived revelatory final act.
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‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ MOVIE REVIEW: JK Rowling Pens Solid Franchise-Starter, Despite Shortcomings
Eddie Redmayne is delightful in the lead, his signature quirk and introverted mannerisms fitting Rowling’s cinematic universe perfectly.
What Should I Watch?: ‘Bone Tomahawk’ (2015)
A horror-western that works both genres very, very effectively.
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Reel Classic: ‘Deranged’ (1974)
As disturbing now as it was then.
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Hidden Gem: ‘Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould’ (1993)
Our latest under-seen masterpiece is a mixed bag of thematic contrasts that attempt to make sense of a complicated mind.
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‘The Bandit Hound’ MOVIE REVIEW: Leave This One for the Kids
Will manage to keep youngsters of about 4-10 years of age entertained.
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’31’ MOVIE REVIEW: More Evidence that Rob Zombie Misunderstands Horror
The “horror” filmmaker’s most stagnant film to date.
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