C Categories Movies Reviews March 21, 2023 Children of the Corn is a shucking bore Horror’s least essential franchise churns out another one, this time with a limp environmentalism angle.
T Categories Movies Reviews March 15, 2023 The Magician’s Elephant is a modern fairy tale turned empty adaptation An inoffensive albeit empty mystery box, Netflix's children's fantasy never reaches the heights it aims for.
K Categories Movies Reviews February 1, 2023 Knock at the Cabin is a gripping thriller about family & belief in the face of the Apocalypse M. Night Shyamalan adapts Paul G. Tremblay’s bleak end-of-the-world novel with an excellent Dave Bautista as a conflicted antagonist.
W Categories Movies Reviews December 28, 2022 White Noise is an ambitious but tedious look at the American experience (or something like that) Noah Baumbach directs a smug & obvious adaptation of Don DeLillo’s wry social satire.
L Categories Movies Reviews November 26, 2022 Lady Chatterley’s Lover weaves a spell for the senses Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre directs a lush & sensuous adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's classic romance.
N Categories Movies Reviews November 19, 2022 Netflix’s Slumberland is a CGI snoozefest This twist on Little Nemo is a muddled and sloppy mess.
M Categories Movies Reviews October 5, 2022 Mr. Harrigan’s Phone drops the call The latest Stephen King adaptation falls flat thanks to lifeless acting and lazy screenwriting.
T Categories Anniversaries Features Movies September 27, 2022 The Ice Storm at 25: a bleak domestic drama that still chills the bones Ang Lee’s adaptation of Rick Moody’s novel made suburban sex and infidelity more depressing than titillating.
B Categories Movies Reviews September 21, 2022 Blonde is haunting, repellent & heartbreaking all at once Though Andrew Dominik's sort-of-biopic is harsh & harrowing, you won’t forget Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, doomed from the very start.
B Categories Movies Reviews August 3, 2022 Bullet Train delivers a bloody but intoxicating ride This action-comedy goes off the rails in a good way, but some riders may get motion sickness.