Censor certainly remains worth a watch for any horror fan, and to be quite frank, the level at which lead actress Niamh Algar is playing at is fucking insane. It’s an impressive and exceptionally intelligent debut for Prano Bailey-Bond.
Read MoreThe Little Things is a Throwback Thriller of Two Cops' Obsessions with a Serial Killer→
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The Little Things treads familiar psychological thriller territory, but its strong cast that includes Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto keeps it intriguing.
Read MoreThe Queen of Black Magic - Gruesome, but Ultimately Shallow Horror→
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Shudder’s latest horror, ‘The Queen of Black Magic’ lacks a layered script underneath all the extreme gore and violence.
Read MoreSkyfire Has Big Stunts and Effects but Little Character→
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The potential for the film to be even just a bit more interesting is lost to the wayside among the fire and destruction, and any chance for it to be particularly memorable gets snuffed out.
Read MoreHunted - A Ferocious Cat & Mouse Chase→
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Hunted may just be the first great horror film of the year.
Read MoreOutside the Wire - Lackluster Action and a Generic Story→
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Interesting ideas that never play out in an interesting way and dull as dull can be action. Anthony Mackie is cool though.
Read MoreWe Can Be Heroes - Kitschy, Colorful, and Surprisingly Engaging Fun→
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In my first piece for Geeks of Color, I talked about Robert Rodriguez’s latest film and its family friendly approach to the superhero genre.
Read MoreWhite Lie - A Tense Array of Bad Decisions→
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White Lie is a tense story with strong performances about a girl faking a cancer diagnosis.
Read MoreSongbird - A Tasteless Attempt to Use COVID-19 as Entertainment→
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It was inevitable that Hollywood would try to cash in on the COVID pandemic, but ‘Songbird’ is even lower than you expected.
Read MoreTimecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove - A Fun Premise for Kids that Overworks Itself
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Timecrafters offers up a fun time for children but its bloated narrative and overcrowded cast weighs the whole thing down.
Read MoreFarewell Amor - An Intimate Approach to Immigrant Drama→
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Farewell Amor is a quiet and personal story of an immigrant family attempting to rebuild what they lost.
Read MoreAnything for Jackson - Bereaved Satanists Keep Things Unpredictable in this Horror Gem→
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Shudder’s latest exclusive, ‘Anything for Jackson’ is a shocking surprise that comes right in time for starving horror fans.
Read MoreStand! is an Ambitious and Urgently Relevant Musical
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Stand! has all the potential to be topical and grand musical drama, but the constraints put on its production stand in its way.
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The Test & The Art of Thinking - The Unecessary Struggle to Ace an Unecessary Test
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The Test & The Art of Thinking reveals the harsh pressure and inadequacies of standardized testing, but solutions don’t come easy.
Read MoreHis House - A Timely and Haunting Refugee Tale→
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‘His House’ is one of the strongest horror films to ever come from Netflix. Superb and pretty damn scary in almost every way.
Read MoreOver the Moon - A Visually Stunning but Uneven Fairy Tale→
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Borrows plenty of storytelling techniques from the tried and true Disney formula.
Read MoreBorat Subsequent Moviefilm - Sacha Baron Cohen Remains Just as Outrageously Provocative as Ever→
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Borat 2 is consistently hilarious and still manages to provide one or two legitimately jaw-dropping moments. Thumbs up approval from me and mah wife.
Read MoreLove and Monsters - A Fun, Post-Apocalyptic Quest for Romance→
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“Love and Monsters’ blends romance and sci-fi far better than anyone would have expected. A new hit for Dylan O’Brien.
Read MoreThe Mortuary Collection - A Ghoulishly Fun Horror Anthology→
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Lead by Clancy Brown, Shudder’s ‘The Mortuary Collection’ is an impressive, finely tuned anthology not often seen in today’s horror scene.
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