Pearl (***1/2) – No way out
It’s hard to enjoy a truly disturbing film like this so much as one can just appreciate the effort.
Barbarian (****) Keeps its story down deep
Cregger handles some very common story elements in a completely original way.
Lamb (***1/2) – It’s not a child…
This could be one of the strangest films one sees this decade. Or just a movie about revenge.
Prey (*****) – Is Predator in its purest form
Prey is the Predator film that threatens to put all of the others to shame.
Nope (****1/2) – Yep
Peele has the whole world in his hands, and it is up to him and his precisely articulate and interesting vision how we are allowed to view it.
Shark Bait (*1/2) Ooh Ha Ha
If you ever wanted to see a more scenic and less intelligent version of Jaws, here ya go.
Umma (***1/2) – Sins of the Mother
The scares in Umma are not so prevalent as they are insinuated.
The Black Phone (****) Please be real…
One will definitely feel like they’ve gone through hell in the seventies when they come out of this movie.
Jurassic World Dominion (**1/2) Wilting under the shoulders of giants
The film is at its best when the original Jurassic Park crew are onscreen.
The Amityville Horror theatrical films reviewed
Is this series worthwhile or is it just one big Golden Sombrero?
Men (****1/2) Eve bit the Apple
The effectiveness of a film like this is it even has this viewer questioning the nature of his relationship with his own wife. Is there a partnership there, or is it a threat?
Ti West’s X (***1/2) is best if you can ignore the makeup
We know something is coming, and we are pretty sure what is coming.
Shudder’s The Room (***1/2) is better than it should be
This is not necessarily something that would succeed on the big screen. It is definitely something worth watching after dark on a weekend.
The Cursed (***1/2) is serious
Reilly gives back all the ground she has gained as Beth in Yellowstone, but that is fine. One can’t verbally abuse a cursed beast that is taking the village apart.
Netflix Texas Chainsaw Massacre (**) – Once more into the ditch
Oh well. It is what it is: a slaughterfest with barely sketched out characters.
Mayem (*1/2) and now for something not so different
…this film makes its fellow office massacre film The Belko Experiment look like Shakespeare.
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