Franchise Fred is in Crite heaven with two new Critters sequels this year. Shudder premiered the series Critters: A New Binge which essentially amounted to an 80 minute movie. And Critters Attack is another sequel. Blue Ribbon Content made both. It’s also a testament to how far the franchise has […]
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Overlord feels like the kind of movie I might have discovered on VHS in the’ 80s, so it is fitting that I didn’t see it until it’s on Blu-ray. But I feel like if it were a low budget horror movie it might have taken more risks. Because it was […]
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I did not see Double Dragon in theaters. I don’t think it even opened near me in Annapolis, MD. I did see the trailer in theaters tho before Timecop (and before the Street Fighter: The Movie trailer which was attached to Timecop). I didn’t see the whole movie until Mark […]
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In 1993, Paul Newman starred in a movie called Nobody’s Fool for which he was Oscar nominated. 25 years later, Tyler Perry took Nobody’s Fool back to make it a Tiffany Haddish comedy. Danica (Tika Sumpter) is having a long distance relationship with Charlie whom she’s never met. Charlie always […]
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Director Alice Waddington wanted to make a fantasy sci-fi movie like the books she read as a teen. With her debut feature film Paradise Hills, I would say mission accomplished. Paradise Hills is a beautiful original dystopia, with something to say about the extent to which parents want their kids […]
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There have been many zombie comedies from Return of the Living Dead to Shaun of the Dead and Cooties. I get the appeal. You get to have fun with outrageous situations and lots of gore, and Little Monsters puts a fun twist on it. David (Alexander England) is a stoner […]
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In recent years, Shia Labeouf was getting more attention for his art installations and public behavior than his films. While going to rehab, he decided to write a screenplay based on his childhood in the industry and relationship with his father. That movie, Honey Boy, premiered at Sundance this weekend […]
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Another horror movie out on DVD today is the festival darling The Dark. With a bit less hype than the prolific Blumhouse studio fare, The Dark is well worth a look. It’s a gritty little first time horror film that remains unpredictable because of so many unknown factors. Mina (Nadia […]
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Cold War transports you back in time not only to mid-20th century history before many of us were born, but back in time to how movies were made actually decades before this one takes place. From 1949 to 1964 we follow Zula (Joanna Kulig) through success and tragedy. After serving […]
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If the worst case scenario is a female driven Heat, that would still be worth doing. There’s more than that going on in Destroyer but if “Female Heat” can get people in the door, that’s already a plus. Det. Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman) shows up at a crime scene hungover […]
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