Sometimes horror relies on the element of surprise to get our attention, but that rarely refers to the release date of a new movie. This past Sunday, Netflix quietly dropped the latest Blumhouse production, Mercy Black, and itR...
Though he’s typically worshipped as the patriarch of modern horror, filmmakers have had mixed results in adapting Stephen King’s stories for the big screen. The latest incarnation of Pet Sematary is one of the better v...
The premise of Shazam! seems primed for contemporary audiences. It’s the story of a young boy trapped in the body of an adult, a feeling that comic book movie viewers long away from high school should easily relate to.
On its surface, The Brink appears to be a largely neutral examination of Steve Bannon’s involvement during the 2018 midterm elections. But just like Bannon himself, there’s far more going on beneath the surface. The do...
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner may not have set the theatrical box office on fire back in 1982, but the film found enough of a cult audience on home video to warrant multiple releases on the Laserdisc format between 1983 to 199...
After so many sorority house massacres, maybe you’re thinking it’s long past time for something like Haunting on Fraternity Row to help even the Greek playing field. Sure, there are a whole bunch of dead sorority girls...
Currently working its way through the festival circuit is the quiet gem Princess of the Row. The film might be taken as heartbreaking, but at its core is a message of resilience and hope.
You may find it difficult to picture someone as physically endowed and dreamily handsome as Idris Elba playing a has-been loser (albeit a charming one), but Netflix’s recent comedy series Turn Up Charlie proves that a good a...
A Strange Adventure is just that. This low-budget, mid-1950s film noir takes us on a journey, but it never quite feels as if we get anywhere.
Diane is a small drama. This is not a comment on the talent on the screen or behind the camera. Rather, it describes the intimacy of a focused character study of one woman at a particular time in her life.
Nine years have passed in the real world, but it took this long for The Walking Dead to answer a fairly basic question: What happens to zombies when winter comes around, water freezes, and snow starts falling?
Thanks to Arthur Penn in 1967, Bonnie and Clyde will always have a place in cinema’s hall of legends. It’s understandable that others would want to take on the outlaws’ story and put their own twist on the real-l...
