It’s been correctly noted that it’s impossible to make a combat movie* without glorifying said combat in some way. Even the films most critical of
Tag: thriller
Black Bag – a low-key spy thriller that makes great use of my wife Cate Blanchett’s talents
Anyone who has ever been in a relationship gone sour knows that such failures almost universally come down to a breakdown in communication. This can
Opus – An entertaining version of a movie you’ve seen before
Opus is a solid movie, but it’s one I’ve seen before many times, most recently in Midsommar, a film that was itself derivative of many
Heart Eyes review: A Gory and Hilarious Valentine’s Day Slasher
The opening scene of Heart Eyes is the hardest I’ve laughed in a theater in quite some time. In it, a young man takes a
Flight Risk – Come for the bald cap, stay for the … bald cap
Flight Risk is one of those movies that exists in a strange place where everything that should make it bad makes it good. From Marky
I Like to Movie Movie episode 265 – WOLF MAN
There have been as many werewolf movies as there have been attempts at rebooting the Universal Monsters … uh … Universe, but it seems that
Wolf Man – A slightly undercooked monster movie with a heart as big as its claws
It’s no secret that the Universal Monsters have, for some unfathomable reason, proven difficult to reboot. This, of course, is less the fault of the
The Damned – a chilly, spooky morality play that validates my hatred of eels
Perhaps the most effective aspect of this chilly, brooding spooker is the setting. A remote Icelandic island surrounded by dangerous waters and encased in the
Nightbitch – An okay film adaptation of a book I didn’t really like
It’s always fascinating to watch the film adaptation of a book to try and see what changes were made in order to facilitate the transfer
Babygirl – A salacious erotic thriller that skimps on neither eroticism nor thrills
Babygirl is an erotic thriller that is, unlike so many which came before, both erotic and thrilling. But what makes it novel is that the