Review: Halloween Ends
Insert obligatory joke about the total unlikelihood of this being the final entry in the Halloween franchise. Now that we are past that, we can examine how...
THE LONELIEST BOY IN THE WORLD: An Obtuse, Odd Zomedy
Opening in a limited theatrical release somewhere today: THE LONELIEST BOY IN THE WORLD (Dir. Martin Owen, 2022) The genre of the undead flourishes...
Film Review – Triangle of Sadness
Ruben Östlund, writer/director of the masterful Force Majeure (2014), is back to once again question and deconstruct commonly held social beliefs. Instead of looking at the institution of marriage and the roles of husbands and wives, Östlund casts a wider net in Triangle of Sadness (2022). Winner of the…
Film Review – Rosaline
Rosaline (2022) delivers a new twist to the Romeo & Juliet story – well, kind of. Instead of focusing on the doomed relationship of our famous lovers, this version takes a background character and brings them to the forefront. For those that may not remember: in William Shakespeare’s tragic…
‘HALLOWEEN ENDS’ Simultaneously a Weird and Rote Send-Off to a Killer Icon
Evil Goes Viral Even if Halloween Ends is a messy, weird, convoluted, predictable, and only quasi-satisfying conclusion to the 40-plus year Michael Myers saga, you have to give it credit for actually trying something new. For much of director David Gordon Green’s trilogy-capper and alleged conclusion to the franchise (at least for now), Mike Myers is…
Fun With Screener Watermarks
One perk about being a film critic is getting advance screeners of movies in the form of physical discs (DVDs, Blu rays), or private links...