Damian Mc Carthy’s first feature-length movie seems like it shouldn’t work at all, but it’s driven by the most fundamental force in horror and suspense movies.
Damian Mc Carthy’s second feature somehow manages to be genuinely chilling while also as fun as an episode of Tales from the Crypt
The new horror comedy series on Apple TV is like a combination of Northern Exposure and The Fog, and it really works
I tried really hard to like the 70s noir classic, but I ended up just having to appreciate it
Two tunes that may or may not make you feel better about yourself
The Yeti-hunting adventure from 2023 is a showcase for stop-motion animation that looks old-school because it is
Computer nerd gratitude, an extremely inessential take on finding the rare things that aren’t getting worse
Two tunes wanting to make absolutely sure you heard them when they said they’re in love
One Thing I Like
Like the video game it’s based on, Exit 8 does a lot with a little. It just doesn’t do quite enough.
Project Hail Mary has almost all of the stuff I love about Spielberg sci-fi with almost none of the stuff I hate. (Mildest spoilers for stuff that’s in the trailers)
Ready or Not absolutely did not need a sequel, which is something the filmmakers seemed to take as a challenge
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer
Two tunes that may or may not make you feel better about yourself
Two tunes wanting to make absolutely sure you heard them when they said they’re in love
Two tunes make a happy accident from typing stuff into the Apple Music search bar
Books
Richard Osman’s fifth book in the Thursday Murder Club series
My thoughts on the 1961 film The Innocents and how hard it is to find a good old-fashioned haunting
Jason Rekulak’s thriller about a young woman hired as nanny to a bright child whose drawings reveal a dark presence hiding in the house
