Category: Movies
Dream Warriors, or, One, Two, Eighties Coming For You
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 might’ve been a somewhat cool movie if not for its franchise and its decade
Under the Skin, or, Black Widow
A striking and unsettling science fiction horror story that makes the most out of a black void and Scarlett Johansson
Dracula, or, There’s Some Horrors in This House
Some quick thoughts about Hammer’s 1958 classic Horror of Dracula. (Spoilers for a movie from almost 70 years ago)
The Innocents and the surprising rarity of satisfying ghost stories
My thoughts on the 1961 film The Innocents and how hard it is to find a good old-fashioned haunting
Reaction Heroes
A simple yet shockingly insightful observation about super-hero inflation and bringing the stakes back into action movies
One Thing I Like About One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another is full of outstanding performances and virtuosic, genuinely daring filmmaking. I just wish more of it had connected with me.
One Thing I Like About Dead of Winter
Almost certainly the only review of the Emma Thompson thriller that compares it to Paddington
Cinematic Smackdown: The Tragedy of Macbeth vs True Grit
What happens when Joel Coen brings the full force of his filmmaking skills to an adaptation
One Thing I Like About The Roses
The Roses is a much lighter and funnier adaptation of a story that doesn’t lose its edge by choosing to be sincere
One Thing I Like About Honey Don’t!
Honey Don’t! is the kind of independent, noir-tinged, straightforward detective story that just doesn’t get made anymore. (No significant spoilers)
One Thing I Like About Drive-Away Dolls
Drive-Away Dolls has so many of the components of a good movie
