movie reviews

Note: the below contains spoilers for the first half an hour of Cargo. Even though that was already revealed in trailers, here's the spoiler cat anyway. The best zombie movies don't contain buckets of senseless gore or just ninety…

Since Saturday Night Live's conception in 1975, not a year has gone by where the film industry hasn't pimped out specific sketch actors for a few bucks. Sometimes it worked, as with say Caddyshack and 1984's Ghostbusters, but sometimes it…

I have to admit that when the credits rolled at the end of The Misandrists, I found myself wondering how the hell I was going to review this. I'd had a vague idea of what I was getting into when settling down to watch it, but even so I was…

Man plans, Disney laughs. Some asked, do we really need an origin story for Han? Part of his appeal was his mystery. He was the charismatic bad boy with a shadowy past who showed up when he was needed, and won us over by sticking around to…

Ryan Reynolds returns as the Merc with a Mouth in a sequel which tells the tale of a young boy with powers who needs saving from Cable, a time-travelling mutant on a mission. Sounds fun enough, but does Deadpool 2 live up to the high…

Plenty of movies, especially smaller, low-budget pictures, try to be a portrait of not only a neighborhood, but the lives of the people in it. And so many fail for various reasons. They're too either sentimental, too dry, too judgemental,…

Although Marvel's Cinematic Universe is generally seen as being bigger and better than DC's, there's no denying that DC are whooping Marvel's ass on the animation front, and the magnificent new anime film Batman Ninja is testament to that.…

I’m not really a fan of horror thrillers, as they tend to follow the same formula these days - a supernatural, first-person piece of camerawork replete with jumpscares, loud noises, and an incoherent plot. Thankfully, Dean Devlin's Bad…

If you've ever watched The Hunger Games and thought 'you know what this is missing? Dinosaurs!' then friends, this is the movie for you. The Jurassic Games offers us a vision of a dystopian future where death row prisoners are pitted…

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is a fun movie with a fun concept. I’d go so far as to say it’s one of, if not the best meta horror film I’ve ever seen. Directed in 2006 by Scott Glosserman from a script he co-wrote with David J.…

It wouldn't be exaggeration to say that Avengers: Infinity War is a titan of a cinematic event. The culmination of 10-years of character building and narrative peaks, this film is an unapologetic celebration of the Marvel Cinematic…

Michigan is home to an underground film industry that is active and beginning to break big with or without state subsidies that attract Michael Bay and his blockbuster explosions and effects. In fact, a sound prediction is that the scene is…

Released last month from the American Genre Film Archives and Bleeding Skull Video, The Soultangler is a mid-80s schlock horror film that’s a whole lot of not bad. Directed by Pat Bishow, the film was made for $8,000, and it shows. The…

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson reunites once more with director Brad Peyton, whom he collaborated with on Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and San Andreas, in an adaptation of the classic video game Rampage. Johnson plays primatologist Davis…

I like low-budget horror and sci fi movies. There's a certain charm they have, where you can see what the director intended and extrapolate from there what it would be like if the filmmakers had a bigger budget and a bit of experience under…

From 1956 to 2005, Suzuki directed dozens and dozens of movies. Many of them were low-budget, character driven thrillers. While many of his films were successful enough in the crowded landscape of Post-War Japan’s booming film industry, it…

More often than not, IFC Midnight has been in the business of releasing some of the best contemporary horror to be found anywhere. These are films that not only present unique perspectives for a genre that has far more diversity in its…

After my initial disappointment that this movie wasn’t about a bong that dies and is resurrected as a zombie, I quickly settled into the wonderful madness that is Bong of the Living Dead. There are a few missteps here, but the film is a…

Much of Ghost Stories evokes the kind of fear experienced when laying in bed late at night. You know, because you're an adult, that there can't possibly be a demonic, ghostly figure huddled in the corner of your room, slowly creeping…

#Screamers is a found footage horror film written by Tom Malloy and Dean Matthew Ronalds. Both of them pull double duty here, with Malloy playing Tom Brennan, the lead character, and Ronalds directing. Tom Brennan and Chris Grabow (Chris…