movie reviews

Open laptops, cellphones, dark forests, and nightmare scenes which happen while everyone is awake. That about sums up the Slender Man movie. You’d think that a creepypasta icon such as the Slender Man would make for a perfect antagonist in…

No country has a larger economic divide between city and country than China. While people living in cities such as Beijing and Shanghai can command wages equalling that of any capital in the West, many people in the countryside still live…

When you are a teenager, there is nothing more embarrassing than a high school crush. As a teenager, lives are made or broken on reputation. If everyone knows how you truly feel then it can easily seem like the end of the world. Consider…

The once massively popular dystopian young adult genre seemed like it has reached the end of its shelf life, with the Maze Runner franchise wrapping up with this year’s The Death Cure, and the Divergent series’ final instalment up in the…

If you haven't yet heard of BlackKKKlansman, Spike Lee’s racially and politically charged upcoming film, then you are missing out. The film follows the true story of Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), an African-American cop who, with…

One of the most vivid memories I have with my late uncle was centred around a “shark horror” by the name of Jaws. I remember him watching the Great White knock against the boat and hearing him cheer on the animatronic beast. I was young at…

Forbidden desires. Restraint versus freedom. The ethical and immoral choices we make in our lives. All these themes and more are present in one of this year's most intriguing, if not entirely groundbreaking, sci-fi-horror films, Elizabeth…

Early on in Disney’s live-action Pooh Bear movie, we’re introduced to a young Christopher Robin, who’ll soon be leaving to attend a posh and prestigious private school. Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo bid farewell…

Documentaries break ground in search of the truth, or at least a truth. They are a vivid and realistic style of genre whether on their own or worked into narrative fiction somehow -- dramatic reenactments, interviews, raw real footage, etc.…

With the live action side of DC opting to go down the dark and gritty route, it was refreshing to say the least for the animated flick Teen Titans Go! To the Movies to focus on the goofier aspects of the comic book genre, which it did to…

I confess -- and please forgive me for mentioning it -- I am a newcomer to the "Mission: Impossible" franchise.What started in 1996 as a film adaptation of a late 1960s TV series gradually turned into one of the highest grossing film…

Deep down inside, everyone shares a sense of justice. Everyone has the capacity to do good and to help their fellow humans. But sometimes, when someone loses something that they hold dear, retribution takes hold and justice no longer seems…

I certainly felt lost after watching The Forest of the Lost Souls, but I am not sure that was a good thing. A film of two halves, I became lost as it transitioned from a dark, ethereal fairytale (the Brothers Grimm kind) to a more…

The post apocalypse sub-genre has received a lot of attention. With video games such as the Fallout franchise, TV shows like The Walking Dead, comics like Judge Dredd, the genre has dominated pop culture. However, it is a genre that has…

We've all been there. I know I sure have been. The transition from middle school (or junior high) to high school is terrifying. There's nothing easy about trying to fit in and be likable, especially when it means starting all over again…

Blumhouse has a reputation when it comes to the films they produce, and they can either be really well-done, or really... poor. Especially when it comes to their horror movies, there's definitely a stronger factor of what's good and what's…

Granted, it was 9:50 am on a sunny Tuesday morning, but there’s a reason I was the only person in the theater and it’s not because everyone’s already seen this movie. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael…

For a number of years, South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo has found a lot of material to mine from the absurdity of human existence. Since 1996’s The Day a Pig Fell into the Well, he has directed a little more than two dozen shorts and…

Adrift is a movie about a loving couple lost at sea and fighting to survive against all odds and complete despair. The film’s place among other releases fits a similar description, but it isn’t so much lost as it is caught up in a very…

Often, there are fun and lighthearted ideas that sound perfect as a concept, but when these ideas are brought to life, they aren't as promising as they once appeared to be. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case with The Year of…