Back in 2007, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez released their cult-classic double-feature, Grindhouse, and the project featured some glorious, disgusting fake trailers. Two of those trailers, Machete and Hobo With […]
Read MoreNonsensical laughs: SNL’s Please Don’t Destroy troupe heads to ‘Foggy Mountain’ on Peacock
Please Don’t Destroy, the comedy troupe consisting of Martin Herlihy, John Higgins and Ben Marshall—routinely the best thing about Saturday Night Live thanks to the troupe’s brilliant short films—gets its […]
Read MoreWife’s POV: Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ is an engrossing take on Elvis and his bride
Priscilla is another triumph for director Sofia Coppola. It’s a film that stands among her best, and offers perhaps the most earthbound, heartbreaking depiction of what Priscilla Presley (Cailee Spaeny) […]
Read MoreCold-blooded: Michael Fassbender is perfect as a soulless murderer in David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’
David Fincher’s The Killer, starring Michael Fassbender as the title character, plays as if Fassbender’s cold and emotionless android persona from the Alien movies has found its way to Earth […]
Read MoreScaring scares: Argentinian film ‘When Evil Lurks’ is unique, well-done—and beyond brutal
Most mainstream horror movies released this autumn have been a real letdown (Saw X, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Exorcist: Believer)—with goofy, would-be horror following the same old beats with […]
Read MoreHonoring Poe: Netflix’s ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ masterfully weaves the legend’s works into a modern horror story
It’s been a long time since I’ve read the works of Edgar Allan Poe, back in my high school and college days—so long that I forgot just how messed up […]
Read MoreDrab downer: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ takes a video game premise and removes all life from it
Five Nights at Freddy’s is both streaming on Peacock and making big box office in a wide theatrical release—and I opted to stay home and watch. This was a wise […]
Read MoreInstant classic: Scorsese, DiCaprio and De Niro masterfully tell a despicable real story in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
The true story of the 1920s Osage Nation Indian murders gets a sweeping, epic and appropriately dark treatment from director Martin Scorsese—at the top of his game at 80 years […]
Read MoreShe’s fearless: ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ stands among the best concert films ever made
Taylor Swift, one of the most blessedly prolific artists in recent years, has struck again. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, a concert film announced mere weeks ago, is one of […]
Read MoreA horror travesty: Everyone involved with ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ should be deeply ashamed
Director David Gordon Green was a reliable auteur through his 2018 Halloween reboot. I liked that first chapter of his Halloween revamp—but the final two chapters of his trilogy kind […]
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