Capsule Reviews My Month in Film: September 2019 1 Oct 20191 Oct 2019 I am happy to say that, after a couple years of real-life chaos, I've returned to the world of amateur cinematic critiquing. Plus, TV Good Sleep Bad has returned for…
Movie Reviews Housesitters 15 Jul 201811 Sep 2019 [Full disclosure: I know Housesitters director/co-writer Jason Coffman personally. Also, I contributed to the funding of Housesitters, which earned me an onscreen credit as a member of the "Tomorrow Romance Founders Club."…
Cinepocalypse… Cinepocalypse 2018: Part Four 29 Jun 201825 Sep 2019 Relaxer Early on in Relaxer, the protagonist—a shirtless, pantsless slacker named Abbie—vomits what looks like a quart of milk all over himself. I can't think of a better metaphor for the…
Cinepocalypse… Cinepocalypse 2018: Part Three 28 Jun 201825 Sep 2019 Satan's Slaves If you like Asian horror, jump-scares, and overpowering musical scores that punctuate every incident—scary or otherwise—with a SINISTER DRAMATIC SWELL OR STING!, you might find Joko Anwar's remake…
Cinepocalypse… Cinepocalypse 2018: Part Two 27 Jun 201825 Sep 2019 Short Film Program: Short Trip to Hell Page One Abunch of actors in a zombie movie are attacked by actual zombies, and then they get into a huge fight because…
Cinepocalypse… Cinepocalypse 2018: Part One 24 Jun 201825 Sep 2019 The Ranger Director/co-writer Jenn Wexler pits a pack of post-adolescent punk rockers (led by Chloe Levine) against a deranged park ranger (Jeremy Holm, who's recently done turns on House of Cards…
Capsule Reviews Capsule Reviews: Happy Death Day; Moon; The Childhood of a Leader 23 Mar 201811 Sep 2019 Happy Death Day Happy Death Day doesn't look particularly promising on paper; it's basically Groundhog Day for the Blumhouse set, and even cops to the influence in the dialog. But it…
Movie Reviews The Death of Stalin 18 Mar 201811 Sep 2019 The 1953 stroke that ended the life of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin left the country without a leader. There was an obvious (if not official) successor in Deputy Chairman Georgy…
Movie Reviews The Open House 11 Mar 201811 Sep 2019 "Have you thought about how weird open houses are?" teenaged Logan Wallace (Dylan Minnette) asks his mother Naomi (Piercey Dalton) about a third of the way through The Open House. "You give…
Movie Reviews Retro Review: The Astrologer 12 Feb 201811 Sep 2019 Some bad movies are just, well, bad. Others are bad, but fun to watch. Then there is that special category of film which exhibits such disregard for the conventions of…
