Reviews
The site’s meat and bones, and bread and butter; hastily composed ramblings on the subject in question… if I can keep them under 1000 words.
The Gift (2015): An Accidental Revenge?
What qualifies as a twist comes as open to interpretation. I liked that involvement of “did he or did he not do it?”Continue Reading
The Omen (1976): The Weakest of The 70s Unholy Trinity of Supernatural Horrors
Can you kill a child after learning who (or what) it is?Continue Reading
The Gift (2015)
It elevates dialog above overt confrontation and cheap twists, and features everyday encounters packaged as the horror next door.Continue Reading
Resident Evil (2002) Twenty Years On.
All things told, Mila has us wanting to trade away our brains if it meant the chance to nibble on her from the ass up.Continue Reading
Unsane (2018): A Reintroduction to Steven Soderbergh
Unsane wouldn’t be out of place on the Coens’ IMDb page. It could well be Soderbergh’s very own Burn after Reading.Continue Reading
Tiger Raid (2016): About Blooldlust and Wanderlust
As much as there is to admire, an equal amount frustrates viewers to no end.Continue Reading
The Terminator (1984): The Day Cameron Renounced Canada for Good
The gun-toting fireworks, metal-on-metal mayhem categorically unmoor Cameron from all his Canadian sensibilities.Continue Reading
Green Room (2015) & Midsommar (2019): a Satisfying “Sophomore” Double Bill
Both films survive the hype built up from the previous entry from each director.Continue Reading