The Gift (2015): An Accidental Revenge?
2022-08-26
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
2022-08-25
Can you kill a child after learning who (or what) it is?Continue Reading
The Gift (2015)
2022-08-08
It elevates dialog above overt confrontation and cheap twists, and features everyday encounters packaged as the horror next door.Continue Reading
Unsane (2018): A Reintroduction to Steven Soderbergh
2022-01-04
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
The Terminator (1984): The Day Cameron Renounced Canada for Good
2021-06-20
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
2021-06-06
Both films survive the hype built up from the previous entry from each director.Continue Reading
Intrusive Memories in The Invitation (2015)
2021-05-27
The ephemera of life’s morsels of memories. Plus a dinner party from hell.Continue Reading
Lavender (2016) & The Block Island Sound (2020): Home Shall Never be the Same
2021-04-22
These two films tease out ideas about our baggage but only slightly beyond the surface level.Continue Reading
She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
2020-12-25
Must be taken with a grain of salt because at the height of the AIDS scare the idea of a woman shacking up with three lovers simultaneously would not fly.Continue Reading