Frogman (2023)
Hey, you guys! Look at this footage I found! Through a mysterious editing process, Frogman brings together all the filmed components of a quest to locate a legendary cryptid that allegedly inhabits...
View ArticleAlien: Covenant (2017)
Yech! Even with Ridley Scott directing, Alien: Covenant is a flipping flop. Maybe we should blame Michael Fassbinder who gets to chew twice as much scenery in the dual role of Walter (the helpful,...
View ArticleWarm Bodies (2013)
Mrs. Sharky wanted to watch a romantic comedy. Uh oh. I said, “What’s in it for me?” This is the type of give-and-take situation we domesticated adults must consider every single day, and believe me,...
View ArticleAbigail (2024)
“What are we talking about, like an Anne Rice or a True Blood? You know, Twilight? Very different kinds of vampires.” So wonders Sammy (Kathryn Newton), one of a crew of professional criminals hired...
View ArticleGodzilla X Kong: The New Empire (2024)
This is what I get for not staying in touch. It’s been quite a spell since I sat down with Godzilla. And King Kong? Forever. This is the fourth (!) Godzilla-Kong film in the Monsterverse series that...
View ArticleNight Swim (2024)
“I’ve always wanted a pool.” Kurt Russell’s kid, Wyatt Russell, stars as an ailing baseball player who lucks into a house with a magic swimming pool. Unfortunately, his family may not survive a...
View ArticleMonolith (2022)
An investigative journalist (Lily Sullivan) has suffered a career setback. Hoping to salvage her reputation with a new podcast about unexplained phenomenon, she retreats to her parents’ posh pad in...
View ArticleGhostwatch (1992)
I watched Late Night with the Devil, but it failed to intrigue. A far more effective version of hell breaking loose on the telly can be found in Ghostwatch a BBC mockumentary that originally aired on...
View ArticleOddity (2024)
Irish filmmaker Damian McCarthy made a bit of a splash with his debut, Caveat (2020), an indie-horror shocker that more than recouped the measly 250,000 pounds spent on its production. Oddity is...
View ArticleThe Skeleton Key (2005)
Yes, the ending of The Skeleton Key is kind of a bummer. Think of it as social justice from beyond the grave. The luminous Kate Hudson headlines as Caroline, a big-hearted hospice care worker hired to...
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