March may come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, but rarely is it infected with crawlers...
45%
“Pleasant surprise” is the best way to describe The Boy. Although fated to be another January casualty back in 2016,...
When you think of that special someone, your valentine, the one who owns your heart, it’s safe to assume those thoughts are sweetened by love, support, and comfort. It should be that the significant other in your narrative plays out like a hero rather than a villain, right? The purpose...
93.75%
In Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist, documentary filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe turns his obsessive interests to William Friedkin’s...
61.25%
Everybody loves a monster movie. Also, Kristen Stewart. I’m not sure why we love her (although I have the sneaking...
82.75%
Gothic vampire horror seems to never go out of style. Even now, a new Victorian adaptation of Dracula is heading to the BBC. In perfect honesty, the staying power of gothic horror probably owes a lot to that blood-sucking Transylvanian, but that doesn’t mean that ol’ Vlad is the only...
There’s a lot of mystery and wonderment that permeates the night sky. Opportunities and potential seem to be woven into...
90%
There are good reasons moviegoers are wary of CGI. If it’s not done well, it can be distracting. Even when...
60%
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As a fervent fan of anything Alien (1979), I was initially sceptical about Director Alexandre O. Philippe’s documentary, Memory: The Origins of Alien. I was doubtful in the way a fine art collector would raise his eyebrows in suspicion, and tut under his breath as a deranged outsider claimed that he had an original...
Neasa Hardiman’s Sea Fever is a bit of a fever dream, the kind of film that blends reality (life on...
78.75%
Here’s the thing about parasites: when it comes to the movies, they just don’t die. In that sense, you might...
86.25%
Out of all the horror films I’ve seen this year, my favorite opening shot came from Ready or Not. It’s the cover art to an old-timey (fictional) board game called “La Bail’s Gamble.” Over its retro Milton-Bradley scenery is a grinning vaudeville fiend, cackling with some horrible expression of certain...
