HARD TARGET looks better (and sweatier) than ever
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
The year was 1993. Action heroes were required to have long hair, a leather duster, and an unplaceable accent.
ARREBATO is a journey of addiction and obsession
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
“You know, later on when you’re looking back at this occasion, I think that right there’s gonna be the moment you wish you’d done something.”
COMING HOME IN THE DARK is complex and nuanced road trip-horror
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
“You know, later on when you’re looking back at this occasion, I think that right there’s gonna be the moment you wish you’d done something.”
NAKED SINGULARITY matches John Boyega's personas with its tone
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
Between Attack the Block and The Force Awakens, it’s basically a fact of nature that John Boyega looks cooler than anyone else while holding a sword.
JOLT is a charming, high-energy, actioner
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
Jolt is an easy, light watch, and it never bores.
THE PHANTOM offers a look inside our flawed justice system
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
Regardless of where you stand on DeLuna’s innocence or guilt, a strong case is made for the fallibility of humans on the whole
WERWOLVES WITHIN swings hard at horror comedy
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
It’s a classic setup: a bunch of colorful characters stuck inside a single location with the uncomfortable assurance that EVERYBODY IS A SUSPECT! And by “suspect” I mean “potential werewolf.”
A QUIET PLACE PART II is an exciting blockbuster horror sequel
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
Was it worth the wait? Yes! Yes yes yes, one thousand times, yes!!
PROFILE takes the 'screen thriller' seriously
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
With the “computer screen” movie subgenre being predominantly used for horror, it was nice to see it applied to a real world scenario so effectively.
If you're wishing for a contained spooky thriller, THE DJINN will grant it
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
A djinn can make your wildest dreams come true...but there’s always a catch. Always.
WAGES OF SIN walks the line between exploitation and women's rights
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
Wages of Sin, while not progressive to the point of framing the pro-choice argument in a sense of bodily autonomy, is still quite forward thinking.
STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET looks at the legendary show's inception and legacy
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
With its cultural ubiquitousness, what many don’t realize is that at the time of its inception, Sesame Street was downright radical.
FREDDY GOT FINGERED at 20 remains a sloppy slap in the face of good taste
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
Freddy Got Fingered, for all its general cinematic sloppiness, is beyond fantastic
HONEYDEW provides limitless discomfort in rural horror
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
In a world of “content” made to please as many people as possible, this grimy, lurid, rural horror flick is just what the doctor ordered.
As a sequel, TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA is a letdown
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
There’s another infection going around. It’s called “sequelitis” and Peninsula has a pretty rough case of it.
FARGO at 25: Still a Coens magnum opus
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
Midwestern politeness informs and completes the procedural arc.
BLACK HOLES: THE EDGE OF ALL WE KNOW digs into how science happens
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
The Edge of All We Know documents the work of a global coalition of minds in their efforts to photograph the celestial mystery we call a black hole
MAFIA INC. is a high energy, complex crime story
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
Mafia Inc. delivers on a lot of familiar tropes, but also opened my eyes to a brand new flavor of the mob.
SATOR reckons with personal demons in a dark wood
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
Almost immediately, Sator gives off some seriously creepy vibes. Set in a minuscule cabin in the foggy, damp woods, the tone is firmly established at the outset…
THE RECKONING is torture in all the ways that matter
by Dan Scully, Staff Writer
The name of the game here is “missed opportunity,” and The Reckoning is full of them.