To Prepare You for 2, Here’s My Review of the First I was too busy at the time of “Happy Death Day’s” release for me to review it, but given the release […]
Happy Death Day
Velvet Buzzsaw
It’s “The Shining” in an art gallery One of February’s ambitious films is the Netflix release of “Velvet Buzzsaw,” a zany thriller from writer/director Dan Gilroy. It’s a movie about artists, who […]
Bird Box
I’ve been busy this Holiday, so I’m sorry I didn’t have a review for “Bird Box” before. But I’ve finally given in to all the buzz about it, and found it to […]
Escape Room
When a horror movie gets campy, you know it’s an obvious bad idea to start a sequel. “Escape Room” has an interesting “Saw” minus “Saw” premise (game of life and death without […]
Overlord
The opening scene to “Overlord” involves a group of WWII soldiers, who pontificate with each other, and then get attacked by German planes. Obviously, it has to get cantankerous with everyone shouting […]
Halloween (2018)
A lesson I already knew was to know the difference between Mike Myers and Michael Myers. You have to say “Michael Myers,” instead of “Mike Myers,” or else some might be confused […]
Venom
For a Marvel movie to be denied an R-rating, “Venom” is a mean-spirited and noisy debacle with unlikable characters, bad special effects, pointless violence, and no plot. It ranks with some of […]
The Predator (2018)
When Arnold Schwarzenegger took the lead role in the original “Predator” from 1987, it began a franchise. It continued with a sequel in 1990, which I skipped, two battles between the Predator […]
The Nun
I’ve enjoyed the original “Conjuring” movie in 2013, but ever since, there hasn’t been a single spin-off or prequel to be better. Not the “Annabelle” movies nor the latest prequel “The Nun.” […]
The Little Stranger
Some of the best horror movies these days come from overseas, because they don’t rely on jump-scares or idiotic characters for box office dough. Examples include “The Babadook” and “A Girl Walks […]
