Huppert and Mortez thriller starts off fine and ends up predictable What you can expect in “Greta” are the fine performances from Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz. They’re both fine actresses […]
Greta
Happy Death Day 2U
The time warp continues, but on a whole other level The thing that makes “Happy Death Day 2U” such a worthy sequel is its ability to take risks. I just talked to […]
Happy Death Day
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 […]
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 […]
