Soderbergh’s latest gangster movie makes a hit on HBO Max. Director Steven Soderbergh ranks with very best filmmakers, because of his unique style of filmmaking, wise choice of ensemble casting, and professional writers, who know how to tell stories. “No… Read More ›
Mystery
False Positive
Ilana Glazer glows, while the script has morning sickness. “False Positive” is probably the first movie I’ve seen to replicate “Rosemary’s Baby” since “The Devil Inside” back in 2014. Let me make a clear distinction here. “Rosemary’s Baby” is a… Read More ›
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
This threequel has been possessed by money demons. In this “Conjuring” universe, I was only a fan of the first two movies with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson playing paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren, because of their dangerous and… Read More ›
The Conjuring 1 & 2
To prepare you for #3, these reviews of the first two are from me. “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” the third chapter of the franchise, starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, premieres in theaters and on HBO… Read More ›
The Dry
Eric Bana quenches your thirst as a detective solving two murder cases in the past and present. As an Australian import, “The Dry” is a crime drama that quenches your thirst when its lead Eric Bana struggles to overcome the… Read More ›
The Woman in the Window
What a sad, pathetic, and routine “Rear Window” ripoff. As you know “The Woman in the Window” was supposed to come out in theaters last year, but because of you know what, it has just been placed on Netflix, still… Read More ›
Spiral
Not even Chris Rock can save this torture porn genre. Between 2004 and 2010, the “Saw” franchise has been a Halloween tradition with guilty people being tortured by a figure by the alias Jigsaw. In 2017, they made another one… Read More ›
The Water Man
David Oyelowo’s family feature is quite absorbing. David Oyelowo makes his feature directorial debut of “The Water Man,” which is an independent family film about fantasy and reality-a crucial combo for most delightful family features. The opening credits explain that… Read More ›
Things Heard & Seen
As far as haunted house movies go, this one is dull and formulaic. It’s a tradition in horror movies, in which people entering a new house become terrified by the ghosts who once lived there. The real estate agent always… Read More ›
Boss Level
Frank Grillo repeats the goods in Hulu’s latest action flick. It would be repetitive for me to list the actors who have been in time warp movies (like Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day,” Tom Cruise in “Edge of Tomorrow,” Jessica… Read More ›