A mind game that’s missing some brain cells. Robert Rodriguez’s latest movie “Hypnotic” has entered Hitchcock territory, especially since he was inspired by a restored widescreen re-release of “Vertigo.” It has a […]
Hypnotic
Murder Mystery 2
Not a total piece of deux deux, but still not funny. The best thing I could say about the new Adam Sandler sequel “Murder Mystery 2” is that it’s not as offensively […]
Scream VI
Live from New York, it’s Ghostface! “Scream VI,” once again directed by Radio Silence, continues this meta horror franchise where the characters continue to acknowledge they’re in a franchise. And as if […]
We Have a Ghost
This paranormal activity isn’t as funny as it should have been. If director Christopher Landon can specialize in horror comedies, as demonstrated with time warps in “Happy Death Day” and body swap […]
Marlowe
Liam Neeson needs to investigate a new agent. Liam Neeson is the next actor to play detective Phillip Marlowe, after Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, and Elliott Gould, among others. “Marlowe” is also […]
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
A threequel that needs less shrinking and more growing. I would hate to bore the people who are expecting my review of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” but I really must let […]
Irreversible: The Straight Cut
It doesn’t work in either direction. When Gaspar Noe’s “Irreversible” premiered at Cannes back in 2002, half the audience were repulsed by its rape scene, while the other half admired Noe’s filmmaking […]
Knock at the Cabin
Find out whether these 4 strangers are crazy or not. Could the four people invading the cabin of a gay couple and their adoptive daughter really be trying to prevent the apocalypse […]
Infinity Pool
The son of David Cronenberg makes a vacation movie that’s bizarre and WTF original. Would the following be considered torture porn? In the fictional island La Tolga, there’s a secret facility, where […]
The Pale Blue Eye
Now, this is a detective Christian Bale period piece. After labeling “Amsterdam” as the worst film of 2022, here’s Christian Bale in a much better murder mystery known as “The Pale Blue […]
