To prepare you for the new one, here’s my review of the original. The new version of “Child’s Play” with Mark Hamill voicing the demon doll Chucky opens this Friday. So, I’ve […]
Child’s Play (1988)
Ma
Octavia Spencer is fine on almost every level, but the third act loses The Help. “Ma” is a horror movie that only works in its first two acts and then loses its […]
Like Shaft, Like Shaft
These cats are cool, but their movies lack scripts. The new “Shaft” movie opens this June, and it reunites Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft II and Richard Roundtree as John Shaft […]
John Wick: Chapter 3-Parabellum
Keanu Reeves shoots and scores in explosively entertaining threequel. When we last saw Keanu Reeves as John Wick, he goes on the run with his beloved dog, thus becoming the latest $14 […]
Brightburn
We can’t always assume that babies that crash-land on Earth are from Krypton. The superhero genre is given a sinister twist in “Brightburn,” by allowing us to acknowledge that not every baby […]
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
Boy, do Efron and Bundy look alike There’s little wonder why Zac Efron would be a perfect young actor to portray serial murderer Ted Bundy. He has his eyebrows, hairstyle, height, and […]
The Curse of La Llorona
Avoid this loud, bombastic, and idiotic Conjuring-type nightmare while you can I’m having trouble saying “La Llorona” the correct way, although I remember hearing the deceased great grandmother singing the song in […]
Pet Sematary (2019)
Bury people here, and they come back as satanic brats As far as I know, there are two film version of “Pet Sematary,” both based on Stephen King’s novel. I skipped the […]
The Matrix
Happy Birthday Dear Neo, Happy Birthday To You In 1999, the Wachowskis (formally known as the Wachowski Brothers before their sex-change operations) released a Sci-Fi movie so awe-inspiring, it has become an […]
Hotel Mumbai
The attacks are so real, you’ll want to look behind your seats I have a thing for international thrillers, mostly involving terrorists, because of how they craft the drama and thrills with […]
