Author: chris

Sisters, 2015

Fey and Poehler had great chemistry as always. The movie played out like a funny teen comedy filled with 40 year olds.

Searching, 2018

I do like the “screen life” genre and I felt this movie broke a one of its fundamental rules. Just show the full screen as is, no unnecessary zooming in to highlight something. That kind of stuff takes me right out of the movie.

Mile 22, 2018

Mildly entertaining if you can ignore the ridiculous overacting. Iko Uwais is basically a real-life superhero so back the cameras up and let the guy do his thing. Stop editing all his fight scenes so poorly that you can barely see what is happening.

Gnaw, 2017

I love a good creature feature and sadly this was not one of the good ones.

The Strangers: Prey at Night, 2018

Much better than I was expecting. The first half dragged a bit but once you get to the pool scene it really takes off from there.

Viral, 2016

Cliche from start to finish. Someone who’s never seen a horror movie before probably wouldn’t even be surprised by it.

The Night Eats the World, 2018

Proof that there are still interesting stories to tell with zombies. I was invested the main actor’s methodical plan to survive long term. The creepy silent zombies were original too.

Revenge, 2017

Visceral and pretty unrelenting. I liked it a lot. I also have to wonder what the fake blood budget was on this movie, it had to be at least 25% of the total budget.

Blood Fest, 2018

I can see the potential in the idea of this movie but I just couldn’t get into it.

Ghost Stories, 2017

A creepy and twisted tale with a couple of good scares thrown in for good measure.

Summer of 84, 2018

Terrific follow-up to the equally charming Turbo Kid. The kids acted so convincingly I never felt this was just another ripoff of the 80s aesthetic that is so prevalent nowadays.

Terrified, 2017

I actually found this movie pretty tame because it only had one decent scare and way too much pointless dialogue.

Mandy, 2018

It was a lot to take in and will probably require multiple viewings to fully digest this trippy heavy metal stoner’s take on revenge.