WHAT HAPPENED TO DOROTHY BELL? MOVIE REVIEW Found footage horror isn’t always everyone’s favorite, but if it’s playing at Fantastic Fest, it generally is better than most. Such is the case for What Happened to Dorothy Bell? written and directed by Danny Villanueva Jr. The film follows Ozzie (Asya Meadows) who has lost much of […]

BOOKWORM MOVIE REVIEW You just can’t keep Elijah Wood away from New Zealand. And who can blame him? It’s goddamn gorgeous. He gets to revisit the scenic countryside in his second collaboration with director Ant Timpson, Bookworm. The tale starts with Mildred (Nell Fisher) and her mom who don’t get along well. Mildred lives a […]

U ARE THE UNIVERSE MOVIE REVIEW What would you do if you were an astronaut on a deep space mission and discovered the Earth had blown up? If you were Ukrainian space trucker Andriy, then probably not much different. You’d continue to tolerate terrible dad jokes from your onboard robot trying to cheer you up, […]

TIME BANDITS SERIES REVIEW Remember as a kid when it was super cool to have a favorite dinosaur? When day-dreaming of sailing the world with vikings like Leif Erikson was a perfectly normal and healthy thing to do? When you could tell the difference between Greek and Roman history without extra scrutiny? Kevin (Kal-El Tuck) […]

THE SUBSTANCE MOVIE REVIEW We’ve never seen Demi Moore like this before. Coralie Fargeat’s, director of Revenge, second feature film The Substance is a wild combination of David Cronenberg’s body-horror and Frank Henenlotter’s exploitation sensibilities. Demi Moore plays Elizabeth Sparkle, whose stardom has faded from Hollywood icon to hosting a tv workout show ala Jane […]

REBEL RIDGE MOVIE REVIEW Nothing like a good ol’ fashioned solid action flick. Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin, Green Room) is back with his newest film, Rebel Ridge, starring Aaron Pierre, AnnaSophia Robb, and Don Johnson. We meet Pierre’s character Terry riding his bike down a long country road where he’s suddenly run off the road […]

THE 4:30 MOVIE FILM REVIEW Kevin Smith is one of the defining Gen X filmmakers. Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy inspired countless storytellers from the 90’s to today. He’s also the guy who made Cop Out and Yoga Hosers. The guy’s had a mixed bag of a career. So, it comes as a wonderful surprise […]

SPEAK NO EVIL MOVIE REVIEW The Danish horror film Speak No Evil was much discussed in horror circles as being one of the bleakest and most frightening films of 2022. Now here comes Blumhouse Films to soften it up for American audiences. And while there is no denying that they did exactly that, is it […]

MY OLD ASS MOVIE REVIEW Elliott (Maisy Stella) has grown up in a beautiful lakeside town with her family, who grow cranberries there for a living. While there had been some expectation that she would continue on in the family business at some point, she has since made clear that she has no interest. Soon […]

THE DECAMERON SERIES REVIEW In 1384 the deadliest pandemic in human history known as the black death did not discriminate. All classes, creeds and sexes fell prey as the plague ravaged Europe, caring not for borders or alliances. What could one do to survive such a horror? If you were wealthy enough, you would take […]