Movie Views
Musings about movies.
A Ho-Hum Haunted Forest
1 star A horror movie set in a Halloween maze. If that’s the premise of your film, the first thing you need to do is
Gore’s Dark, Darkly Funny Future
4 stars A homeless-looking man in a transparent raincoat walks into an LA diner and starts telling customers that if they don’t put down their
Past is a Blast
3 stars I’ll admit, for the first 20 minutes or so, I had a bit of trouble figuring out the intricate storyline of Back to
Heed the Call of Hardy’s Whistle
3 ½ stars Don’t let the silly title stop you. This glossy gore fest from director Corin Hardy (The Nun) takes the familiar genre tropes
Godawful Grizzly
0 stars Usually, an animal attack movie like Grizzly Night comes with a warning that no animals were harmed during production. The makers of this
A Tepid Testament
1 ½ stars The music is charming, reminding one of the background tunes they play in the massage rooms of upscale health spas. And the
Cast Makes The Choral Soars
3 ½ stars The year is 1916, and while the majority of civilization is engaged in a World War, the residents of Ramsden, Yorkshire, are
Annoying Neighbor
1 star A good mystery keeps you on the edge of your seat, trying to figure out whodunnit. A bad mystery has you lying back,
Daisy Vs The Dead
2 ½ stars For almost 60 years, filmmakers have been trying to find a way to breathe new life into the zombie genre created by
Lawrence is Raw, Revelatory in Die My Love
3 ½ stars Just as they have you sit through 30 minutes of commercials and trailers before the scheduled start of a movie, theaters showing
Blue Moon is a Bust
2 stars Ethan Hawke in a combover? Say no more. Although working for decades as an entertainment journalist has allowed me to see dozens of
Tap Taps Out
1 star Wow. I thought the band was old until I heard the jokes. In 1984, director Rob Reiner joined forces with comedians Christopher Guest,
Women of the West Rule East of Wall
1 ½ stars According to the press notes for East of Wall, writer/director Kate Beecroft spent three years living with the characters of her movie,
He Shoots! He Scores!
3 ½ stars Sheer perfection. I can’t say I’ve been breathlessly waiting these past 29 years for Adam Sandler to stop with all the indie
More Than Jaws Turns 50
Like thousands of other fans, I made sure to watch Jaws as the film celebrated its 50th anniversary in the public consciousness. More than 67
Lots of Gore, But Little More
1 star The reactions were opposites: on one side of the theater, people groaned in pain and disgust at the gory events unfolding on the
Captivation Clown Carnage
3 ½ stars I’ve never been coulrophobic; just the opposite. While those suffering from that particular phobia may experience an intense and persistent fear whenever
Lame Horses
1 star The good news is that you get not one but two movies when you go see On Swift Horses. You get the story