Still have room for earth-shattering news in your being? Here’s one more to register: Chaos Walking is upon us. Really, this time. Really. And yet, after all the second chances in the forms of delays …
‘His House’ review: Horror fans should knock on this door
“Strange country,” uttered Bol Majur (Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù) a beat after he was scared to breathlessness. This will be the only note of humor during his entire stay in the house. “The house” is a reference to …
‘Stuntwomen’ documentary review: An untold story both unmissable and unforgettable
Legs, three times. Shoulder. Head. Teeth. Nose. These are the parts stuntwoman-turned-stunt coordinator Melissa Stubbs recalled she had broken throughout her career. Of course, in a documentary titled…
‘Antebellum’ review: A butterfly too hollow for urgent race discussions
Time to expand the Wikipedia entry of “Antebellum (film).” A 2020 American horror film, yes, and a title that is a contraction of “an anti-oppression story told with a lot of bells and little acuity t…
Summerland Movie Review: An Offering of Hope and Beauty
In times when there’s no knowing if that van over there is civilian owned or federally rented and demonic “relations” is how one contracts COVID-19, whoever chooses to totally disconnect from society …
‘The Gentlemen’ Movie Review: Guy Ritchie’s re-snatch rocks the suits and deserves better rolls
Upon exiting Aladdin, the need to issue an APB for the Hatfield filmmaker, who we used to know, was immediate and intense. No whole new world was seen, and in its stead was a walled dead-end to stop R…
The Grudge Movie Review: Awkward genre entry and weak brand exercise
The ochre tint that brings the grime. Gore seems galore. R from the MPAA. The “R” in the title is reddened. What a campaign to prove that everything will crumble in the face of Takashi Shimizu’s (two …