Newest Reviews
I'm mostly posting reviews on my blog these days. I'll post the links here. In fact, there are a raft of new links to my blog here, so enjoy, and by all means, comment if you're a reader. The nice thing about blogs is that they're more prone to dialogue than this stand-alone site ever was. As always, Horror movies remain the watchword of the day. The maturation of the DVD marketplace is making tons of previously rare material available for a pittance. These are good times to be a fan of movies of all stripes, regardless of the relative weakness of the theatrical product. There's good stuff out there in the world at large, but the business model of late capitalist media has a vested interest in keeping it out of sight. Fortunately, the internet makes this practically impossible. As we come to the end of the "aughts," it's clearer to me now more than ever that the last twelve years (as I write this) have been one of the horror genre's golden ages. In any event, here are the latest reviews that I've posted: |
Sucker Punch: Everything is awesome but nothing is good
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011): Lights out
Certified Copy: Is it real or is it...
Friends with Benefits: With friends like these...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): Out in the cold
The Adventures of Tintin: Not a dog
Mission: Impossible--Ghost Protocol: Should you choose to accept it...
Take Shelter: It's just a shot away...
Fright Night (2011): Vampire redux
Young Adult: Arrested adolescence
Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows: A final problem
Jane Eyre (2011): Return of the repressed
Silent Souls: One whose name was writ in water
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Cult movie
The Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Monkey see, monkey do
Another Earth: Mirror in the sky, what is love?
Cell 211: There's a Riot Goin' On
Souce Code: Strangers on a train
The Skin That I Live In: Skin flick
Billion Dollar Brain: Brain Drain
The Stranger (1946): Cuckoo clocks
Anne of the Thousand Days: More church and state.
Leave Her To Heaven: Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
Green Snake: Snakes and ladders
The Hazing: A roulette throwback
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: Ebb tide
Citizen Kane: It can't be love, for there is no true love
Troll Hunter: They might be giants
Felidae: The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river
Fear(s) of the Dark: Design for dying
Blood Moon: "One of us! One of us!"
The Devil Rides Out: The devil, you say?