Velvet Buzzsaw

As this movie ended, I was much more mellow about it. There are too many characters that needed paring back and I didn't think that the central horror mechanic really worked, but I found the movie entertaining enough on its own. I kept thinking about that mechanic, though, and I steadily grew in my appreciation…

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Halloween (2018)

David Gordon Greene is an interesting director. He started out with micro-budgeted independent films like Undertow and George Washington before falling in with Danny McBride (and James Franco) for Pineapple Express. He made small to medium budgeted studio stoner comedies for a few years while occasionally making tiny movies here and there like Joe. He…

All These Women

I’m going to have to align with the consensus on this one. It’s a farce that’s simply not terribly funny and doesn’t work dramatically. Bergman obviously loved farce. He returned to it time and time again, and after his Silence Trilogy, he needed something light. To solve his sense of foreboding from questioning God’s silence…

Aladdin

Do we need this movie? Well, we don’t need any movies, so the answer is no. However, the movie being what it is, it’s far from the worst time at the cinema. So, you know the early 90s animated movie, so you know the story of the live-action remake. Most of the film is beat…

Crystal Embers: Chapter 4 – Past, Present, Future

Below is a sample chapter from my upcoming novel, Crystal Embers. Please pre-order the digital copy here. Physical copies will be available July 1, 2019. Regular movie posts continue below. This was not the same man who had gone to war six years before. That portrait Virginia kept in her mind had been gentle and sweet. He…