★★★ Midnight in the Switchgrass is like every other mystery/crime movie you have ever watched. Set in 2004 Pensacola, FBI agents (played by a very bored Bruce Willis and Megan Fox, who flexes her survival muscles from Till Death) are hot on the trail of a sex-trafficking ring. Their investigation crosses paths with a serial … Continue reading Film Review: Midnight in the Switchgrass
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TV Review: Turner & Hooch
While I’ve never seen the original Turner & Hooch starring Tom Hanks, I have to imagine it is significantly better than than this strange mish-mash of clashing tones and action drama. Explosions, shooting, blazing fire, and hand-to-hand action combat—2021’s Turner & Hooch reboot is certainly not what I was expecting from Disney. The pilot is … Continue reading TV Review: Turner & Hooch
Film Review: Here After
★★ A rom-com this generic and misogynistic in 2021? Okay then! Here After has probably the most annoying romantic protagonist I can recall seeing recently, and that is before even getting to the strange plot. Things start off with a fourth-wall breaking story about a sexual experience with a redhead, recalled by Michael (Andy Karl). … Continue reading Film Review: Here After
Film Review: The Boy Behind the Door
★★★★ Lonnie Chavis proves, without a doubt, than he can carry his own film in the intense and harrowing horror thriller, The Boy Behind the Door. Like Don’t Breathe before it, this film focuses on nail-biting suspense buoyed by exceptional sound design and directorial flourishes. While on surface level it may seem to share DNA … Continue reading Film Review: The Boy Behind the Door
Film Review: Alice
★★★ A selection from the 2019 SXSW Film Festival, Alice is supercharged by a great turn from Emilie Piponnier as the title character. However, it is very lacking in a dramatic and narrative sense. It is about Alice (Piponnier), who finds out the hard way that she is broke and on the verge of homelessness. … Continue reading Film Review: Alice
Film Review: Deep
★★★★ Coming soon to Netflix’s neverending collection of titles, Thai thriller Deep carries impressive script pedigree and a perfectly cast roster of quirky characters. It is a modern slice of fun, a foreign take on Flatliners that dives into an elusive and bizarre facet of human biology. How long can a person go without shut-eye? … Continue reading Film Review: Deep
Film Review: Room 9
★ Every now and then a movie comes along so bafflingly awful that you have to call into question how it even got made in the first place. Envision a film so poorly made that it feels like a film school student project. A cheesy vintage filter puts a layer of shoddy sheen over everything, … Continue reading Film Review: Room 9
Film Review: Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
★★★★ The first Escape Room, released in 2019, was basically a PG-13 version of Saw, with themed rooms and non-stop thrills. As much as I loved it, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is bigger and better than the original in just about every way you can imagine. It manages to remain faithful to the two … Continue reading Film Review: Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Film Review: Here Comes Your Man
★★★★ From TLA Releasing, curators of such bonafide gay classics as Latter Days and Another Gay Movie comes your new favorite romance! Here Comes Your Man is an intimate and extensive examination of one surprising gay relationship from top to bottom (no pun intended). Hailing from writer/director Omar Salas Zamora, the sexually-charged drama follows Aaron … Continue reading Film Review: Here Comes Your Man
Film Review: Fear Street Part Three: 1666
★★★★★ Three movies deep, and I can safely say that Leigh Janiak is one of my favorite new creatives in horror. Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy, based on the book series from acclaimed author R.L. Stine, concludes its three week summer event with a bang! Fear Street Part Three: 1666 brings things full-circle in an incredibly … Continue reading Film Review: Fear Street Part Three: 1666