After a laborious wait and questionable release date timing post-Halloween, Tim Burton’s vision of Wednesday has finally arrived in all its creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky glory. Has there been more note-perfect recent casting than Jenna Ortega (Babysitter: Killer Queen, Scream, X) as Wednesday Addams? Previously played in live action by Lisa Loring in 1964’s … Continue reading TV Review: Wednesday
FrightFest Glasgow 2022: Monstrous
★★★ Christina Ricci has always made some truly fascinating choices in her filmography. I have been following her career since 1991’s The Addams Family, and Monstrous is no doubt an intriguing addition to an already-stellar career. In this unconventional horror thriller, Ricci plays a loving mother, Laura, who relocates with her 7-year-old son Cody (Santino … Continue reading FrightFest Glasgow 2022: Monstrous
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