As an avid fanatic for all things Ryan Murphy, even the cast announcement for his buzzy new series, All’s Fair, left me salivating for yet another iconic pairing of star power and bitchy dialogue. While the 9-1-1 franchise proved Ryan Murphy Productions could tackle a good procedural, how would that work in the context of … Continue reading TV Review: All’s Fair – Season 1
Film Review: Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
★★★★ Has it really been 50 years? In the latest example of making viewers feel ancient, documentary filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau takes a trip down memory lane to reflect on five decades of Jaws. For the uninitiated, Steven Spielberg’s timeless shark hunting odyssey based on the novel by Peter Benchley swam through harsh waters to become … Continue reading Film Review: Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Film Review: Control Freak
★ Hulu and horror are practically synonymous, especially after an excellent two-season run of Into the Dark that brought feature-length genre titles to life in often splendid fashion. Just to name a few, some of Hulu's horror originals include Appendage, Prey, Little Monsters, and my personal favorite, their Hellraiser reboot. Control Freak arrives with a … Continue reading Film Review: Control Freak
Film Review: Carved
★★★★ Despite not being the biggest fan of Justin Harding’s preceding short film of the same name from 2018’s Huluween, Carved still promised enough killer pumpkin carnage from the trailer that it was enough to hook me. How would a feature-length slasher expand the premise of an already hollow short? Would impressive practical effects work … Continue reading Film Review: Carved
Fantastic Fest 2024: Mr. Crocket
★★★★ Finally, a modern day spiritual successor to Freddy Kreuger has arrived in the form of Mr. Crocket, a disturbing and surreal horror film that blends dark fantasy with a deeply unsettling premise. The titular character, Mr. Crocket, is a Mr. Rogers-esque figurehead that sings and bring children together in his colorful program, Mr. Crocket's … Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2024: Mr. Crocket
SXSW 2024: The Greatest Hits
★★★★ Raising existential questions about what happens when we die, or the legacy left behind afterward, would be an easy route for any drama to explore, despite being difficult subject matter. The execution of said topic, frequently mishandled in the wrong hands, may be more difficult to perfect. What sci-fi tinged The Greatest Hits gets … Continue reading SXSW 2024: The Greatest Hits
Film Review: No One Will Save You
★★★★ Why is it so hard to make a good alien flick? The few genuinely successful ones can probably be counted on one hand, so the uphill battle that future titles in this subgenre face is steep indeed. Almost entirely dialogue-free, sci-fi horror No One Will Save You brings a seriously twisted interpretation of alien … Continue reading Film Review: No One Will Save You
SXSW 2023: Appendage
★★★★ One woman’s inner turmoil becomes a shit-talking outer tumor that grows and grows in writer/director Anna Zlokovic’s cringey little blast of fun, Appendage. The short film of the same name, which played 2022’s Sundance and became part of Hulu’s Bite Size Halloween, was a lean, focused piece that perfectly executed its obvious depiction of … Continue reading SXSW 2023: Appendage
Film Review: Darby and the Dead
★★★★ For fans of shows like Julie and the Phantoms, Disney/Hulu’s ghostly gem, Darby and the Dead, comes for the jugular! It seems very on-trend right now to emulate the excellent dark comedies of the late 90s and early 2000s like Jawbreaker, Mean Girls, and The Craft, and screenwriters Becca Greene and Wenonah Wilms channel … Continue reading Film Review: Darby and the Dead
Film Review: Matriarch
★★ Focusing primarily on body horror and cult-esque mania, Matriarch feels like it is trying too hard at times. Though it can frequently come off as pretentious, I was actually into some of the freakier elements. For much of the runtime, we aren’t quite positive as to why Laura (Jemima Rooper, Flowers in the Attic: … Continue reading Film Review: Matriarch