★★★★ 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: The Woman in the Window
★★★★ The Woman in the Window, the latest in the long line of best-selling, mystery-book film adaptations, gives Amy Adams the chance to fill the shoes of an agoraphobic shut-in. Many viewers will unintentionally relate as those lucky enough to work from home may have barely left their homes in the past year. The long-delayed … Continue reading Film Review: The Woman in the Window
Film Review: Things Heard and Seen
★★ A new horror mystery coming to Netflix is always cause for minor celebration. They have produced some really solid genre flicks, including both phenomenal Babysitter films and The Ritual. I’m sad to report that Things Heard and Seen falls more into the category of misfires. An extremely talented cast, including Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, … Continue reading Film Review: Things Heard and Seen
Film Review: Sensation
★★ If you took Inception, The Matrix, and Kingsman: The Secret Service, then blended them together until all that remained was a watery shadow of what came before, you’d come close to pinning down new mystery/sci-fi film Sensation. There’s a whole lot of mumbo jumbo after a postman, named Andrew (Game of Thrones’ Eugene Simon), … Continue reading Film Review: Sensation