Sing Sing When you see the recap of “Sing Sing”, you would probably think that this is a movie that has been made before. It’s a drama with Colman Domingo, one of the many men exterminating their sins in the prison served by the participation in the awaiting this theater arts program as well as […]
Terrifier 3 The “Terrifier” movies have proven to be quite the entertainment industry attraction, a collection of disturbingly violent low budget horror films that apparently enjoy their own brand of chaos, proving that genre fans still exist who don’t want ‘elevated horror’. These movies’ audiences loved the fact that Damien Leone went all out trying
Caddo Lake In the words of one of Max’s original Caddo Lake protagonists, Paris Long: “If you can’t explain yourself, you are going nowhere”. The quote is insightful, but this time it worries me, because I’m not sure I could give a full explanation of the events of this film, and so I’m not sure
Salem’s Lot I was excited about “Salem’s Lot.” Besides being a fan of Stephen King who thinks 1975’s adaptation was one of the horror master’s best, I don’t appreciate how Max/WB keeps treating some of its projects like ‘Batgirl’ and ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ with great disdain. This one almost fell under the same curses though
I, The Executioner Nine years after the box office triumph of the now very enjoyable ‘Veteran’ streaming on Netflix if you have not caught up Ryoo Seung-wan is now back with a sequel to his action-comedy that does not entirely take this world of cop chaos seriously like the first and yet is still as
Little Bites The films in the horror genre are becoming less and less appealing as they clearly demonstrate their subject matter rather than letting the viewers piece together what’s left to be understood. There must be some ambiguity to horror, about what it tries to convey, and even its function. What you say gets dry
Speak No Evil In today’s context, “Speak No Evil” is a throw to the times of “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle”, “Unlawful Entry,” and “Fatal Attraction”. It represents the discontinuation of family dominated thrillers of urban heyday crafted in the 80s and 90s where good and bad were general social constructs, which culminated in
Don’t Turn Out the Lights What is a hang-out movie? Or is it possible that there are specific genres of movies which together with an appropriate state of mind will feel better? Do you need to be a pothead or a genre nerd or any other kind of freak to enjoy that? Fair enough but
Out Come the Wolves Most Canadian thriller filmmakers working with a microbudget would probably agree that woods are a good aesthetic. This is undoubtably valid for actor director Adam MacDonald, the creator of Backcountry and Pyewacket, both of which incorporate the Canada’s thick forests in a brilliant manner. In the most recent work entitled Out
Across the River and Into the Trees Beginning with the disarming lead actor is the relatively unsung Liev Schreiber, who is the cornerstone of Paula Ortiz’s delicate and elegant adaptation of one of Ernest Hemingway’s last stories titled “Across the River and Into the Trees.” Schreiber is such an actor who easily captures the attention
