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ClownTown Review
You can always assume a horror movie’s quality based on how many cardinal genre sins are broken before the credits roll. Tom Nagel’s ClownTown has no trouble racking up the offenses in this particular...
View ArticleFlock Of Dudes Review
Flock Of Dudes is a star-studded bromance dissection about becoming one with maturity, yet Bob Castrone’s film lacks the same motivations that its characters lazily ignore. A who’s who of almost A-list...
View ArticleMasterminds Review
Masterminds is the summation of the strangest cinematic formula imaginable. You know director Jared Hess from such quirkiness as Napoleon Dynamite and Don Verdean, which he wrote alongside his wife...
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Dearest Sister Review [Fantastic Fest 2016]
Even though the country of Laos only has thirteen produced films to its name, it’s already an exemplary proponent of equal opportunities. Female director Mattie Do accounts for two out of those...
View ArticleThe Girl On The Train Review
Viewers will be quick to compare Tate Taylor’s The Girl On The Train with David Fincher’s Gone Girl, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Both are twisted tales of suburban intrigue, both are...
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Exclusive Interview: Haley Bennett Talks The Girl On The Train
No, you don’t have to do a double-take. You did just see Haley Bennett in The Magnificent Seven, and now she’s back only a few short weeks later with another blockbuster affair, Tate Taylor’s The Girl...
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A Dark Song Review [Fantastic Fest 2016]
While some occult horror films hastily summon demons and creatures, other religiously-tinged enchanters like A Dark Song dabble more in moral challenges and heavenly perversion. Liam Gavin’s satanic...
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Under The Shadow Review
The horrors of war are nothing compared to Babak Anvari’s Under The Shadow, set against the desolate backdrop of an 80s Iraq-Iran conflict that tore Middle Eastern landscapes apart. Anvari uses this...
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Phantasm: Ravager Review
Phantasm: Ravager is a cult sequel to a cult franchise made for a specific cult of fans. If you’ve never been sucked into Don Coscarelli’s do-it-yourself supernatural series, David Hartman’s fifth...
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The Alchemist Cookbook Review
The Alchemist Cookbook will stand as one of 2016’s most bizarre, you-gotta-see-this genre darlings. Science, evil summonings and isolation? Filmmaker Joel Potrykus flips the “cabin in the woods”...
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The Rehearsal Review [NYFF 2016]
The Rehearsal is a youthful melodrama that becomes a bit too “mellow” during its elongated midsection of teenage irresponsibility. A soul-searching beginning and an applause-worth end sandwich a hefty...
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WGTC’s New York Comic Con Gallery
New York Comic Con 2016 Gallery 1 of 118 Click to skip MORE FROM THE WEB #zergnet-widget-41994 .zergheadline a { color: #fff !important; } Another year, another New York Comic Con spent walking the...
View ArticleDesierto Review
Desierto is a dirty, ugly thriller that muffles any possible moral quandaries in Jonás Cuarón’s border-crossing most dangerous game. Job-snatching paranoia clashes with impoverished dreams in a bloody,...
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Jack Goes Home Review
Revenge, grief and piercing secrets make Jack Goes Home quite the interesting genre hybrid, but Thomas Dekker’s disparaging darkness might rely a bit too heavily on haunted aesthetics. The story...
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The Accountant Review
No, The Accountant doesn’t take place inside a Tropic Thunder universe where character combinations are satirically smashed together for dramatic pause. Gavin O’Connor’s white-collar thriller is super...
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Let Her Out Review [Toronto After Dark 2016]
As far as psychological body horror films go, Cody Calahan’s Let Her Out plays all the expected Cronenbergian beats while exuding a neon hue. Nothing more, nothing less. Canada’s Black Fawn team once...
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First-Ever Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Awards Announcement And Recap!
Like a Halloween moon that glistens deviously once a year, the first-ever Brooklyn Horror Film Festival came, saw and conquered New York City this past weekend. It was a heartwarming start for a...
View ArticleOuija: Origin Of Evil Review
In the grand scheme of 2016’s mainstream horror scene, Ouija: Origin Of Evil certainly bolsters the argument that we’re having one hell of a year – even if it’s not at the top. Director Mike Flanagan...
View ArticleKeeping Up With The Joneses Review
Keeping Up With The Joneses is your garden-variety suburban spy comedy, and while that might not sound “garden-variety,” try acting surprised even once during Greg Mottola’s new comedy. Admittedly,...
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Review
Well, that sequel sure was a reach…ehhhh?!?!?! Sorry. If I’m wading through the waters of cinematic mediocrity for you – the reader – you’re dealing with my atrocious sense of punnery. On a serious...
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