2020 was a lot of things, it was scary, it was difficult, it was arduous, but there were also some good things that came out of it. Personally, 2020 gave way to me fully embracing collecting movies and particularly, horror movies. What's better than seeing the horror of the outside world? Seeing a
Blue Bayou. Wow. Where do I even begin? Justin Chon has brought us a fantastic film about an immigration issue I don’t believe many Americans even realize exists and I’m still processing it. Inspired partly by the deportation story of Adam Crapser; Justin Chon plays Antonio LeBlanc, a
Well, the Nicolas Cage-aissance continues. Whether it's Willy's Wonderland, Pig, or now Prisoners of the Ghostland, Cage has made 2021 his year. His performance goes without saying in the Sion Sono directed neo-noir western film. The rest of the film might not be for everyone however. It's a
M. Night Shyamalan’s Old is hitting Blu-ray and digital so fast, you won’t even have time to hyper-age to your death. (Yay?) The deadly vacation flick from the mind behind The Sixth Sense and Split becomes available to own this October. Old follows a family on a tropical holiday who find
I’ll say this for Malignant: once it starts, it doesn’t let up. The trailer might lead you to believe this is simply a twist on a haunted house film, whereby the lead Madison (Annabelle Wallis) ends up being the real “source” of the haunting all along. You expect a slower-paced horror,
Let's see, how do you summarize Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars? Well, to do that, we have to ask: have you ever wanted to see what The Expanse might've looked like as an anime, but with romcom antics and Gundams thrown in? Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars is the second anime
Get Over Here!!! If you are a fan of the Mortal Kombat franchise this has been somewhat a good year for some of us. Not only did we get a new Mortal Kombat live-action film this year, but we also just got the new animated Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms released from Warner Bros. as
Afterlife of the Party has come to Netflix and if you’re anything like me you’ll LOVE the original music! But, who is the mastermind behind the poppy bops? That would-be musician (now actor) Spencer Sutherland making his acting debut. If you don’t know who he is, I promise you, you will!
The Sheep Detectives is a towering testament of how powerful animated stories can be when done right. A genuine crowdpleaser, the film is sure to warm and break your heart, wrestling with richly textured explorations of death and grief, lost and found families, and the necessity of memory.
We've had haunted house movies. Sure, but have we had a haunted van movie? That's what Passenger amounts to at its most distilled form. This is a horror movie about a demonic force (the opposite of Saint Christopher) that has been chasing and killing travelers for hundreds of years. Basically, the
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
