Venom (Movie Review)

Rating: 6/10
PLOT: Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), a down-and-out former journalist, finds himself infected with an alien symbiote after investigating an evil biotech company. The symbiote, named Venom, quickly warms to Eddie as his new host, and the two team-up to prevent...

Into The Dark (TV Review)

Rating: 5/10
SYNOPSIS:  In partnership with Blumhouse Television, Into The Dark is a horror event series from prolific, award-winning producer, Jason Blum’s independent TV studio. The series includes 12 super-sized episodes, with a new installment released each month inspired by a holiday...

The Trigonal (Movie Review)

Rating: 8/10
PLOT: When his wife is brutally attacked, professional fighter Jacob Casa's mission of revenge involves entering an underground tournament where the contenders fight to the death. REVIEW: Among my earliest cinematic fascinations were martial arts action films, from Bruce Lee...

Light as a Feather (TV Review)

Rating: 4/10
SYNOPSIS: Five teen girls deal with the supernatural fallout stemming from an innocent game of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.” When the girls start dying off in the exact way that was predicted, the survivors must figure...

Await Further Instructions (Movie Review)

Rating: 7/10
PLOT: A family's unpleasant Christmas gathering gets even worse when they find something has trapped them inside the house. REVIEW: I can never watch any movie that's about a group of characters fighting among themselves while trapped in one location...

Death Kiss (Movie Review)

Rating: 7/10
PLOT: A vigilante with a mysterious past who goes to a crime-infested city and takes the law into his own hands, at the same time protecting a young mother and her child. REVIEW: As good or bad as the finished...

Knuckleball (Movie Review)

Rating: 6/10
PLOT: Stranded at his grandfather's house after the old man passes away, a boy has to fend for himself against a homicidal intruder. REVIEW: Director Michael Peterson's thriller KNUCKLEBALL is such an economical film, it's a little surprising that it...

Housewife (Movie Review)

Rating: 6/10
PLOT: A married woman with a tragic past has a life-changing encounter with a cult. REVIEW: If director Can Evrenol's film HOUSEWIFE has anything going for it, it's the cinematography by Tayman Tekin, which calls to mind the color-soaked imagery...

Hell Fest (Movie Review)

Rating: 7/10
PLOT: A group of teenagers are systematically stalked by a masked maniac at Hell Fest, an amusement park for horror fanatics. REVIEW: Such an avid fan of slasher flicks I am that, perhaps counter-intuitively, I’ve incredibly low standards to achieve...

Piercing (Fantastic Fest review)

Rating: 8/10
PLOT: A man who intends to murder a prostitute finds the act isn't as easy as anticipated. REVIEW: Two years ago, at my first Fantastic Fest, I found the movie that shook me the most was THE EYES OF MY...
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