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Trash Fire (Movie Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Years after causing a fire that burned his parents alive and left his sister marred for life, an alcoholic epileptic brings his pregnant girlfriend to meet what’s left of his family. REVIEW: Brusquely shifting gears from his two previous...

Horror Movie Reviews

The Entity (Unseen Halloween Returns Review)

Posted 10 years ago

Last October, Arrow in the Head presented a column called UNSEEN HALLOWEEN, in which the staff recommended movies that are by and large very obscure. This year, UNSEEN HALLOWEEN RETURNS! But with a twist! Each writer is now tackling a...

Horror Movie Reviews

Society (Unseen Halloween Returns Review)

Posted 10 years ago

Last October, Arrow in the Head presented a column called UNSEEN HALLOWEEN, in which the staff recommended movies that are by and large very obscure. This year, UNSEEN HALLOWEEN RETURNS! But with a twist! Each writer is now tackling a...

TV Reviews

TV Review: Supergirl – Season 2, Episode 3 – “Welcome to Earth”

Posted 10 years ago

EPISODE 3: WELCOME TO EARTH SYNOPSIS: Kara fears the recently escaped Mon-El is behind an attack on the president, who Supergirl and the DEO have been assigned to protect; at the same time, the hot-button issue of aliens vs. human rights...

The Windmill (Movie Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A bus tour through the lowlands of Holland goes terribly wrong when the vehicle breaks down and the tourists find themselves being stalked by a supernatural slasher. REVIEW: Director Nick Jongerius's THE WINDMILL (formerly known as THE WINDMILL MASSACRE)...

Review: The Whole Truth

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A lawyer (Keanu Reeves) is tasked with defending the child of a family friend (Renee Zellweger) who’s been accused of murdering his violent father. REVIEW: The world of VOD has become an interesting side-effect of both the explosion of...

TV Review: Black Mirror: San Junipero & Nosedive

Posted 10 years ago

This Black Mirror review was previously run as part of our TIFF 2016 coverage. PLOT: In this sampling of episodes from the third season of ‘Black Mirror’, a young woman (Mackenzie Davis) makes an unexpected connection, while an insecure office...

Fear, Inc. (Movie Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Privileged slacker Joe Foster (Lucas Neff) lives in a comically huge mansion with his Australian girlfriend Lindsey (Caitlin Stasey), who is crazy rich for no apparent reason, but he wants more out of life. Specifically more fear, because he loves...

Review: Keeping Up with the Joneses

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Two bored suburbanites (Zach Galifianakis & Isla Fisher) become convinced that their exciting new neighbors (Jon Hamm & Gal Gadot) are spies. REVIEW: How does a movie like KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES go so awry? On paper, this...

Review: Ouija: Origin of Evil

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A widowed mother of two girls working as a fraudulent medium is horrified when the use of a ouija board appears to bring evil spirits into her home. REVIEW: I'm not necessarily all in on the Mike Flanagan bandwagon...

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