by admin | Nov 6, 2021 | Reviews, Uncategorized
Sometimes it’s worth looking back. I’ve been so impressed by Midnight Mass, and basically be everything Mike Flanagan has done so far, that I took a couple of hours on a quiet Friday afternoon and re-watched Absentia, his first (available) feature film...
by admin | Jul 28, 2020 | Reviews
I just waded through Winchester on Netflix and … I am at a loss. At a loss to explain how so much money and talent could be wasted on such an utterly uninvolving, derivative, boring ‘haunted house’ movie. This shambling, unfeeling, tedious thing has beautiful...
by admin | Mar 6, 2020 | Reviews
Harlan Coben’s The Stranger is the firt indication than heis adaptations don’t have to be kind of limp and half-baked.. Maybe there’s hope. Coben makes a few jillion dollars a year on his suspense novels (though ‘suspense’ seems like a...
by admin | Mar 2, 2020 | Reviews
Seriously, who are they kidding? This moderately engaging I Am Not Okay With This is a Netflix mini-series that smells so strongly of Carrie and IT that it makes your nose twitch. So why are the producers claiming complete astonishment at the parallels? Don’t...
by admin | Feb 19, 2020 | Reviews
One of the most interesting things about Snatchers is its wonderful history. It began as a web series created by a bunch of newbies (as far as I can tell), and ended up as a feature-length film. It’s not going to change the course of mighty rivers, but...
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