Mae (Emma Watson) is slogging through life doing temp work as a customer service representative. Her dad (Bill Paxton) has multiple sclerosis but the treatment he needs isn’t covered by insurance. Her car breaks down and leaves her stranded on the side of the road. But luck is on herContinue Reading
Stephen King has written some of the best horror stories that have ever been committed to film. Whether it’s the car-gone-amok in Christine, the haunted hotel of The Shining, or the nightmarish clown of It, King knows how to twist something familiar and make it menacing. Not all of King’s storiesContinue Reading
In 1983, a movie called The Day After was aired on ABC TV. It told a speculative story about a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was a movie that stuck with me for a long time and actually taught me a few facts about whatContinue Reading
In 2019, it appears that since humanity neglected to do anything about climate change, the Earth’s weather has finally gone out of control. Geostorm asks you to believe that 17 nations united and built a network of satellites to control the weather. These satellites are literally connected together in aContinue Reading
When I first saw the trailer for A Quiet Place, I thought it was a damn fine idea for a horror film. A creature that hunts by sound. Survival is only possible if you’re silent (or as silent as possible.) Otherwise, one loud noise and you’re toast. Thankfully, the movie livesContinue Reading
The other night, I went to see Steven Spielberg’s new movie, Ready Player One, which is based on the book by Ernest Cline. I read the book a few years ago and enjoyed it quite a bit. The way it fused a ton of 1980s pop-culture references into a basicContinue Reading
Based on Philip K. Dick’s story, “The Golden Man”, Next follows Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage), a man who was born with the ability to see two minutes into the future. The catch is that he can only see two minutes into his own future. He can’t tell what will happenContinue Reading