Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion) directed and stars in this unconventional action flick set in Mumbai, India. Highlighting the culture clash between the mega-rich and those in poverty, Monkey Man takes the post-John Wick action movie template and rearranges it to include surprisingly political and social commentary. Patel portrays Kid, anContinue Reading
To Catch a Killer opens in Baltimore on New Year’s Eve. As celebratory fireworks ring in the new year, a sniper uses the noise to mask a mass shooting. 29 seemingly random people are gunned down for no apparent reason. The only common thread is the almost inhuman accuracy ofContinue Reading
You may or may not be aware of the term “doomscrolling.” It means the tendency some people have of reading a negative or depressing news article and then searching for more information about the topic even though the information may be scary or even more depressing. Leave the World Behind,Continue Reading
Hardly anyone likes going to the dentist for a check-up. There’s something inherently alien about having another person poking around in your mouth. When the possibility of pain is involved, it’s even less appealing. Capitalizing on that dread you experience every six months, 1996’s The Dentist will ensure you neverContinue Reading
Director Tobe Hooper has garnered an excellent reputation with horror fans on the strengths of 1974’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and 1982’s Poltergeist. Mr. Hooper sadly passed away in 2017. His later films, of which Mortuary is one, were received less enthusiastically by horror audiences. It’s hard to say howContinue Reading
From the film’s synopsis, Angel of Mine sounds like it’s a Lifetime movie-of-the-week. But, thanks to a stellar cast, a decent script, and some fine direction, the film is anything but. Lizzie (Noomi Repace,) a recently divorced mother, still grieves for her deceased baby daughter, Rosie. Although seven years haveContinue Reading
In Killing Season, John Travolta plays Emil Kovac, a member of the Scorpions, a Serbian paramilitary group that committed war crimes during the Bosnian War in the early 1990s. As the film opens, we see American soldiers liberating some of the Bosnian people from one of the Scorpions’ detention camps.Continue Reading