I’m a sucker for shark movies. Although no film is likely to ever top Jaws as the best shark movie of all time, I continue to watch any shark movie that I can get my hands on. Sometimes, the movies are surprisingly good, like Open Water, but usually they’re prettyContinue Reading
Bart Hughes (Peter Weller) is on the verge of a big promotion at work. When his wife, Meg (Shannon Tweed) decides visit her parents in Vermont, Bart stays behind to work on a project that could seal the deal on his next job. Unbeknownst to Bart, he’ll be sharing theirContinue Reading
When I was about 8 years old, I remember my parents coming home from seeing a movie and telling me about a scene that would make anyone afraid of going to the dentist again. That movie was Marathon Man and for years that’s all I would think about when IContinue Reading
A movie critic friend of mine recommended The Perfection to me by calling it a “lean and taut” thriller. A day or two later, a co-worker echoed his words and added that it was “trippy.” Two recommendations were enough to pique my interest. Without even checking to see what theContinue Reading
While attending college in 1993, I had the privilege of meeting Robert Ballard, the man who discovered the wreckage of the doomed White Star liner, RMS Titanic, in 1985. It was fascinating to hear him speak about his adventures. Up until his discovery of Titanic’s wreckage in the North Atlantic,Continue Reading
The found footage genre has pretty much run its course over the years since The Blair Witch Project made it the darling of low-budget filmmakers everywhere. However, to my knowledge, there hasn’t been a found footage take on survival reality shows like Survivorman or Man vs. Wild. Man Vs., aContinue Reading
You Were Never Really Here defies logic by being borderline incoherent yet remaining entirely gripping and immensely watchable. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Joe, a grizzled veteran of a recent war (I’m assuming Iraq or Afghanistan), who now lives with and cares for his elderly mother (Judith Roberts). He suffers from post-traumaticContinue Reading