Annabelle: Creation (2017)
“Forgive me Father, for I’m about to sin.” There’s no question that director David F. Sandberg knows what the hell he is doing. With last year’s fantastic Lights Out and now with Annabelle: […]
Category Archives: Thriller
Kidnap (2017)
“I’m gonna have to let them take you.” Filmed back in 2014 and shelved until its untimely recent release, Kidnap is so cheap, so thoroughly exploitative and dumb that I honestly can’t […]
Atomic Blonde (2017)
“Trust no one.” While not outright ditzy or dumb or as cool as it thinks itself to be, Atomic Blonde is a whole lot more boring of a film than its […]
Dunkirk (2017)
“If we go there we’ll die.” Christopher Nolan seems to be a director and a storyteller obsessed by the passage, the overall meaning, and the possibility of exploring different pieces […]
The Beguiled (2017)
“Are you frightened?” The Beguiled is not the sort of film where you should ever try to dwell upon any one thing it tries to be about. It’s too sprawling, […]
The Book of Henry (2017)
“One little miscalculation and the whole thing fails.” I’m happy that it took a long seven months, but I have now finally seen my least favorite film of 2017, and […]
The Circle (2017)
“Do you think you do better or worse when you are being watched?” Not all stories require or need happy endings. Memories of messages seem to linger longer when drenched […]
Alien: Covenant (2017)
“We need your faith.” To pull apart Ridley Scott’s latest – a frustratingly uneven piece of near science fiction genius – we must first dive into its messy nature whilst understanding the purpose […]
Always Shine (2016)
“Have I seen you in anything?” In more ways than one, Always Shine serves as 2016’s antidote to the masterful confection, sheer joy, and the powerful sense of regret in La La Land. One of […]
The Wall (2017)
“I’m scared of what’s behind it.” With the release of Phone Booth back in 2002, Grand Piano in 2013, and now The Wall, we have an exceptional trifecta of films which equate to adult nightmares. These […]
