Angel Has Fallen (2019)
“You’re a disaster waiting to happen.” Marginally better than the previous entries in this flat-footed franchise, which really isn’t saying all that much, Angel Has Fallen continues – and potentially brings […]
Category Archives: Thriller
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
“You let a ghost story get into your heads.” It’s hard to not appreciate Alvin Schwartz’s collection of short horror stories tailored to terrify school kids checking out library books […]
Luz (2019)
“If you tell her it smells like fish, she smells like fish.” It’s strange. I’ve literally sat through Luz’s dense 70 minutes three times. Twice concurrently and once more as […]
Ma (2019)
“Now you know where the party is.” There’s really no reason to go see Ma when you can pretty much watch the entire movie in less than 3 minutes. The […]
The Perfection (2019)
“We don’t make mistakes here.” One of the more compassionate movies I’ve seen so far this year, yet every bit as brutal and disturbing as the trailer paints it to […]
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
“He knew the rules. He broke them.” I admired the flawed John Wick. I enjoyed John Wick: Chapter 2 a bit more than its predecessor. And had it been a touch […]
The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
“She wants us to be hers.” Incoherent, innocuous, and borderline lifeless, The Curse of La Llorona takes a classic folk tale and dooms it to hell with talented, lost actors trying […]
The Silence (2019)
“This is how it happened for us. This is our story.” An intriguing story until it isn’t. A likable apocalyptic vision until convention overtakes invention. And a well acted family […]
Pet Sematary (2019)
“It doesn’t feel right.” A not-so-gentle reminder that I’ll definitely never be a cat person, nor a fan of run-of-the-mill horror flicks, Pet Sematary updates the 1989 adaptation of Stephen […]
Us (2019)
“I’ll keep you safe.” Imagine people huddled around a coffee table book, its binding worn, the tabletop spotted by rings from glasses never placed on coasters. Ideas being spun into […]
