The Strangers: Chapter One Review

From the genre of Movies That Never Needed To Be A Franchise, we bring you the third film in The Strangers extended universe: The Strangers: Chapter One. The first The Strangers movie was a sleeper hit with its small budget (nine million dollars) weighed against massive box office success (over 82 million). It was a movie I personally found half-satisfying. For the front end, the … Continue reading The Strangers: Chapter One Review

Life Of Belle Review

Drawing comparisons to Paranormal Activity and Skinamarink, Life of Belle haunts SCREAMBOX on May 17. The found footage film attempts to piece together the mysterious disappearance of a young girl. I’ll take sleight issue with that summary from Screambox, as aside from the fact that there are children involved, Life Of Belle is nothing like Skinamarink. Oh, there’s a lot of Paranormal Activity here to … Continue reading Life Of Belle Review

Stew Ranks His First Twenty-Four A24 Movies! #12-1

And we are back! When last we discussed A24, I mentioned I had finally gotten up to twenty-four films from the studio that I have seen. Seeing as how that is apparently their favorite number, I decided to rank all of them. Last time, we covered #24-#13. We are back this time to get through the rest, so let’s do that now! 12. The Whale … Continue reading Stew Ranks His First Twenty-Four A24 Movies! #12-1

Stew Ranks His First Twenty-Four A24 Movies! #24-13

Fittingly, I have now seen 24 movies from the A24 film studio. It feels like I have to have seen more than that. A24 has been one of the biggest studios of the last several years. It seems as though every other movie that comes out nowadays is released by the near-ubiquitous production company. And yet, I’ve somehow only seen twenty-four of them. Weird. At … Continue reading Stew Ranks His First Twenty-Four A24 Movies! #24-13

AP Productions: Winghaven #22

Bastard Son of Nelson Creed part 1 In 1979, an unconscious man wearing a diving suit was discovered inside the bed of a wrecked truck in the woods. Nelson Creed sat at the bar with his far-too-young pregnant wife Mary seated next to him who, as usual, said nothing while her eyes avoided any sort of contact. Nelson drank his beer and smoked his cigarette … Continue reading AP Productions: Winghaven #22

A Bit Of Light Review

DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY STEPHEN MOYER STARRING & PRODUCED BY ACADEMY-AWARD WINNER ANNA PAQUIN & BAFTA-AWARD NOMINEE RAY WINSTONE SCREENPLAY BY REBECCA CALLARD, based on her Bruntwood Prize-nominated play of the same name. A Bit Of Light is a heartfelt yet wryly comic drama about addiction, responsibility, self-acceptance and the value of kindness. Okay, stories about addiction really get to me, man. I say this … Continue reading A Bit Of Light Review