Sometimes it’s harder to figure out when a movie actually released than it should be. When I’m looking at a movie and trying to figure out what year it came out in, especially as of these last few years–I do a lot of Best Of lists and keep tally of where the flicks I watch belong–too often the “release date” can be frustratingly inaccurate. Especially … Continue reading The Sacrifice Game Review
Our long podcast nightmare is over, and someone finally both pulled AND selected Avengers: Infinity War! Now comes the hard part: picking Downs for it. Carlo of The Movie Loot returns to see if he can duplicate the success of his first appearance at The Order. For more from The Movie Loot, click HERE. Continue reading Episode 99: Avengers Infinity War
SCREAMBOX exclusive Underground streams on January 9. Inspired by true events, the found footage nightmare finds a bachelorette party trapped in a World War II bunker complex. Found Footage movie! Boy, that’s a divisive term right there. People tend to either love or hate that subgenre of movies. Let’s be honest; most found footage flicks are horror, though certainly not all. And you have a … Continue reading Underground Review
The Holdovers is exactly the kind of movie I typically greatly enjoy. A low-stakes, grounded, comedy-drama about interpersonal relationships. And it’s distributed by Focus Features! Even better! I should have already had my mind harkening back to movies such as Lost In Translation or Dan In Real Life. But, for whatever reason, I kind of let The Holdovers pass me by while it was in … Continue reading The Holdovers Review
I’ve seen two movies this weekend that WEREN’T Godzilla Minus One, and both left me wishing I had seen Godzilla Minus One instead. The first was Silent Night, which I saw on a whim based on what time it was showing at the theater. The other was this, Dream Scenario, movie I’d been looking forward to for weeks. How did it let me down? Well, … Continue reading Dream Scenario Review
From the producers of The Gallows, SCREAMBOX Exclusive Night of the Missing streams on November 28. The horror anthology features genre favorites Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects) and Jenna Kanell (Terrifier). Anthology movies are often quite fun! Horror anthologies usually remind me of Trick R Treat, the cult classic antho from the late 00’s starring Brian Cox, Anna Paquin, and others. It’s one of the … Continue reading The Night Of The Missing Review
I hate waiting for good movies. Nothing is worse than seeing a trailer for something, knowing instantly that you want to see it, then having to wait months for the movie to release. God be with anyone who cares about the next Planet Of The Apes movie. I’ve been seeing trailers for that for weeks, and it doesn’t come out until Memorial Day! Or, worse … Continue reading American Fiction Review
I probably need to watch more David Fincher. I was not–to say the least–a fan of Fight Club when I saw it way back in 1999 or 2000. I think I probably missed the point of it back then, but the people I knew who liked it by and large liked it because they thought it was “cool” and “awesome”. Not because the movie was … Continue reading The Killer Review
SCREAMBOX Exclusive Santastein comes alive on December 19. The festive twist on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein delivers Christmas cheer and slasher fear in equal measure. You know a trope I have always hated because it makes zero sense? The Christmas movie where all of the parents and adults think Santa does not exist, but it turns out he does. You have every adult in the world … Continue reading SantaStein Review
Merry Christmas, everyone! Let’s talk about a murdered child and how it leads to a blood-soaked rampage. Seventy-seven year old John Woo is back in American theaters! It feels like it’s been forever since I have thought of the master of doves, but he presents the new Christmas-themed action movie, Silent Night. It’s his first movie in over 6 years, with his last being 2017’s … Continue reading Silent Night Review
NOTE: SPOILERS WITHIN FOR QUIZ LADY! As of this writing, I am a few days away from competing with my teammates in a Trivia playoff of Top Ten regional teams! It actually takes place on my birthday this year. As always, I’ll be hoping for questions about professional wrestling, Pokemon, or horror movies. As usual, I’m sure the questions will be about flags, guessing peoples’ … Continue reading Quiz Lady Review
NOTE: Big spoilers within for Thanksgiving. Like “who the killer is” level spoilers! It’s midway through November, and I’ve accomplished my January goal: I’ve seen 100 movies that came out this year. I’d say it was hard, but… I did it with a month and a half to spare, so I guess it wasn’t that bad at all. It was less hard and more… trying, … Continue reading Thanksgiving Review
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has a very long title. It’s almost as long as the movie’s runtime, but… we’ll get to that in a bit. The newest Hunger Games movie is a prequel to the last four, all starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, and takes place about 65 years before Katniss’ adventure ever starts. If you’ve seen those movies … Continue reading THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES REVIEW
NOTE: SPOILERS FOR THE FABELMANS! As of this writing, we are one month away from the 95th Academy Awards, and now that I have seen The Fabelmans, I have seen seven of the ten Best Picture nominees. For reference, I have decided to go back a few years and see how I’ve compared! For the 94th edition of the awards, I STILL have not seen … Continue reading The Fabelmans Review
NOTE: VERY LIGHT SPOILERS FOR SKINAMRINK BELOW! As maddeningly frustrating as it is genuinely creepy and unsettling, I feel pretty comfortable in saying you have seen little–if anything–like Skinamrink before. Skinamarink left me DYING to talk to someone, anyone, about it in its wake. I rushed upstairs to my wife to tell her what I just saw. I had to unprocess the film from my … Continue reading Skinamarink Review
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