film review

Awards season wrapped up on Sunday with a hostless Oscars ceremony full of surprises, snubs and some more or less expected wins. Like every other year, there were lots of moments to talk about. The biggest winner of the night was…

The latest Jeremy Saulnier film, “Hold the Dark,” carries on with Saulnier’s affinity for deeply atmospheric and truly horrific violence that borders on the grotesque. His previous films have included the slow-burning revenge film “Blue…

I discovered “Apostle” while in the throes of an awful head cold, sprawled out on my living room couch. I noticed it was one of the newest Netflix films, which have proven to be hit or miss. Out of pure laziness, I stopped searching and…

“As Above, So Below” is a child of the 2000’s found footage horror genre that became a thing after “The Blair Witch Project”—the latter, a far superior film. This modern take on the genre follows Perdita Weeks as Scarlett Marlowe as she…

Things I’d rather do than rewatch “Peppermint:” scrape a cheese grater along my face, watch any Adam Sandler film, wait in line at the post office, etc.  The film is terrible, needless to say, so anytime terrible is not used as an…

The viewing experience of watching “The Predator” can be summed up in the following phrases: movement on the screen, I shoved popcorn in my face, I laughed (albeit occasionally), I mouthed “Wha—how?,” CGI blood, credits rolled. Yes, all of…

No, seriously—you shouldn’t watch this film.  “The Nun” is a film that books itself as “the scariest film of the year” while following a novitiate nun, Sister Irene, and priest, Father Burke, who bumble around a haunted abbey cloister in…

Black Panther is on the verge of becoming the most successful film with a primarily black cast. The film is filled with black excellence and power, and it’s beyond fulfilling. Many black children, including myself, grew up without seeing…