Author: Aaron Ploof
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“Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” This Bible quote, taken from Genesis, is meant to be metaphorical in its own context. However, in the case of Alison Brie and Dave Franco’s new horror film, Together, it is quite literal. Although the…
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While I was getting my ticket for Pete Davidson’s horror movie, The Home, I told the clerk at the station that I had heard the movie was getting negative reviews. I informed him that I was a film reviewer, and I didn’t expect much from this particular movie. The clerk agreed. “Just from looking at…
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Judgment comes for sinners in a brand new installment of I Know What You Did Last Summer. Can this film set a better precedent for a series that has been average at best? Set after the laughably horrendous I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, the new I Know What You Did Last Summer wisely…
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M3gan 2.0 is bombing at the box office. Raking in just 31 million on a budget of 15-25 million, it just barely made its money back. Jason Blum, the founder of Blumhouse Films, has had a rough time, to say the least. When asked by The Hollywood Reporter for comment, he replied, “We all thought…
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Jurassic Park had a brilliant screenplay. Not only did the film have interesting characters, but it also had something of interest to say. Actually, as a whole, the film solidified itself as a classic. Back in 1993, when the T-Rex first stomped into our theatres, the movie wowed us with its visuals, uplifted us with…
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I went to see 28 Years Later expecting to see a film that rested tonally between the first two installments of its series. The director and screenwriter duo from the original entry in the series, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, respectively, have returned. I fully assumed to see a nasty, horror-filled world nearly devoid of…
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There are literal as well as metaphorical sharks in Dangerous Animals. Both the underwater predator and its human counterparts feature in this intense and entertaining horror/thriller. The feature’s serial killer villain, Bruce Tucker (The Suicide Squad’s Jai Courtney), finds his match in rebellious surfer, Zephyr (Yellowstone’s Hassie Harrison). What starts as a kidnapping soon evolves…
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Bring Her Back is the second feature film from Directors Danny and Michael Philippou, following their 2022 hit debut, Talk to Me. The latter film received worldwide acclaim, grossing $92 million against a budget of $4.5 million, and became A24’s highest-grossing film to date. It told an allegorical story about addiction and the dangers of drug abuse.…
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Final Destination: Bloodlines’ opening sequence features a 1960s restaurant in a tower hundreds of feet up in the air. Iris (Stargirl’s Brec Bassinger), a young woman on a date with her boyfriend, is hesitant to enter the building. Pushing past her mental reservations, she squeezes into an overcrowded elevator (max occupants 8 adults). The bellhop…
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The Little Mermaid dissolving into sea foam, the Evil Queen dancing in a pair of red-hot shoes, and Sleeping Beauty being sexually assaulted and giving birth to twins—these original versions of our modern fairy tales were far from cheerful. In The Ugly Stepsister, Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt adds her dark twist to the story of…