Category: Film


  • House of Abraham Contains a Metaphor Worthy of Discussion

    *The following film review may be triggering to some as House of Abraham heavily concerns assisted suicide. If you or anyone you know is suffering, help is available by contacting the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Call or send a text to 988 on your phone.* It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since Slapface,…

  • Amongst the Wolves’ Gritty Take Boasts Great Performances But Feels Familiar

    Mark O’Connor is no stranger to exploring the dark, grimy underworld of Dublin’s streets. In fact, he’s made a bit of a name for himself through films like Cardboard Gangsters and Between the Canals by doing exactly that. O’Connor adds to his collection of gritty crime dramas with the release of Amongst the Wolves, which…

  • The Waves of Madness is A Kick-Ass Love Letter To Lovecraft and Video Games

    Jason Trost is the best kind of genre filmmaker, making films that fans can get excited for in a multitude of ways. While his acting credits include many background roles in notable studio flicks (Scream 2, Rushmore, Crank 2, MacGruber, Hatchet III, Studio 666) he has used his directorial prowess to blend elements from the…

  • The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch: The Drone Zone (S6E2)

    Welcome back, fellow ranchers! Firstly, thanks for the incredibly warm response to last week’s coverage! Many of you, including me, were [im]patiently waiting for Dr. Travis Taylor and his team of intrepid researchers to make it back to Skinwalker Ranch and get back to firing rockets and setting off drones. There were a handful of…

  • ‘Best Wishes to All’ in the Pursuit of Happiness

    Best Wishes to All is the deeply unsettling and disturbing gut-punch of a film we all need right now, and that’s not hyperbole. I first saw Yûta Shimotsu’s film, based on his short of the same name, at the Boston Underground Film Festival a couple of months back, and I left the theater stunned at…

  • Dangerous Animals: Two Sharks Face Off

    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…

  • The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch: Bubble Trouble (S6E1)

    It feels like just yesterday we were starting Season 5 of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch and going on this journey of the weird, bizarre, and unexplained together. Throughout this journey, I have made great friends like Jeremy McGowan and Grant Lavac, among others. Typically, we go through last week’s goings on in Ufology but…

  • Can Al Pacino Save Us From ‘The Ritual?’

    When news of The Ritual, a possession thriller from The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain director David Midell, was announced last year, my ears perked up hearing that Al Pacino and Dan Stevens would be sharing the horror movie spotlight. Stevens has been a genre film favorite, taking on an array of roles just last year, including Godzilla…

  • Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells Hilariously Don’t Understand You

    Vertical Entertainment has really beefed up their film slate for 2025. Earlier this year, The Damned whisked us away to an isolated island of terror, then Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista got all western-fantasy in In the Lost Lands, and just last month, Josh Hartnett went all John Wick on a plane in Fight or…

  • Bring Her Back Brings Gruesome Drama

    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.…