The People's Critic -- You'll Learn to Trust Me
Come Play may have the dumbest-sounding horror premise I’ve seen this year: A supernatural creature haunts an unstable family via an iPad (truly the most terrifying creation in existence). However, as with an ever-increasing number of films with dumb-sounding conceits, Come Play makes the most out of its premise and provides a creepy creature flick… Continue Reading
2.5 out of 5 stars (Decent) Thank you to writer/director George Loomis for reaching out to me for this review. Unthinkable is now available on Video on Demand with iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, FandagoNow, Redbox TVOD, Movie Spree, Comcast and Charter cable companies. Unthinkable is the kind of movie best described as “Genre confused”. Its… Continue Reading
4 out of 5 stars (one of the best of the year) The Broken Hearts Gallery is one of the best films I’ve seen this year. It’s not headlined by big stars, approaches its story and characters with refreshing believability, and overcomes its few flaws with wit and cleverness. Most surprisingly, it comes from first… Continue Reading
2.5 out of 5 stars (decent) Thank you to Bride Cameron for reaching out to me for this review. Alien Addiction is now available on Demand, DVD, and Blu-Ray. We’ve seen aliens come to earth for a multitude of reasons throughout film history. Some want to kill us, some want to enslave us, and some… Continue Reading
2.5 out of 5 stars (decent) There’s a lot riding on the success of Tenet. After multiple pushbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic and writer-director Christopher Nolan’s insistence that it be seen in theaters, many were proclaiming Tenet would bring everyone back to the movies again. I’m sad to say that not only does Tenet… Continue Reading
3 out of 5 stars (average) Thank you to Alejandro Montoya Marin for reaching out to me for this review. Thank goodness for Alejandro Montoya Marin’s new YTK dramedy Millennium Bugs. In 2020, Marin’s film is both a nostalgic time capsule and a reminder that the world’s reaction to uncertainty hasn’t changed much in 20… Continue Reading