The People's Critic -- You'll Learn to Trust Me
2 out of 5 stars (has some good moments, but is overall bad) I wanted to love Freaky. Released by Blumhouse Pictures and helmed by the director of the enormously fun Happy Death Day franchise, it’s being pitched as a slasher film mixed with a wacky body-swap comedy a la Freaky Friday (likely the origin… Continue Reading
3 out of 5 stars (average) Thank you to Ross Munro and Maria Munro for reaching out to me for this review. European Tour ’73 is an interesting short. The film is a 15-minute documentary and travelogue detailing one family’s trek across Europe in 1973 and the deeper meaning it had for the patriarch of… Continue Reading
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