Movie Review Archives

The Exorcist: Believer

Trickle Down Regan-omics 

Reviewed Oct 20, 2023

Since his wife's death, Victor has raised his daughter Angela alone. After she and her friend return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior reminiscent of the MacNeil possession fifty years prior. Genres: Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Desperation

Can God be Love if He lets such awful things air on netwo...

Reviewed Oct 17, 2023

When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

Bird Box Barcelona

Blind Faith

Reviewed Oct 13, 2023

After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows. Genres: Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Sometimes dead is better than straight-to-streaming 

Reviewed Oct 10, 2023

In 1969, young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that forever binds him to Ludlow. Genres: Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror, Zombie

Angel Heart

The Maltese Chicken

Reviewed Oct 6, 2023

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Theatrical Release

Saw X

See saw with a seesaw

Reviewed Oct 3, 2023

Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Theatrical Release

Expend4bles

Get Switched Or Die Tryin’ 

Reviewed Sep 29, 2023

Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give “new blood” a whole new meaning. Genres: Action, Adventure, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)

I Know What You Did Last Century

Reviewed Sep 26, 2023

A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier. Genres: Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Expendables 3

Stop Or My Gramps Will Shoot

Reviewed Sep 22, 2023

Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -- but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet. Genres: Action, Adventure, Christmas/Holiday, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

The Texas Trombone Massacre

Reviewed Sep 19, 2023

When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again. Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Expendables 2

Timecops and Robbers

Reviewed Sep 15, 2023

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat. Genres: Action, Adventure, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Nun II

A Hard Habit To Break

Reviewed Sep 12, 2023

In 1956 France, a priest is violently murdered, and Sister Irene begins to investigate. She once again comes face-to-face with a powerful evil. Genres: Horror, Theatrical Release

The Expendables

The AARP-Team

Reviewed Sep 8, 2023

Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. Genres: Action, Adventure, Christmas/Holiday, Theatrical Release, Thriller

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Law & Order: MCU

Reviewed Sep 5, 2023

Jennifer Walters navigates the complicated life of a single, 30-something attorney who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered hulk. Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Superhero, TV Mini-Series

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

The Ward Is Not Enough

Reviewed Sep 1, 2023

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S. President. Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Theatrical Release

Gran Turismo

Now if someone would design a video game preparing the ne...

Reviewed Aug 29, 2023

The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver. Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Theatrical Release, Video Game Movies

Seven Samurai

And no, Tom Cruise is not one of them

Reviewed Aug 25, 2023

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food. Genres: Action, Drama, Theatrical Release

Blue Beetle

Livin’ La Vida Locust

Reviewed Aug 22, 2023

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

As if vampires are the worst thing you’d encounter on a...

Reviewed Aug 18, 2023

The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship. Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Theatrical Release

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The 40 Year Old Terrapin

Reviewed Aug 15, 2023

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them. Genres: Action, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

Meg 2: The Trench

Jaws vs Jawbreaker

Reviewed Aug 11, 2023

An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Ms. Marvel

Sisterhood of the Traveling Partition

Reviewed Aug 8, 2023

A great student, avid gamer, and voracious fan-fic scribe, Kamala Khan has a special affinity for superheroes, particularly Captain Marvel. However, she struggles to fit in at home and at school — that is, until she gets superpowers like the heroes she’s always looked up to. Life is easier with superpowers, right? Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Superhero, TV Mini-Series

The Meg

Shark, Snark, and Two Smoking Barrels

Reviewed Aug 4, 2023

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

The Green Mile

The Shawshank Reinvention

Reviewed Aug 1, 2023

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution. Genres: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Theatrical Release