Movie Review – Horse Girl
Director: Jeff Baena Starring: Alison Brie, Molly Shannon, John Reynolds Year: 2020 Straight from Netflix is an odd little drama starring Alison Brie that won’t be widely seen, but might…
Movie Review – Slumber Party Massacre II
Director: Deborah Brock Starring: Crystal Bernard Year: 1987 Everything that The Slumber Party Massacre did right Slumber Party Massacre II did wrong, the result being one of the worst movies…
Movie Review – The Slumber Party Massacre
Director: Amy Holden Jones Starring: Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella Year: 1982 For an obviously terrible 80s slasher flick that’s basically just a ripoff of Halloween, Slumber Party Massacre…
Movie Review – Nights and Weekends
Director: Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg Starring: Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg Year: 2008 Gerwig, Swanberg, and the Duplass Bros. have been connected since the beginning, and it’s been nice to see…
Movie Review – 101 Dalmatians
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman Starring: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, Ben Wright, Martha Wentworth Year: 1961 Disney has always known what they were doing; back in the…
Book Review – The Stand
Author: Stephen King Year: 1978 I’ve said it before but I’ll say it one more time; Stephen King is my favorite author, and I will defend that seemingly unexciting choice…
Movie Review – Pandorum
Director: Christian Alvart Starring: Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Antje Traue Year: 2009 After watching it again 10 years later, I moved Pandorum down a star, and I think that’s being…
Movie Review – Clash of the Titans (1981)
Director: Desmond Davis Starring: Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker Year: 1981 The only reason I don’t give Clash of the Titans zero stars is because I’m a hopeless nostalgic. Back in…
Movie Review – Ophelia
Director: Claire McCarthy Starring: Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen, George MacKay Year: 2018 Ophelia starts out well enough, for a from-another-point-of-view film, which I can’t imagine is a genre…
Book Review – Rose Madder
Author: Stephen King Year: 1995 I’m gonna have to do something sacrilegious here and disagree with my favorite author; Steven King thinks that he was trying too hard with Rose…