The horrors that keep us up at night are, for better or worse, the ones we make ourselves. The regrets, the failures, the hopes, the dreams, all the good, all the bad, swirl together in the dark to coagulate into… Read More ›
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“Primate,” an infectiously entertaining gory B-movie, arrives on home video courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
There ain’t never been anything wrong with wanting a lean, mean, gory B-movie — as long as it’s good or, at the very least, enjoyable. Johannes Roberts, director of the successful 47 Meters Down franchise and The Strangers: Prey at… Read More ›
Filmmaker Barry Levinson’s dramatic crime thriller “Sleepers” receives a 4K UHD remaster 30 years after its release.
There is something that gets me particularly giddy when a studio releases a catalogue title on 4K and it’s not coming from a boutique. To be clear, there is nothing against boutiques, but when looking at a blind buy (from… Read More ›
Edgar Wright’s “The Running Man” encourages you to watch with more than two hours of supplemental materials on the home release.
When Stephen King published his novel The Running Man under the name Richard Bachman in 1982, the book must’ve been seen like a piece of cynical dystopian fiction. Instead, like Jules Verne with the submarine and space shuttles, it turned… Read More ›
Sci-fi satirical dark comedy “The Saviors” posits an inevitable destiny for all via humanity’s rush to cast heroes and villains. [SXSW]
Trigger Warning: The opening sequence features flashing lights and quick-cut imagery that may be triggering for photosensitive individuals. “DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME!” – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) in Young Frankenstein. In storytelling, there are two pretty… Read More ›
“Drag” flips the home invasion horror genre on its back. [The Overlook Film Festival]
Horror movies are not meant to necessarily reflect our own fears and anxieties, but sometimes they do. I’m not entirely sure if first-time feature filmmakers Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer, who both wrote and directed Drag, anticipated that someone would… Read More ›
“Lurker” delves into the parasocial relationships of fame and fanatics.
Lurker is one of those rare films that lingers in your mind long after the credits roll. Much like The Surfer starring Nicolas Cage, which also dropped earlier this year, it’s a film that demands repeat viewings, not just for… Read More ›
“Odyssey” Digital Code Giveaway
During SXSW 2025, filmmaker Gerard Johnson premiered his dramatic thriller Odyssey, centering a real estate agent whose life and ambitions are tested across five intense days. Via Cineverse, general audiences can now experience Johnson’s Odyssey as it releases on VOD and digital… Read More ›
Screenlife real-time techno thriller throws everything at you except what it needs: “Mercy.”
The insertion of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in storytelling used to be entirely science fiction in the same way that submersible technology (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) or watch phones (Dick Tracy) were. Now, however, A.I. is being worked into… Read More ›
A Conversation with “Over Your Dead Body” director Jorma Taccone.
During SXSW 2026, director Jorma Taccone premiered his latest feature, the action horror comedy Over Your Dead Body, starring the fantastic ensemble cast comprised of Samara Weaving, Jason Segel, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, and Keith Jardine. On this… Read More ›
Meet Me at the Movies: Time for a Samara Weaving Double Feature!
On a recent episode of Meet Me at the Movies, I joined Noel T. Manning to discuss a few of my favorite SXSW 2026 titles. Since you can only cover so many well in one episode, I returned to talk… Read More ›
“Affection” keeps audiences off kilter and guessing during its entire runtime in the best way. [The Overlook Film Festival]
No one knows the name BT Meza, but after his feature debut, which he wrote and directed, everyone is going to have some Affection for him. The film is an unsettling nightmare that no one ever wants to experience. Whenever… Read More ›
Sam Raimi’s survival horror comedy battle of the sexes “Send Help” is now available to watch at home.
A recent report by the Economic Policy Institute shows that the gender wage gap has increased in the past year. On average, women are paid 18.6% less than men. In addition, protections meant to enforce equal employment and prevent discrimination… Read More ›
“Flush” is an entertaining comedy thriller for those who can stomach it. [The Overlook Film Festival]
There is something about potty humor and potty horror that, if done right, works, and if it misses it by the slightest of margins, it becomes something irredeemable. Somehow, director Grégory Morin (Ultimate Zombie Feast) and screenwriter David Neiss (Noir… Read More ›
Just a “Normal” nefariously good time. [The Overlook Film Festival]
“Yea, and if some god shall wreck me in the wine-dark deep, even so I will endure… For already have I suffered full much, and much have I toiled in perils of waves and war. Let this be added to… Read More ›
“We Bury the Dead” home release offers little incentive to purchase as it lacks special features.
We Bury the Dead features a strong central performance from Daisy Ridley (Ophelia), but, unfortunately, that standout performance is not enough to elevate a film weighed down by familiar genre problems and uneven storytelling. While Ridley brings emotional commitment and… Read More ›
“The Good Shepherd” Blu-ray release is better left to pasture.
The Good Shepherd follows a young, dedicated, and occasionally merciless fictional CIA agent named Edward Wilson (Matt Damon). Tracking his early years at Yale in the secret Skull and Bones society to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, the film… Read More ›
Head back to 1987 with Paul Michael Glaser’s “The Running Man” on Blu-ray.
Most folks know a dystopia when they see one. It’s not all Escape from New York (1991), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), or The Hunger Games (2012); sometimes it looks exactly like your regular life does just with more distinct… Read More ›
“The Yeti” brings perfect creature feature excitement and personality for an entertaining venture.
The Yeti feels like a lost midnight movie discovered in a vault and somehow rebuilt for modern audiences without losing any of the raw, unpredictable energy that made grindhouse creature features so memorable in the first place. It plays like… Read More ›
Caleb Phillips’s sci-fi thriller “Imposters” demonstrates the cost of living an inauthentic life. [SXSW]
“Victims; aren’t we all?” – Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) in The Crow (1990) The beauty and horror of life is that there’re many different ways to look at a situation. Because of this, whether it’s a massive life event or… Read More ›