Prepare for a Trip to Your Summer Ceremonial Horror Destiny
DIRECTED BY ARI ASTER/2019
Dani (Florence Pugh, a powerhouse) is in a toxic relationship ...
The Best in the Annabelle Series and one of the Best in the Conjuring Universe
DIRECTED BY GARY DAUBERMAN/2019
Annabelle, the demon-carrying creepy d...
A Creepy Mystery set in the Most Pleasantly Haunting Atmosphere
DIRECTOR: MICHAEL MELSKI/2019
Rae (Suzanne Clement) is a crime writer who wants to sp...
A Tale of War, Lies, Love and Occupation
DIRECTOR: CHRISTIAN PETZOLD/GERMAN/2018
Georg (Franz Ragowski) is approached, while in a Paris cafe, by a fr...
Another Day, After day, After day... Another Quality Entry Into the Franchise
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER LANDON/2019
The first Happy Death Day was a ho...
Hirokazu Kore-Eda's Best Film in Years
DIRECTED BY HIROKAZU KORE-EDA/JAPANESE/2019
I don't know if Hirokazu Kore-Eda was directly influenced by the I...
Topical Issues Drive the Finest Cinema of the Past Year
2018 was an interesting year in film. It was a year that didn't pan out the way it was expected....
A Remake That Gets Everything From the Original Right
DIRECTED BY LUCA GUADAGNINO/2018
The original Suspiria is either a pivotal horror classic that has inf...
Halloween's own Prince of Darkness
Of course we all know John Carpenter. Starting with Halloween, his movies have never just been The Fog, or Christine, or In ...
Paul Greengrass Returns to the World of Terrorism in a Gripping Recounting
DIRECTED BY PAUL GREENGRASS/2018
Seven years ago, Norway was under attack for a d...
Paul has written about politics and baseball for other outlets in the past. Besides cinema, he cites baseball, music and fitness as other key passions in his life. His reviews are humorous and sometimes cutting, aiming to get at central themes of any given movie. For him, the value of film lies in the way the art form can use plot, vision and sound to create stories of flawed, relatable people that are riveting and allegories for deeper things.
