I’ve said it before and I’ll reiterate it here: Mike Flanagan is literally the best director working in horror today. James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring franchise), Andy Mucheletti (Mama, IT)…they’re okay but don’t hold a candle to Flanagan. He’s not afraid of depicting actual violence–unlike Wan (Saw notwithstanding)–and he’s able to weave a narrative like […]
The latest trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass is bat. Shit. Crazy. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing though. It could be batshit crazy in a The Predator way–which is a bad thing. Then again, it could be bat shit crazy in a Exorcist II: The Heretic-way, which is a movie that I really, […]
Stephen King was a cottage industry long before this apparent frenzy–likely due to the bazillion dollars IT made; a movie that was…fine but by no means as anything as people seemed to think–to remake his books came into play. Which when you think about it is a bit odd because it’s not like King doesn’t […]
Netflix’s Malevolent is a damn good movie for many reason, though the one I want to focus on is that it shows the horror genre to more varied and nuanced than it’s typically given credit for (something horror fans have know all along, though it’s nice to see the idea reinforced). The movie revolves around […]
Marvel’s Daredevil, consistency-speaking, is probably the strongest of the Marvel series on Netflix. And according to the buzz generated around this upcoming season, it’s likely to continue the trend. Here’s the latest trailer… And the Screenphiles take…
I’ve got to admit, this one sold me. I’ve been ambivalent about an Aquaman movie every since that ridiculous footage from Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. And while the snow-globe opening of this trailer is a bit of a cliche (for some reason Citizen Kane popped into my head though I’m sure that wasn’t […]
I don’t know about this… At first I was at least curious about Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina, but after having watched the full trailer…I don’t know (though my reasoning differs from why I can’t seem to get into Riverdale). In the trailer Sabrina is offered a choice: to become a fully-fledged witch (assuming […]
Now this looks funny! I like Will Ferrell best when he’s at his broadest, and here, playing Sherlock Holmes, he’s definitely swinging for the fences though I find John C. Reilly most interesting because his Watson is somewhat of a straight man to Ferrell’s bizarre Holmes. And speaking of Holmes did anyone get a very […]
I like that idea that there are all sorts of movies out there–between major studios releases and more art-house fare–that there’re options no matter what your tastes happen to be. This is a good thing because I don’t know who the audience is for Dexter Fletcher’s Rocketman though what I do know is that it’s not […]
Hell Fest is not a good movie. It’s seemingly a throwback to 1980’s slasher films–not a bad thing in and of itself, Hereditary, released earlier this month, is itself a throwback to movies like Rosemary’s Baby–but where Hell Fest goes wrong is that it’s a throwback to the worse tendencies of slasher movies, with archetypes […]
