Dream Scenario
Nicolas Cage is not an actor who is easily pigeon-holed. From comedies like Valley Girl and Raising Arizona to romantic leads like Moonstruck to scenery-chewing flicks like Con Air, to…
Spoiler-Free Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
This particular Doctor Strange movie is an odd duck. It infuses traditional Marvel/MCU superhero stuff with a psychological horror vibe--and zombies--which is great if you're a fan of director Sam…
Quickie Review: Werewolves Within
Searching for the right flick to give you those Halloween chills? This horror/comedy based on a video game is your ticket! In it Forest Ranger Finn Wheeler (Sam Richardson, "Veep",…
Review: Lamb
Strange doesn't even come close to describing this folk horror flick. Set in a remote valley somewhere in Iceland, Maria (Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Prometheus) and…
Review: Candyman
Candyman... Candyman... Candyman... Candyman... Say the name, or see the movie, and you’re in for a whole lot of bloodshed - and a hefty splattering of social commentary. The film…
Quickie Review: The Night House
I rarely enjoy horror movies. They're simply not my thing (with exceptions falling along the lines of a Poltergeist, A Quiet Place or The Conjuring). So I admit I'm not…
Review: La Llorona
This political horror film takes its title from a Meso-American folkloric legend about the ghost of a woman who roams waterfront areas mourning her drowned children. In the film La…
Review: Koko-di Koko-da
Just in time for the holidays comes a truly creepy flick from Sweden about a couple grieving the loss of their young daughter and their crumbling marriage who go on…
Cinema Clash Podcast Reviews: Holidate, Come Play, The True Adventures of Wolfboy
Happy Halloween and Pre-Election Day Weekend! On this quaranstream edition of the Cinema Clash, I chat about Holidate, the bawdy holiday romcom now on Netflix, Charlie talks about the horror…
Quickie Review: Antebellum
Antebellum could have been a seminal film for the times - if the story made any sense. It aims high, but gets bogged down in a metaphorical morass about past…