Dumbo (2019)

Dumbo (2019)

I have to start by saying that I had mixed feelings about a live action Dumbo, given my mixed feelings towards the other live action Disney adaptations of their animated classics. Maleficent was one of the worst things to ever happen to me as a film fan. It took my...
The Vanishing

The Vanishing

Right after watching the Twilight Zone panel to which I just alluded, I stuck around for a panel about the direction of horror. One of the panelists, Dr. Rebekah McKentry, talked about how the horror genre has, throughout history, alternated through three phases over...
Us

Us

Now we get to a hot topic. Us was drawing huge hype before it came out, partly because of how beloved Jordan Peele’s last horror film Get Out was and partly because of the amazing early buzz. At one point it was at 100% on the Tomatometer! I even heard a radio ad...
Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel

I’m now beginning my most massive project by far. Avengers: Endgame, which is kind of like a series finale for the first decade’s worth of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, come out in less than a month. There’s never been anything like that in the history of cinema...
Happy Death Day 2U

Happy Death Day 2U

Typically watching a new film has made me choose an older movie to write about in an accompanying review. In this case I actually went backwards. I watched Groundhog Day when a theater near me that has a special screening of a classic every Thursday night chose...