February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 “The Awakening” (** out of four) was an elegant but empty horror thriller set in England in 1921 in which a hoax exposer (Rebecca Hall) visits a boarding school to explain the sightings of a child ghost and finds that her psychological world begins to crumble as she falls for a teacher (Dominic West) and she finds that him and others may have sinister intentions. Strong acting and filmmaking holds your interest for a while but story eventually stalls and gets tiresome and tedious and final half-hour begins to go off the rails. By the end, it ends up to be much ado about nothing. Continue reading →
February 3, 2019 “Creepy Clowns” (* out of four) was a dreadful horror thriller about a mild-mannered guy (Pete Jacelone) who develops serious psychological and psychotic disorders resulting from childhood experiences with a clown and finds himself developing a monstrous alter ego as a sadistic killer clown who likes to tickle and torture others (and the audience). One-note story is as unimaginative and blunt as its title. In-your-face direction and excess gore and tastelessness doesn’t help matters. For a much more entertaining and stylish movie, watch “Killer Klowns From Outer Space”. Continue reading →
February 2, 2019 “Black Ghost” (** out of four) was a muddled melodrama about an ex-commando (Sean Schliwa) living in Australia who carries out contracts as a murderer-for-hire for anyone who hires him but suddenly makes a prayer for the dying and decides to stop killing. He is soon coaxed out of this retirement by the daughter of a prominent murdered couple but soon begins to question whether he should fulfill this contract or remain in his shell. Tense and gripping at first but story loses focus and grip as it goes along, and becomes more-of-the-same underworld action melodrama after a while. Not bad but not exactly memorable either. Continue reading →
February 2, 2019 “An Affair To Die For” (** out of four) was a tired, predictable melodrama about a secret tryst between two married adults (Claire Forlani, Jake Abel) which soon turns deadly when she soon finds out that he’s vindictive and evil. But who’s exactly turning the tables on who? Competently made and directed but without any surprises whatsoever which renders this yet another “Fatal Attraction” wannabe. More steamy and lurid than you might expect but this is still “an affair” to forget. Continue reading →
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