June 4, 2022 “The Overnight” (*1/2 out of four) was a hokey horror thriller about a young couple (Zebedee Row and Brittany Clark) off on a romantic getaway weekend who find themselves stranded and staying at a hellhole hotel in which they find themselves in a time warp and the bait for a murderous demon (James Lorinz). Supernatural claptrap is yet another ripoff of “The Shining” and also “The Amityville Horror” that we didn’t need. The type of movie that plays at 3:00 in the morning on cable but is hardly worth staying “overnight” for. Continue reading →
June 2, 2022 “County Line: All In” (** out of four) was a thinly drawn sequel to the 2017 original about the local sheriff (Tom Wopat) who is forced to work with a newly elected sheriff (Kelsey Crane) to resolve a series of murders and must put aside their differences to save their county before the murderer escapes and goes on the loose some more. Yet another sequel that not very many people were exactly waiting on their Netflix subscription for. Not bad, with pretty cinematography from Brent Christy and some good chemistry between the two leads, but never rises above the routine. Continue reading →
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