April 29, 2024 “Humane” (*1/2 out of four) was a joyless horror thriller about a father (Peter Gallagher) who enlists in a new government euthanasia program when there is an environmental crisis that is forcing the world to shed massive population but a dinner with his family (Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, and others) to discuss this goes awry and disrupts into chaos. Pretty dull thriller is much ado about nothing. The talented Gallagher is wasted in a minor role. Continue reading →
April 28, 2024 “Cash Out” (**1/2 out of four) was an efficiently done B-thriller about a professional thief (John Travolta) who decides to rob one last bank with his brother (Lukas Haas) but plans go awry and they are trapped inside while he has to confer with the hostage negotiator (Kristin Davis) who is his former lover. Routine story with obvious influences from “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Inside Man” but is enlivened by strong cast and some snappy dialogue that elevates it above the norm. A sequel is already wrapped and coming soon. Continue reading →
April 27, 2024 “Food, Inc. 2” (*** out of four) was an interesting sequel to the 2008 original from documentary filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo as they team up with authors Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser to examine or tainted food industry and the various big-business corporations who continue to push processed (and cancer-causing) foods. Pretty much on par with the original with a lot of incisive interviews and well-photographed and edited clips of food production that make you think twice about your diet and what you’re really eating. Continue reading →
April 27, 2024 “Blackout” (*1/2 out of four) was a dismal horror thriller about a man (Alex Hurt) who becomes convinced he is a werewolf and that he kills people whenever there is a full moon but he has a hard time convincing other townsfolk (Marshall Bell, Michael Buscemi, Barbara Crampton, and others) of this. Dour and sluggish movie never builds much tension or dramatic interest. Hurt- son of William- doesn’t have very much charisma in the lead. You’ll likely want to black this one out on your list and soon. Continue reading →
April 26, 2024 “Time Addicts” (*1/2 out of four) was a somnabulate suspense thriller about two drug addicts (Freya Tingley and Charles Grounds) who heist a bag of time-traveling meth in order to pay off their enormous debt to a violent drug dealer (Joshua Morton) but this leads to a plethora of other problems for all of them. Confusing and tedious story is uninvolving all the way through. It’s not a good thing when you’re watching a movie about time and time-travel and you’re constantly checking your watch. Continue reading →
April 26, 2024 “Hanky Panky” (0 stars out of four) was a worthless horror thriller about a man (Toby Bryan) who has “a napkin friend” and they team up to save the world from an everpresent evil and help others to learn to love again. Or some other moronic malarkey but you’ll have to watch this to figure that out. Based on a 2014 short film that this expanded but it’s bewildering and brutal, not to mention boring. Absolutely avoid at all costs. Continue reading →
April 18, 2024 “Model House” (*1/2 out of four) was a sorry suspense potboiler about a group of models (Scout Taylor-Compton, Kyra Santoro, and others) staying at a secluded house who are terrorized and stalked to the death by intruders who want to kill them all one-by-one. Unfortunately, these same intruders seemed to have watched “The Slumber Party Massacre” and “Sorority House Massacre” one too many times and seem to be following the same formula and pattern. Nothing new or original here and even the killers look bored. Continue reading →
April 18, 2024 “Killer Fortune Teller” (** out of four) was a bland suspense thriller about a tarot card reader (Sarah Murphree) who predicts a chance meeting with an ambitious and charming CEO (Jonathan Stoddard) and the two begin a relationship that takes numerous and predictable twists and turns. Smoothly directed and well-shot but so basic and by-the-numbers that it doesn’t carry any charge of surprise. Far from the worst of its genre but still pretty formulaic and forgettable. Continue reading →
April 18, 2024 “Daddy’s Perfect Little Girl” (*1/2 out of four) was a mean-spirited suspense melodrama about a young girl (Hattie Kragten) who becomes enraged and jealous when her father (Matt Wells) develops a relationship with another woman (Andrea Pavlovic) and will stop at nothing to stop them to keep her dad all to herself. Ridiculous thriller grows more implausible (and unpleasant) with each new kill and twist. Obviously inspired by “The Bad Seed” and “The Good Son” but is much more bad than good. Continue reading →
April 15, 2024 “The Devil’s Left Hand” (*1/2 out of four) was a stale supernatural thriller about a group of friends (Kaiti Wallen, Harley Wallen, Angelina Danielle Cama, and others) who converge at a housewarming party but they are suddenly besieged by an evil entity which can shape-shift and morph identities and no one can be trusted. Tired pastiche of other (and more superior) horror thrillers specifically “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers” and (in some scenes) “The Thing.” Many horror fans thought highly of this but they need to get out more often. Continue reading →
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