It was just early this year when Marvel's Black Widow was essentially appropriated for a Jennifer Lawrence vehicle you probably remember entitled Red Sparrow (click here for that review). Now, from Pierre Morel, the director of Taken, comes another let's-pretend-it's-not-a-Marvel-character movie starring Jennifer Garner, this time by the name of Peppermint. Morel hasn't really done... Continue Reading →
Review – The Belko Experiment
Despite my best efforts at avoiding intimate knowledge of a film before I sit down to watch it, sometimes, one can't avoid going into a screening without a preconceived notion of what to expect. I certainly had such a preconceived notion regarding The Belko Experiment. Most of it came from the fact that the screenplay... Continue Reading →
15. 10 Cloverfield Lane
I'm going to brag. Years ago, there was a soap opera on NBC called Passions. It was somewhat (though not entirely) different from standard soap opera fare as it invoked the supernatural in much of its storytelling. There was a witch named Tabitha who had a talking doll named Timmy, for example. And I've always... Continue Reading →