Movie Review: Crawl. The gator filled romp doesn’t innovate, but it does show some bite here and there. Well. The obligatory summer creature feature has arrived. Last year we got the tediously boring The Meg. …
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Movie Review: Midsommar. Ari Aster’s new horror film grabs you visually, but lacks deeper roots to sustain interest. I was excited for Midsommar. Director Ari Aster did some really surprising things with Hereditary, and seemed …
Movie Review: Child’s Play (2019). This reboot wants to make Chucky your best friend again. I’d say it’s more of a cautious play date. Here we go again. Another horror remake, this time of the …
Movie Review: Brightburn. This dark riff on Superman’s origin story doesn’t delve deeply into its ideas, instead focusing on its horror elements. You don’t have to be big into comic books to know Superman’s origins: …
You Get What You Pay For: Destroy All Monsters This Showa-era Godzilla flick has a serious problem over-promising and under-delivering on it’s premise. Namely the whole “Destroy ALL Monsters” thing. Welcome to the inaugural edition …
Movie Review: Godzilla – King of the Monsters. Godzilla KotM improves on the formula of the first film in nearly every way, for good or ill. WB/Legendary make a bold decision to double down on …
Retro Review: Trouble Every Day (2001). Claire Denis’ erotic horror film is both sensuous and senseless, bloody yet bland. I wanted to conclude my look at Claire Denis’ films by reviewing one of her earlier …
How Bad Is…47 Ronin (2013)? Is Keanu’s infamous box office flop really as bad as the numbers suggest? It depends on expectations. 47 Ronin is a timeless story, based on a true event, which has …
Movie Review: John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Dear John, it feels like we’re stuck in a rut. That’s not a good thing. The third installment of Keanu Reeve’s assassin franchise, John Wick, hit theaters …
DVO Podcast: Avengers – Endgame. Erik and Neil talk about Endgame, and where it stacks up historically as a box office blockbuster. Endgame continues to inch its way up the chain, nearing the mark where …
Movie Review: Pokémon – Detective Pikachu Is Pokémon: Detective Pikachu the very best (like no-one has ever seen)? Not really, but it has enough fun for children, and enough poke-balls for die hard fans of …
Movie Review: High Life. Visually engaging and brutally transgressive, High Life is bleak science fiction dystopia at its most obliquely artistic. High Life is one of those low concept artistic films that defies the categorization …