Thriller
Film Review – Send Help
If anything, Send Help (2026) is further validation that Sam Raimi is really good at his job. Whether it is directing horror flicks, superhero films, crime dramas, or everything in between, Raimi has a knack for taking on different genres and incorporating his distinctive personality. There are very few…
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Film Review – The Big Fake
Despite looking great, the Italian film The Big Fake (2026) covers too familiar a path without adding enough of a twist to stand on its own. From its visuals, characters, rhythms, and tones, the narrative is too derivative of other historical crime dramas. In that way, the…
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Film Review – The Rip
The Rip (2026) is the kind of mid-budget crime thriller that may have been a modest hit in theaters decades ago, but whose real success would’ve been found with replays on cable stations. This is a movie built for a TBS or TNT broadcast. That might…
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Film Review – Night Patrol
Night Patrol (2025) is the amalgamation of several different ingredients. On the surface, it’s the story of corrupt L.A. police officers exploiting those of the black community. The abuse gets so severe that local gangs call a truce to team up and fight back. But the…
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Film Review – Dead Man’s Wire
In 1977, Tony Kiritsis walked into an Indianapolis mortgage firm with a sawed-off shotgun. Kiritsis was convinced that the company was responsible for unfairly striking down a real estate deal that he had invested all his time, effort, and money into. In a rage, he…
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Film Review – Marty Supreme
It makes sense that the main character of Marty Supreme (2025) starts off working part time at a shoe store. In presence, actions, and speech, Marty Mauser is the ultimate salesman. He dreams of being a world champion table tennis player, but he could very well be…
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Film Review – The Housemaid
The Housemaid (2025) – the big screen adaptation of the bestselling novel by Freida McFadden – contains just the right mix of cheese, trashiness, sexiness, humor, and thrills. It calls to mind ‘90s erotic thrillers you’d see on late night cable. The narratives were less concerned with plausibility…
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Film Review – Avatar: Fire and Ash
The Avatar series has bucked the trend of modern blockbusters, in that it doesn’t rely on pre-existing properties. There were no books, toys, video games, or TV shows in which it could mine fan nostalgia. Sure, it borrows elements from other works – FernGully (1992) being the most common…
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