by johncsj@yahoo.com | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog, New
In a world of too damn many trailers for too damn many horror movies, it’s amazing to see one that actually still scares you — on that isn’t derivative or tired, and one that features actors you’ve never seen in this context before. But A Quiet...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
Every year there are a few great thrillers or horror movies that get made, get poorly distributed, and sink beneath the unending tidal wave (or title wave, really) of New Stuff … often Inferior Stuff, but still, the tide never stops. Such is the case with Pet, a...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
Its been an … interesting run for Peter Capaldi as The Doctor. Looking back, he’s probably the most ill-served actor to come into the series since, arguably, Colin Baker … or maybe ever. His first few episodes (or seasons) are generally held as among...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | May 29, 2017 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
It’s hard to believe it’s been three years since Wymwood: Road of the Dead crashed into the world of zombie post-apocalypse film — one of the very best of the genre since, well, forever, and right up there with post-apoc films in general, from Road...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
Bates Motel has been an unexpected pleasure since its beginning. Expectations were understandably low before its first-season premiere: yet another reboot or lame-ass prequel of a treasured classic; one more chance to crap on tradition. But not this time. This...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Jan 3, 2017 | Blog, New
Beauty — or something that could almost pass for elegance — are rare on film at all, and even more rare in movies about the apocalypse. Christopher-Lee dos Santoss’ The Last Broken Darkness is the first truly stylish post-apoc tale since, perhaps,...
