In Theaters and Digital

My Pet Dinosaur, with its “kids on bikes racing government officials” familiar patterns, definitely wears its influences upon its sleeves.  It wants so much to be up there with the classics, but the imitation – and the shoddy production – just keeps this predictable and yawning  ...

Being a high school student completely sucks.  Just ask Johnny Grissom (Anthony De La Torre).  No one understands him.  He’s a teenage rebel, for sure, and loses his shit over Manowar albums and really twisted horror flicks.  Hell, this dude could have been a friend of mine  ...

David Lynch.  Russ Meyer. Roger Corman. Orson Welles.  The influences of the directors who helped inspire the somewhat tortured (and tragic) reign of The Queen of Hollywood Blvd are spotted throughout the elegance of  Orson Oblowitz's tale of blood and neon  ...

Writer/director Harley Wallen (Moving Parts) is back behind the camera.  This time he is handling the subject of human trafficking.  Unfortunately, the strong production values and sureness behind the camera can’t overcome a weak script and even weaker performances  ...

There’s a moment in a pool in Summer ’03 which I absolutely love.  It is a slow motion sequence of Jamie, our lead character, just floating in the pool.  She’s underwater watching as other people jump in.  It is as if she is suspended there, taking everything in, and not  ...

This movie is stupid.  Its tagline is no lie.  Seriously.  It is also completely crackers with both its content and its gore.  If you can’t tell from the title alone, Camp Death III in 2D, is a riotous parody of horror films like Friday the 13th and Sleepaway Camp.  Full of really bad jokes ...

"DON'T GO DOWN THE BASEMENT!" When it comes to horror, it’s a common phrase  Usually, there are some dark and disturbing things that shouldn’t be uncovered down there.  Yet, in The Basement, premiering on digital from Uncork’d Entertainment, that lowly place ...

Having lived there before, the suburbs are where the craziest of the crazy hide. You already suspect this.  I do, too.  Summer of 84, with a killer third act, is the confirmation we needed.  There’s a chance, after watching this flick, that you won’t be able to look at your  ...

Arizona is about a man on the edge.  Set during the most recent housing market crash, this horror comedy  features Danny McBride as a pissed off victim of the subprime mortgage crisis.  Anyone expecting social commentary; however, will be disappointed.  Oh, there are ...

Novelist Lois Duncan was way ahead of her time.  It is as if she had her finger on the pulse of all tomorrow’s youth, paving the way for the Young Adult movement in literature.  Seriously.  While everyone else was all Savannah Smiles-like, Duncan was pumping out ...