In Theaters and Digital

Hugs and kisses to the Rat King! Opening with an eye-bleeding and gut-retching scene, Street Trash - much like the original film from 1987 - challenges the decent taste of its audience.  This time, though, director/co-writer Ryan Kruger infuses a bit more hilarity into the hallucinogenic  ...

It was a dark and stormy night . . .and that’s how much of Blackwater Lane remains, taking viewers by no surprise whatsoever as a thriller fails to wash the soap opera off all of its limbs.  While it does make its intentions all too ...

“All unhappiness in life comes from not accepting what is.” Growing up with a cleft palate provided director Aaron Schimberg a unique, albeit mentally taxing and often painful experience throughout his life, without such, 2024’s A Different Man may not exist. This upbringing granted Schimberg, who both wrote and directed the  ...

Director Leigh Whannell is no stranger to Universal’s history in horror films.  He successfully resuscitated their brand of horror (after the plans for a cinematic universe went tits up) with his handling of Invisible Man.  The film - and its reception from both audiences  ...

If 10 years ago, I would have been told that DC had overtaken Marvel in terms of creating and adapting more consistently entertaining and critically acclaimed IP, I would have laughed in Guardians of the Galaxy, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Now although they have had a few critical  ...

Late one night when everyone was in their beds . . . there was a knock on the door.” And just like that, this chilling tale of ghosts, demons, and evil spirits has our full attention! The Damned, a psychological tale hellbent on commenting quite frankly on grief, is an atmospheric journey which has its roots in the Westfjords of ...

A new Christmas classic has arrived. Honestly, you had me hooked with the idea of Danny Devito operating a hotel in the Italian countryside.  I didn’t expect this Christmas comedy - which also happens to feature a standout performance from Andie MacDowell - to be so damn complex and  ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! …Unless you’re traveling through LAX on Christmas Eve when a team of military contractors are planning on releasing a bioweapon that can kill thousands, then, maybe it isn’t. The Netflix original Carry-On is touting itself as 2024’s  ...

While dark in humor, Listen Carefully remains a character study as one man finds that his baby has been kidnapped and only a baby monitor remains in her crib.  Eerie, right?  Yes, it is downright disturbing, especially when the voice on the other end of the monitor  ...

Svälta is not a place you want to be stuck in for very long.  This is according to Steffen Haars’s Get Away, which stars Nick Frost as the father of The Smith Family, who really, really, really needs a vacation.  They just didn’t expect their trek to the Swedish island of  ...