The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
Horror
Maggie (2015)
It is possible that Maggie may be the best misfire of the year. It’s a thriller that doesn’t ultimately work, but you almost feel the...
Unfriended (2015)
Oh lord . . . how long till Avengers? Unfriended is unwatchable, a product of towering dullness wrapped in a gimmick that doesn’t work, packed...
It Follows (2015)
In horror movies, it stinks to be young. Our minds and our bodies are beginning to get adjusted to so many scary and then you...
The Pyramid (2014)
Right out of the gate, The Pyramid loses me. This is a movie about an ancient pyramid that is discovered buried under the sands of...
In Defense of Empty Spaces: ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ at 35
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre creates an atmosphere that is comparable to rotten meat. Believe it or not, I mean that as a compliment. There's...
Annabelle (2014)
Okay, let’s talk about this stupid doll. It’s not scary. Yes, it’s creepy because it’s made to look creepy in a movie sort of way. ...
Under the Skin (2014)
Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin opens with a scene that could easily have found a home in 2001: A Space Odyssey. We’re somewhere in deep...
