How ‘The Unholy’ TORCHED a Great Premise

The Unholy starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan is a lackluster horror film. And I'm being generous. But hey, that’s not to say it didn't have a solid foundation. But the final product had messy writing, atrocious acting, and the scares just didn't work. While it's based on the novel Shrine by James Herbert, the filmmaker seemed …

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News of the World … and the Stories of the News

Tom Hanks is never going out of style, and that's today's news of the world! This is to say Hanks will never be rendered irrelevant in the eyes of Hollywood. He's achieved legendary status where you'll still find him in a sophisticated period piece every now and then. And the Academy freaking loves him! 😃 …

Promising Young Woman: A Revenge Flick Done Right!

Promising Young Woman is a vengeance flick done right. Too often we salivate at the main character hunting down his female relative's killer and meting out justice, street-style. Any story deviating from the formula gets shredded by angry, armchair experts of storytelling. The internet gives airheads a digital megaphone to eviscerate someone else's brainchild. It's …

What Makes Titanic a Flawed Masterpiece?

James Cameron's Titanic is (kinda) a masterpiece of filmmaking. I repeat, kinda...

How Titanic is a Flawed Masterpiece

James Cameron's Titanic is (kinda) a masterpiece of filmmaking. Kinda.