Violent Night (2022)
Christmas Treat review of Violent Night (2022): does the David Harbour Santa action-comedy deliver, or did the trailer give away all the good moments?
Reviews
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Christmas Treat review of The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017), a meta-tale pairing Dickens’ own biography with the familiar story of A Christmas Carol — a favorite of the adaptations.
Last Christmas (2019)
Emilia Clarke leads this 2019 Christmas rom-com from director Paul Feig. It’s bleaker than expected — far from your average holiday romp.
Alien: Romulus Captures the Look, the Sound, and the Plot Points of the Franchise’s Best (and some of the other movies).
Tim reviews Alien: Romulus after winning movie passes, finding it visually stunning and faithful to the look of the first two Alien films, with F/X crew from the original picture, while noting how it sits between Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986).
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Our Universally Loved column reviews The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017), the Charles Dickens origin story starring Dan Stevens as the man behind A Christmas Carol.
Violent Night (2022)
We review Violent Night (2022), the David Harbour Santa action-comedy — weighing the trailer’s promise against the actual film.
Jurassic Park (1993)
Our Universally Loved column celebrates Jurassic Park (1993) — the film that should symbolize Universal Studios — with a history-spanning appreciation.
Reviews From The Crypt: The Architecture Of Suspense – The Built World In The Films Of Alfred Hitchcock
This week in the Crypt: a look at Christine Madrid French’s The Architecture of Suspense — a biography of Hitchcock’s career plus an exploration of the built world in his films.
The 355 (2022)
Our review of The 355 (2022): it showed up on Amazon Prime, and the title isn’t explained until the final five minutes — a throwaway piece of dialogue they TITLED THE MOVIE after.
Ambulance (2022)
Our review of Michael Bay’s Ambulance (2022): glad to have known NOTHING going in — the pretense of the early Fast films is gone, and it’s just a wild ride.