Five years later, The Cabin in the Woods is looking more and more like a horror classic that is singular in its mission to revitalize the genre that we know and love. Five years ago, the trajectory of the horror genre was forever changed with the release of the Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard film The Cabin in…
How Insidious and The Conjuring use the classic horror tension formula to create some of the best scenes of suspense in recent decades The argument could be made that we are in a horror renaissance. Original horror movies, in particular, have been taking the limelight and propelling the genre past traps that it has fallen into in recent years.…
While there has been a resurgence of great gay coming-of-age stories, Closet Monster has been pushed to the side. However, it deserves to get its due as a queer masterpiece. I have watched this movie 4 times before being able to put into words what this movie makes me feel. Closet Monster revolves around Oscar Madly as…
Moonlight winning Best Picture will go down as one of the greatest Oscar upsets of all time The emotional rollercoaster that was the last 10 minutes of the 89th Academy Awards was the first of its kind. Never has there been a mistake so colossal in the history of the ceremony. However, it also came…
Dear Oscar Voters, I love La La Land. I LOVE it. I have a different appreciation for it versus other film bloggers because of its profound message of alienation that plagues our generation. However, if it wins a record-breaking number of Oscars come February 24th, it will be an embarrassment to the Academy and the industry that…
