There's something to say for good filmmaking, and that's what The Revenant is — good filmmaking. It is a film that comes alive in its cinematography, editing, and sound. However, I think it's the restraint on these factors that takes it to great, and at times, impossible filmmaking. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by last year's…
10 Cloverfield Lane easily one of the best early movies of the year with nail-biting tension that rivals Hitchcock himself I think Cloverfield is a movie that got better with age. Despite the questionable decisions of characters and odd editing choices, it was a generally entertaining disaster movie. However, its "spiritual sequel" is changing the way…
Mike Flanagan follows-up Oculus with an equally menacing and thrilling movie in Hush Blumhouse Pictures has become a horror-movie machine and the latest one off the conveyor belt is Mike Flanagan's Hush. Most people were probably introduced to Flanagan after his second feature Oculus, a movie that we loved. While Hush strips out the supernatural elements that Oculus had, what it maintains is the…
A pitch-perfect cast, screenplay, and story make Eye in the Sky one of the best — if not the best — movie of the year There are thrillers, and then there are thrillers like Eye in the Sky. What kind of thriller? It’s one that’s not just a treat for the eye but for the brain. It’s one that…
Hell or High Water is an entertaining visit into the western that has a modern flair and characters to make it a memorable entry. Hell or High Water is an interesting movie it’s not really a crime thriller. In fact, the heist scenes felt like an afterthought -- save for the centerpiece climax. What it’s really…
Don't Breathe boasts impressive cinematography and direction that makes the tension almost unbearable, but makes you want to instantly watch it again. 2016 has been quite the year for genre films with strong entries ranging from Green Room to Hush, but the one that truly unnerved me was Fede Alvarez's Don't Breathe. It's a story that feels familiar. It's a home invasion…
Life is an interesting and sleek take on the horror movie in space premise, but it's too weak on character to bring anything new to the genre. Between Gravity, The Martian, and now Daniel Espinosa's Life, there has been enough movie reaffirming my decision not to go into space... ever. Although, Life has more in common…
Atmospheric and menacing, Trey Edward Shults' sophomore feature It Comes At Night is a family drama disguised as a horror movie that works on both levels. The "it" in the title of Trey Edward Shults' sophomore release It Comes At Night is as much of a mystery as the plague that has driven the characters in the movie…
