Socially Distant, self isolated and sheltered in place.
I didn’t watch any of the A Nightmare on Elm Street films growing up and only knew of Freddy Krueger through quiet whispers and hushed tones. It took me years … Continue Reading A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) October 7th, 2024
Last October (2023) we got our first taste of the new-to-us hopping-vampire genre with Encounters of the Spooky Kind. This year we sunk our teeth deeper with a feature length … Continue Reading Mr. Vampire (1985) October 3rd, 2024
It’s that time of year again when I write reviews of our October 2024 horror film lineup! Which time of the year you ask? February. We began with one of … Continue Reading Don’t Look Now (1973) October 1st, 2024
There exists a finite number of great fantasy films made before CGI turned Hollywood into a green-screen-nightmare. These technological terrors constructed an ecosystem unable to sustain the talents and skills … Continue Reading Dragonslayer (1981) August 26th, 2024
There are two wolves inside me fighting over Deadpool & Wolverine. The Cynical Wolf doesn’t want me to ignore the complex marketing scheme normalizing ‘variants’ to comfortably introduce 20th Century … Continue Reading Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) July 29th, 2024
A filmmaking homage might reference or draw inspiration from great movies in countless ways. A line of dialogue, an iconic shot, costume design, or even set dressing can show deference … Continue Reading Longlegs (2024) July 14th, 2024
So Fine popped up on the Criterion Channel around the time I began the quest to watch more 80s comedies. I loved Paper Moon but hadn’t seen Ryan O’Neal in … Continue Reading So Fine (1981) July 1st, 2024
If you’ve ever sent improperly cooked food back to the kitchen you know it usually comes back overcooked, which doesn’t really solve the problem or compensate you for the loss. … Continue Reading Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987) June 25th, 2024
I recently decided to prioritize watching the long list of 80s comedies I’ve yet to see. But after disappointing showings by Under the Rainbow and Zelig I began to wonder… … Continue Reading Beverly Hills Cop (1984) June 24th, 2024
Let’s starts by establishing the sequel/prequel problem, forgive me if this feels remedial. Follow-up films aren’t produced for unpopular franchises without momentum, but oftentimes the subsequent movies pale in comaparison … Continue Reading Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) June 7th, 2024
I’m not a smart man. I don’t know all the words. If there was a word for fictions like Forrest Gump, Little Big Man, and Big Fish wherein the main … Continue Reading Zelig (1983) May 13th, 2024
I’ve recently reignited my interest in 80s practical effects-driven high-fantasy films. Realistic puppets, miniature effects, and giant sets were cutting edge special effects for a few decades until Jurassic Park’s … Continue Reading The Dark Crystal (1982) May 7th, 2024
Miracle Mile is a Cold War era thriller set in Los Angeles an hour or so before nuclear armageddon. Anthony Edwards intercepts a payphone call meant to warn the caller’s … Continue Reading Miracle Mile (1988) March 31st, 2024
Warner Brothers home video releases are perhaps the worst of all major studios. Their countless classics languish with exclusively DVD releases in despicable standard definition, or worse in vaults without … Continue Reading Under the Rainbow (1981) March 17th, 2024
GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling is neither a good, nor bad documentary. Great documentaries like Bowling for Columbine or Super Size Me can change the world. … Continue Reading GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (2012) March 17, 2024
I waited a year before entering the exclusion zone left by the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania bomb. Time would allow me to analyze the film after the dust of … Continue Reading Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) March 4th, 2024
Quarantined Critic 