Movie Reviews

Japan’s most legendary swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, makes another significant appearance on screen in Yuji Shimomura’s Crazy Samurai: 400 vs. 1. Almost a decade after being filmed and sitting under an underserved layer of dust, Crazy Samurai finally found the light of day, thanks in part to independent distributors Albatros and …

Growing up, my favorite genre was horror. I Loved watching it on Saturday afternoons after cartoons. Although some days, horror movies weren’t on, so I was treated to classic westerns instead. As time went on, I learned to love both westerns and horror movies. Bloodthirst is a movie that combines …

The Serpent’s Nest is a short film directed by Alice Maio Mackay (Tooth 4 Tooth 2020 – read our review here), and co-written by Alice Maio Mackay and Benjamin Pahl Robinson. It stars Jamila Main as Sophia, Felicia Tassone (Awoken) as Gen, Joe Romeo (Awoken) as Danny, and Dominique Booth …

Mental health is something that affects us all, especially during times like these where we are dealing with a pandemic. That is why Shackles, the new short by filmmaker and fellow PopHorror writer Jason Burke, is not only moving but necessary. The film is only 12 minutes long, has no …

I recently watched the new horror thriller, Dreamcatcher. And no, this isn’t the Stephen King adaptation; they’re polar opposites. This film was directed and written by Jacob Johnston. It stars Niki Koss, Zachary Gordon, Travis Burns, Blaine Kern III, Olivia Sui, Emrhys Cooper, Elizabeth Posey, Nazanin Mandi, Adrienne Wilkinson, and …

Guilt is always a complex emotion with a lot of nuance. Survivors guilt, deep guilt over a life changing mistake, guilt over neglecting a partner… guilt can manifest (and be handled) in a lot of ways. At its core, Jurgis Matulevicius’ directorial debut, Isaac (also known as Izaokas) uses it …

Ah; YouTube. It’s not just for entertainment anymore, it’s practically a lifestyle. And for a wealthy girl like Leah in Darragh Carey and Bertrand Desrochers’ film, A Brixton Tale, getting gritty footage is a way to break into the professional film world. And she’ll do anything to get there. Synopsis: …

When I heard that Ivan Kavanagh (read our interview with the director here), the filmmaker behind Tin Can Man (2007 – read our review here), The Canal (2014 – read our review here), and Never Grow Old (2019 – read our review here) had a new project coming out called …

Synopsis for A Black Rift Begins to Yawn: Through a mysterious circumstance, two former classmates come into possession of their deceased professor’s set of cassette tapes, which possibly contain recordings of strange signals from beyond the stars. As the women dig into the recordings, they begin to feel memories, the …

The Vigil (2021) is an inherently Jewish film. The reviewer is not, but will do his best to respectfully commentate from outside that perspective in this latest movie review. Synopsis for The Vigil: A young man agrees to fulfil the duties of a “shomer,” the ritualistic practice of looking after …