Movie Reviews

‘The Bygone’ (2019) Movie Review

The Bygone

I recently checked out the new Western Thriller, The Bygone. This film was co-directed and co-written by Graham Phillips and Parker Phillips. Graham Phillips also stars alongside Jacqueline Toboni, Shawn Hatosy, Ritchie Coster, Jamie McShane, and Irene Bedard. Synopsis for The Bygone When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota …

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Huluween Film Fest: Chelsea Lupkin’s ‘Flagged’ (2019)

Have you ever had something you posted on social media reported or flagged for its content? I’m going to assume that most of us have been held captive in Facebook jail at least once. Have you ever wondered who has the job of reviewing the content to confirm whether it …

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‘The Fare’ (2019) Movie Review: All Roads Lead Somewhere

the fare

DREAD has delivered so many wonderful titles in 2019 and they just keep coming. Their newest feature, The Fare, is a unique story about love, loss, and the unknown. I didn’t know much about this film before watching it, and it definitely took me on one hell of a ride. …

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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Movie Review

I grew up with an older sister who loved sci-fi and horror films, so I was exposed to the Terminator franchise at an early age. I’m a huge fan of Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and I also have a massive soft spot for The Sarah Connors Chronicles. I’ve seen …

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‘Running With The Devil’ (2019) Movie Review

Running With The Devil is a movie that’s so simplistic in its delivery that it doesn’t even have proper names for its characters, yet it aims to invest the audience in the personal backstories of the implicated. While this film may not reinvent the wheel in terms of the drug-running plot, …

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‘Little Joe’ (2019) Is A Genetically Engineered Slow Burn

Jessica Hausner’s (Lovely Rita 2001) film, Little Joe, is a new, unnerving, moody thriller. The film stars Emily Beecham (The Thirteenth Tale 2013), Ben Whishaw (Mary Poppins Returns 2018), Kerry Fox (Mayhem 2017 – read our review here), Kit Connor (His Dark Materials TV series), and Phénix Brossard (Riviera 2017). Synopsis: Alice, a single mother, …

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BHFF 2019: Carlen May-Mann’s ‘The Rat’ (2019) And Its Gnawing Sense of Dread

The horror genre has a fascination with teens. Whether werewolf, ghost, masked killer or clown, the threat always comes for teenagers first if it can. I believe the teen is most often burned on horror’s bier because of their uncertainty. They are children in many ways, but on the cusp …

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