Movie Reviews

Since Popeye has entered the public domain, we’ve seen lots of films with the character as a slasher villain. Steve Rudzinski’s latest film, Wally Meets Popeye, does something different – having Popeye team up with Wally Griswold to stop a rampaging beast. Popeye has been dealing with a creature on …

Sometimes it’s best to go into a film completely blind so you do know what to expect. This is what I did with Marshmallow, and it completely took me by surprise. When a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real, a group of campers uncover a profound secret that questions their very …

More standalone Blu-ray releases of The Houses of Doom set, this time it’s a fun, crazy, two-fer from Italian schlockmeister Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare City)! Originally slated for European television, these long lost films are finally seeing the light of day courtesy of Cauldron Films. The House of Lost Souls Synopsis …

There are animated movies that come around and reshape the world of animation and culture. Tony Goss-directed Book of Joshua: Walls of Jericho is not one of those movies and there is a lot that could have been improved. The film begins with Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt …

The thought that if you die in your dreams you die in real life is something that has frequently been seen in various media, most famously in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. The latest film to use this is Soul Reaper, which filters it through an Indonesian Folk …

Ah! Remember the good old days, when the Friday the 13th franchise was in creative (and I’m using that term loosely) limbo? Paramount had the rights to the name and the fictional location, but New Line had aquired the name, so they, naturally, attempted to cash in on name only …

Timing is everything for a film release, especially when it comes to finding an audience. The timing for a film like Tatami, with it’s themes of politics, oppression, and foreign relations, set in the microcosm of an international sports competition, couldn’t be more perfect. Synopsis “Leila, an Iranian judo athlete …

Dangerous Animals is one of the better shark movies in recent memory—one that not only takes itself seriously, but actually manages to pull off a tense, gripping experience without falling into the trap of campy or intentionally bad B-movie territory. In a post-Sharknado world, where over-the-top absurdity has often become …

There is one simple reason I am banned from acting up at the dinner table: Paul Reubens, as his character, known as the 80s Icon Pee-wee Herman. Though my family didn’t care if I watched it, it became my persona. I wanted to be just like him, because I was …

Predator: Killer of Killers is not just one of the best anthology animated films in recent memory—it may very well stand among the greatest animated films of all time. Though it’s a recent release, it confidently carves out its place alongside modern animated classics like Into the Spider-Verse. What makes …