Movie Reviews

In the summer of 1986, I remember seeing the trailer for Maximum Overdrive one afternoon and thought that it looked promising. Mainly because the creepy-looking Stephen King standing in front of the even creepier-looking Green Goblin head in the background promising to scare the Hell out of us intrigued me. …

Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox is a new concept in a genre we have begun ignoring. However, this movie humored me in several ways. It took a little time to figure out what was happening. There are still some things I don’t understand, but I think that’s how …

The fight for survival is a trope that will instantly raise the tension and the stakes in any cinematic genre. This is the case in Arena Wars, a futuristic drama in which the battle for freedom could have dire consequences. Let’s take a look at Arena Wars and see which …

I’m sure we’ve all be there: hurting for money, behind on bills and in desperate need of a quick fix. This is where Trim Season protagonist Emma finds herself. She finds her solution in the form of trimming buds of marijuana at a growth operation in the middle of nowhere …

In an industry that has given us such intellectually challenging fare such as: Sharknado, Mega Piranha, and, of course, Velocipastor, is it any wonder that, sooner or later, someone would take the piss and release something like Bad CGI Gator? Fortunately, for fans of cheese, Charles Band’s Full Moon Features …

The Afterdark Horrorfest: 8 Films To Die For –remember that? While the series was a great platform for new filmmakers to get noticed, and foreign filmmakers to get a foothold in the US, it was responsible for some turkeys too. And don’t get me started on the “Miss Horrorfest” crap. …

1989 will always be a memorable year for me. I will admit that I am not a comic guy, which makes this even more special. I fell in love with Batman, and it started a fandom for me, even though I wasn’t a comic person, as I mentioned.  I loved …

Cold Blows the Wind, written and directed by Eric Williford, had me torn. On one hand, I loved it; on the other, I was totally confused—not that it’s bad. It works well for the movie. This isn’t normally my type of movie, but I enjoyed it. I love movies that …

I’ve heard a lot of things about Tammy and the T-Rex over the years-some of them good, but mostly bad-but I didn’t actually sit down and watch it until recently. I was always curious about it as it sounded like one of the movies, they used to show on the …

Homework follows a group of friends who go about their school year experiencing the ups and downs of teenage adolescence as they deal with friendships, cougars, familial struggles, and of course, homework. Tommy (Michael Morgan: Midnight Offerings 1981) wants nothing more in life than to win the upcoming talent show and …