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REVIEW: Thanksgiving (2023)

AlexGherzo | Nov 17, 2023 | 0

I don’t go into many movies with a lot of hope nowadays, and I never expected a whole lot from horror films, so I’m happy to be surprised on occasion. Thanksgiving was one such treat, a fun, (mostly) smart slasher with decent characters and something genuinely interesting to say about the true ...

REVIEW: The Killer (2023)

AlexGherzo | Nov 16, 2023 | 2

The Killer is what thrillers aspire to be, a suspenseful story about a professional death dealer and his world that sheds light on our own mundane lives. We’re made to feel a kinship with an assassin while learning very little about his personality, both comforted and unsettled by the notion that...

REVIEW: The Holdovers (2023)

virginiakublawi | Nov 12, 2023 | 3

There are a few things that can get me to see a movie no matter what. It’s embarrassing to admit and has led to me watching a lot of trash, but if a movie comes from the right studio or director or even casts certain actors, I’ll absolutely see it. Paul Giamatti is an actor I’ll watch in &h...

REVIEW: The Marvels (2023)

AlexGherzo | Nov 9, 2023 | 3

The Marvels isn’t good, but it’s not quite as bad as I thought it would be. If we’re playing MCU Russian Roulette, I’d rather watch this than Eternals, Thor: Love and Thunder, or Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. But it’s still a pretty lousy movie, another slapped-together afterthought ...

REVIEW: Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)

AlexGherzo | Oct 27, 2023 | 0

Hollywood loves to capitalize on a holiday, and none more than Halloween. Doubtless, this has to do with horror movies being cheap to make and the fan base demanding little more than a few scares – or, barring that, at least some gore and entertaining kills. That makes Five Nights at Freddy’s a...

REVIEW: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

AlexGherzo | Oct 19, 2023 | 2

Killers of the Flower Moon is Martin Scorsese taking his time. It doesn’t have the frenetic energy of some of the films for which he’s most famous, but its intimate, slow-burn story reveals itself gradually, slowly setting the stage for a rumination on the nature of evil. And it’s done with a...