Category: Movie Reviews
REVIEW: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
I didn’t like The Force Awakens. I hated its refusal to explain its central conflict, its misuse of – and seeming distaste for – the classic characters (one in particular), its disappointing villain, its endless dangling story threads, and, most of all, its replicating the entire plot of A New...
Read MoreREVIEW: Sweet Virginia (2017)
Sweet Virginia is an indie thriller starring Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, and Imogen Poots. It centers around Sam (Bernthal), manager of the Sweet Virginia Hotel. After a horrific shooting takes place in his small town, he befriends a strange man who happens to be staying at his establishment, ...
Read MoreRETRO REVIEW: Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (2009)
Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (2009) is the sequel to Rob Zombie’s remake of the classic film, and follows Laurie Strode after the events of Halloween the year before. She’s in therapy, attempting to recover, and Michael is still out there waiting for Halloween to come back around so ...
Read MoreRETRO REVIEW: Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007)
Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007) is a remake of the classic slasher film directed by, of course, Rob Zombie. The film follows Michael Myers as a child, showing us how he became The Shape, as well as following the story of the first film. This is a movie I want to like more than I do. To …...
Read MoreRETRO REVIEW: Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) is directed by Rick Rosenthal and is the final film in the original Halloween franchise. It primarily follows a group of college students who are brought onto a web series to investigate the Myers house. Once inside, they discover it to not be as abandoned as they thou...
Read MoreRETRO REVIEW: Halloween H2O: Twenty Years Later (1998)
Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998) is directed by Steve Miner and follows original heroine Laurie Strode as she fights to protect herself and her son on Halloween night twenty years after he came home. Prior to this rewatch, I had some pretty fond memories of this movie. I remembered it being ...
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