Halloween is not a fun time of year for cats. Whether they’re being hassled on the streets by pranksters or stuffed into costumes, it’s safe to say cats are pissed. Which makes them wearing costumes even fricking funnier, I have to say. I have scoured the internet for the ten most humiliating—I mean adorable—cat costumesContinue reading “Top Ten Halloween Costumes for Cats”
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Pet Sematary (2019) is Great in its Own Way
The Creed family: father Louis (Jason Clarke), mother Rachel (Amy Seimetz), eight-year-old Ellie (Jeté Laurence), toddler Gage, and cat Church have just moved to a woodsy part of Maine for a chance to live the simple life. Unfortunately they find that life is simple nowhere, particularly when they live next to a road full of distracted truckers and aContinue reading “Pet Sematary (2019) is Great in its Own Way”
Top Ten Halloween Costumes for Dogs
Whether you love dogs or love seeing their dignity taken from them, Halloween is a great time of year to see them looking extra cute. I have scoured the internet to bring you ten of the funniest costumes out there. 10. Tarantula This beauty is walking around with twelve legs and four eyes, and aContinue reading “Top Ten Halloween Costumes for Dogs”
‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is Quietly Shocking
The Murphys, father Steven (Colin Farrell), mother Anna (Nicole Kidman), and children Kim and Bob, are a typical upper-class family. Everything changes, however, when Steven befriends Martin (Barry Keoghan), a teenage boy whose father Steven couldn’t save on the operating table. Martin becomes obsessed with the family, which brings about horrifying results. Sacred Deer is loosely based on a GreekContinue reading “‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is Quietly Shocking”
‘Hell Fest’ is Pretty Decent
Natalie (Amy Forsyth) is visiting her best friend Brooke (Reign Edwards), who along with Brooke’s pal Taylor (Bex Taylor-Klaus) coax Natalie into going to Hell Fest with them. Seems Natalie’s crush Gavin (Roby Attal) has VIP passes for the lot of them to experience the joys of the Halloween theme park without all the lines. Also alongContinue reading “‘Hell Fest’ is Pretty Decent”
Top Ten Performances by Actors in Drag
It’s been a long road for depictions of LGBTQ people in the movies. From the beginning of film history, men who dressed as women were depicted as a joke. As Quentin Crisp said, “There’s no sin like being a woman.” There is still a lot of room for improvement, especially in the department of genuineContinue reading “Top Ten Performances by Actors in Drag”
‘3 from Hell’ is Well-Made, but Still Crushingly Disappointing
3 from Hell is Rob Zombie’s newest film in the series documenting the Firefly/Driftwood/Spaulding family, following 2003’s House of a 1000 Corpses and 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects. The end of the latter shows the remaining family members riding sorely unmatched into a shootout with the police, so I’m guessing the 14-year lapse had at least partly to do withContinue reading “‘3 from Hell’ is Well-Made, but Still Crushingly Disappointing”
‘Ouija’–The Sequel is Better, but This One’s Grown on Me
Laine (Olivia Cooke) has just lost her friend Debbie (Shelley Hennig), who has seemingly killed herself. She longs to find out what happened, and decides that she, her sister Sarah (Ana Coto), their friend Isabelle (Bianca A. Santos), her boyfriend Trevor (Daren Kagasoff), and Debbie’s boyfriend Pete (Douglas Smith) should try to reach her withContinue reading “‘Ouija’–The Sequel is Better, but This One’s Grown on Me”
A Side Trip into Neuroticism: Some Thoughts on The Belko Experiment and Surviving
*No spoilers* Sometimes I struggle with what is called existential depression, when I ruminate on whether anything truly has a point. I recently did not get a job that I interviewed for and really really wanted. One of my coworkers was angry for me, but she went back to her daily routine, as did theContinue reading “A Side Trip into Neuroticism: Some Thoughts on The Belko Experiment and Surviving”
A Side Trip into Neuroticism: Some Thoughts on ‘Lights Out’ and Depression
Warning: *Spoilers* In Lights Out, Sophie is a woman with a history of depression, for which she had to be hospitalized as a teenager. While there, she met another teenager, Diana. Diana had a skin condition that precluded her from being in light of any kind (though she seems to do fine in the sunContinue reading “A Side Trip into Neuroticism: Some Thoughts on ‘Lights Out’ and Depression”
