I’ll make no bones about disaster films being a genre I’m particularly fond of — something about national landmarks exploding or massive tidal waves engulfing whole cities being a great backdrop for both action and drama — and Hollywood has done much to fulfill audiences’ desire to see such massive catastrophes in all their glory….
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Dumbo (1941) – Review
With Disney remaking some of their most popular animated classics, and Tim Burton’s live-action version of Dumbo hitting theaters, I’d say it’s time to revisit the original Dumbo. I’ve always felt that out of Disney’s classic animated library, Dumbo kind of gets forgotten, and it really shouldn’t. It has iconic music, detailed 1941’s animation, and…
Us (2019) – Review
The horror genre has seen a revitalization in the last few years thanks to new, young directors creating small but creative horror movies, and one of those directors to really make an impression is Jordan Peele, who debuted with 2017’s Get Out, an immensely smart horror movie with a hidden social commentary and brilliant…
Razorback (1984) – Review
When Spielberg’s monster hit Jaws arrived in theatres in the summer of ’75, the onslaught of rip-offs to follow was staggering, with such notable entries as 1977’s Orca,1978’s Piranha, and 1984’s The Last Shark, but such rip-offs were not relegated to creatures of the sea, and thus we got such “classics” as 1976’s Grizzly and the…
The Nun (2018) – Review
Creating a cinematic universe is not easy — just ask the people over at Warner Bros with their DC Extended Universe — but producer James Wan seems to have struck gold with the ever-growing collection of horror movies that have spun off of the success of his 2013 horror film The Conjuring. Though to be…