‘Smile 2’ is worth a smirk as it illustrates celebrity stress
Movie review: Writer-director Parker Finn’s sequel is a middling entry among 2024’s horror films set in the world of pop stardom.
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‘Smile 2’ is worth a smirk as it illustrates celebrity stress
If you like Gogol-inspired Soviet folk-horror, you’ll love ‘Viy’ (1967)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This Russian-language classic concerns a brave student and a very beautiful, very dead girl in what’s been called the first Soviet horror film.
‘Three Days of the Condor’ (1975) provides holiday-season conspiracy chill
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Other than an infamously bad romance subplot, this is another top-shelf Seventies paranoia thriller.
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ a fine continuation, with some gator aid
Movie review: Not as funny as it could be, not as big as other action franchises, this fourth “Bad Boys” film still manages to be a brisk diversion.
Old Hollywood meets film noir in ‘Paradine Case’ (1947)
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): The director closes out his pre-color period with a moody courtroom drama that’s not as strong as it could’ve been as a mystery.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is the (F) bomb – but not due to its gratuitous nature
Movie review: The swearing- and violence-based comedy is a bit much, but Emma Corrin and Hugh Jackman provide great acting and character arcs.
‘Twisters’ a thrilling legacy sequel with new twists
Movie review: This follow-up to one of the highlights of the 1990s disaster-flick boom effectively sweeps us back to that heady time.
‘Creature with the Atom Brain’ (1955) a surprisingly brainy film
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This snappy camp classic delivers more than it promises – at least insofar as the quantity of creatures sporting atom brains.
‘Enemy of the State’ (1998) continues ‘The Conversation’
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This standout from the golden age of Will Smith is both a stark peek into the spy state and a thriller.
‘Waltzes from Vienna’ (1934) a light but important Hitchcock film
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): Though hurt by a lack of a vibrant print, this music-driven film has historical and even some romantic value.