The Umbrella Academy Based on; The Umbrella Academy by: Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá Developed by: Steve Blackman, Jeremy Slater Starring: Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro About five minutes in, I thought, oh, this is stupid, and …
Velvet Buzzsaw Directed by Dan Gilroy Produced by Jennifer Fox Written by Dan Gilroy Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, Billy Magnussen and John Malkovich First off, Velvet Buzzsaw is a slasher movie. That said, I’m going to be using all sorts of words you don’t …
Kingdom Based on Land of the Gods by Kim Eun Hee Written by Kim Eun-hee Directed by Kim Seong-hun Starring Ju Ji-hoon, Bae Doona, Ryu Seung-ryong Country of origin South Korea You could almost believe you were watching an Akira Kurosawa film. Mystery lies in the minutiae, horror in hints, suspense in speckles. Mixed in …
Happy! Created by Grant Morrison & Darick Robertson Directed by Brian Taylor, David Petrarca, & Wayne Yip Starring Christopher Meloni, Bryce Lorenzo, Ritchie Coster, Lili Mirojnick, Medina Senghore, Patrick Fischler Voice of Patton Oswalt To say that Hello! is over the top is like saying a Carolina Reaper pepper is spicy. Take elements from the …
Bird Box Directed by Susanne Bier Produced by Chris Morgan, Barbara Muschietti, Scott Stuber, Dylan Clark and Clayton Townsend Screenplay by Eric Heisserer Based on Bird Box by Josh Malerman Starring Sandra Bullock Trevante Rhodes John Malkovich Vivien Lyra Blair Julien Edwards Danielle Macdonald Lil Rel Howery Jacki Weaver Rosa Salazar Colson Baker BD Wong …
I Kill Giants (c) 2017 1492 Pictures Theatrical release poster Directed by Anders Walter Produced by Chris Columbus Michael Barnathan Joe Kelly Nick Spicer Kyle Franke Kim Magnusson Adrian Politowski Martin Metz Screenplay by Joe Kelly Based on I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly & Ken Niimura Starring Madison Wolfe Imogen Poots Sydney Wade Rory …
Maggots in the Cantaloupe: A review of Outsider Stephen King, Scribner books copyright 2018, 560 pages. Terry Maitland, a teacher and little league coach in Oklahoma, is accused of raping, mutilating and killing an eleven year old boy. There are eyewitnesses, there are fingerprints, there is DNA evidence. The local cops are so sure he …
Elevation, a novel[la] Copyright © 2018 by Stephen King Illustrations © Mark Edward Geyer Scribner Readers will be irresistibly reminded of Thinner, a 1984 novel by Richard Bachman, in which the central character begins mysteriously losing weight. Bachman, of course, was the nom de slumming of Stephen King, and Thinner was a not-bad effort, one …
Apostle Director: Gareth Evans Writer: Gareth Evans Dan Stevens … Thomas Richardson Richard Elfyn … Charles Paul Higgins … Frank Bill Milner … Jeremy Catrin Aaron … Elaine Kristine Froseth … Ffion Mark Lewis Jones … Quinn Lucy Boynton … Andrea Michael Sheen … Prophet Malcolm Apostle has a few problems. Continuity, while it doesn’t …
Dark. Netflix 2017, 2019. Produced by Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese, Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann, Justyna Müsch Writing primarily by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese A few nights ago, I watched a movie called “Bright.” He’s a cop. His partner’s an Orc. Yes, an Orc. It went downhill from there. So I looked around for …