I’m a big fan of Jay Baruchel (the actor), and as director of “Random Acts of Violence,” his adaptation of the original graphic novel by Jimmy Palmiotti wastes so much of its potential. It’s a great concept, with great commentary that amounts to a sub-par horror movie. The still relevant themes about how society tends to lionize serial killers, the unusual serial killer culture that most people tend to celebrate, and how most of their victims are virtually ignored begs for a dark horror movie of this ilk. Sadly, there is not a single substantial thing we can take away from all of this in the end.
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Pixie (2021)
In a scheme that may be completely genius or pure insanity, Pixie goes on an revenge trip with 2 friends to try and get back at those who cost her mother her life. Along the way, drugs, mobsters, and the clergy all get in the way.
Luchadoras (2021)
In the city of Juárez, Mexico, women fight every day of their lives to simply survive as the high murder and assault rates only seem to go higher. Some of them take back the power to feel like they can be fighters by becoming Luchadoras, showing strength in physical, mental, and emotional forms.
Dreamcatcher (2021)
A duo of sisters goes to a music festival hoping to have fun and possibly reconnect their relationship. Once there, things go sideways and people start dying.
The Ice Cream Truck (2017) [Women in Horror Month 2021]
Writer/director: Megan Freels Johnston
A woman and her family move back to her old suburban town for the husband’s work. As she goes ahead of the family to get things ready, she meets the neighbors and something is clearly going down around the area that is not entirely right.
Tom and Jerry (2021)
Warner Animation props up the long rotted corpse of “Tom and Jerry” long enough to produce what I’m sure they hoped would be a blockbuster big screen adaptation. For a series that’s been languishing on video store shelves with cheaply made, watered down animated movies for years, it’s not a surprise that “Tom and Jerry” is about as bland as ever. It’s also not at all surprising that Tim Story is the man called on to deliver such an inoffensive, forgettable, mishmash of weird ideas and concepts.
The Stylist (2020)
A hairstylist becomes obsessed with some of her clients’ lives and in this obsession, she sees it fit to do unthinkable things.