On Lilly’s daughter’s 10-year death anniversary, a quiet portrait of grief turns into a frantic fever dream of paranoia and dread.
Trigger warning: Child death
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Strange Harvest (2025)
The rise and fall of a serial killer in 90s and 00s San Bernardino County is recounted via a faux true-crime documentary in the scarily effective horror film Strange Harvest, from writer-director Stuart Ortiz.
POOLS (2025)
A young woman enrolled in summer school courses decides to attempt to reconnect with her dead father, and herself, over the course of a crazy night of pool hopping.
Accepted (2006) [Back to School Month]
When a charismatic high-school slacker finds himself rejected from every college he applies to, he creates a fake acceptance letter to present to his parents. The plan backfires when the parents insist on seeing the nonexistent college, forcing him to create one in a bold act of “fake it until you make it”.
Red Sonja (2025)
Red Sonja, Marvel and Dynamite’s “She-Devil with a Sword” (along with iconic chainmail bikini and flaming red hair), played with a fiery charm by Miranda Lutz, returns to the screen in director M.J. Bassett’s engaging but limited Red Sonja.
Matilda (1996) [Back to School Month]
A little girl with telekinetic powers is subjected to terrible parents and a bullying teacher until she starts using her powers to fight back against the cruelty she faces.
Flesh of the Unforgiven (2024)
A struggling couple goes to a cabin to work and reconnect. Soon, a Death Dealer is involved and things get violent.
Trigger warning: Suicide, abuse