It was as if the stars and the planets had aligned. I had finally earned some well deserved and much needed time off from my day job and one of my friends suggested we go see Megalopolis while it was still playing in theatres. Since I hadn’t posted on the site in a while and have been wanting to write something, I decided to take him up on the offer. I am, after all, the resident bad movie connoisseur am I not? So if Megalopolis is truly a disaster, a Megaflopolis as many critics are saying, then my review should be the final word on the subject. Because who can you trust if not me?
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Spooks! (1953) [Halloween Horror Month]
The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Shemp) run the Super Slueth Detective Agency (yes, the typo is part of the company’s name) and their specialty is “Divorce Evidence Manufactured to Your Order.” They are hired to find a missing young woman and their strategy is to canvas the area where she disappeared by disguising themselves as door-to-door pie salesmen handing out free samples. When they hear her scream from a seemingly abandoned house, they gain entrance and find they are in the lair of the crazed scientist Dr. Jekyll, who with his fearsome henchman Mr. Hyde are planning to transplant the young woman’s brain into a gorilla that they are keeping in a cage.
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Bad Genius (2024)
Out now from Vertical
A group of students at a private level high school decide to use the skills of one their peers to make sure they all pass the SATs.
Take Cover (2024)
Available now in theaters and on demand from Brainstorm Media
A sniper looking to retire finds himself in a penthouse suit where his last job is not going as expected.
Zero (2024) [Beyond Fest 2024]
An American man wakes up in Dakar with a bomb strapped to his chest. Soon, a mysterious voice on the phone is giving him orders. As he goes through what is demanded of him, he meets a second American man in the same predicament.
Shadowland (2024) [Beyond Fest 2024]
This review must be started by a warning, this film is about Richard Stanley and his abuses (some proven in court, some pending). We do not normally review films by or about known abusers, but this is how to get an exception.
The documentary here was supposed to be about the peace and magic of a special village in the French Pyrenees and it soon becomes about Richard Stanley’s involvement in this community and then his abuses. This is not a film just about Stanley, but his involvement led to it being in large part about him and his downfall.
Last Shadow at First Light (2023)
Available via SVOD Platform IndiePix Unlimited
A teen whose mother has disappeared goes looking for her as apparitions haunt here. Her trip is done with the reluctant assistance of her uncle, making it more emotional for her.