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Old (2021)

Old (2021)

There are smart, clever M. Night Shyamalan movies (The Sixth Sense, Signs), then there are dumb M. Night Shyamalan (The Happening… what is happening???). Old, admittedly, has a great...

Linda
Synchronic (2020)

Synchronic (2020)

New Orleans paramedics and longtime best pals Steve (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis (Jamie Dornan) have seen everything on their rounds. But lately there has been a weird trend of...

Linda
Nocturne (2020)

Nocturne (2020)

As a teen, no one wants to be second fiddle to their sibling, or, in the case of Juliet (Sydney Sweeney), second piano. Juliet and her twin sister Vivian...

Linda
Evil Eye (2020)

Evil Eye (2020)

Pallavi (Sunita Mani) is an attractive, unmarried Indian-America woman who is pushing 30, much to the dismay of her superstitious mother Usha (Sarita Choudhury) back in India. Though mother...

Linda
Black Box (2020)

Black Box (2020)

Nolan (Mamoudou Athie) is a man seemingly lost in his own life. It has been six months since a car accident that killed his wife and left him medically...

Linda
The Lie (2020)

The Lie (2020)

The Lie, despite having the normally gore/horror label Blumhouse attached to it, is a mostly bloodless, slow burn drama. Divorced parents Jay and Rebecca (Peter Sarsgaard and Mireille Enos)...

Linda
Antebellum (2020)

Antebellum (2020)

If we can all agree on anything these days, it is that Janelle Monáe is totally watchable. She does double-duty in the social commentary horror movie with a twist, Antebellum, but...

Linda
She Dies Tomorrow (2020)

She Dies Tomorrow (2020)

When I read a book, I tend to give it 50 pages to grab me. If I’m not sucked in, I consider it fair to move on. The same...

Linda
The Hunt (2020)

The Hunt (2020)

To be honest, I’m not sure who the target audience is for this film, but it definitely isn’t me. About 15 minutes in, I wondered if I should just...

Vickie
Underwater (2020)

Underwater (2020)

Within about three minutes of the insanely expository opening credits that feel edited together by someone with untreated ADD – blink and you’ll no doubt miss a key piece of...

Vickie
Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins was one of my favorite movies growing up, and I’m happy to report that it’s just as much fun 35 years after its release as it was when...

Jennifer
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

I remember being insanely excited when they announced the release of Gremlins 2: The New Batch, but when I finally saw it, my reaction was decidedly “meh”.  It simply...

Jennifer