A Friend in Need
Greta by Hope Madden Greta is a mess, and I don’t just mean the character. In fact, I’m not sure the character is a mess at all, no matter how…read more →
Archive For February, 2019
Fright Club: Twist Endings in Horror
No genre has more invested in the twist ending – in being able to pull the rug out from under you at the last possible second – than horror. The…read more →
I Don’t Want to Go Out—Week of February 25
The best animated film of 2018 swings into your living room this week, along with (if you’re smart) an instant cult classic. Other biggies of 2018 make their way home…read more →
Screening Room: Train Your Dragon 3, Arctic, Fighting w/My Family, Lords of Chaos
On this week’s screening room—after we kick around our Oscar predictions—we get down to business with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Fighting with My Family, Arctic, Lords…read more →
Sibling Smackdown
Fighting With My Family by Hope Madden Rarely, if ever, has WWE PR been as charming as Stephen Merchant’s biopic Fighting with My Family. A traditional underdog tale, the film…read more →
Chaos Reigns
Lords of Chaos by Hope Madden “Based on truth and lies and what actually happened.” One of the founders of Norway’s black metal sound and scene, Mayhem benefited and eventually…read more →
Dragon Ball 3
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World by George Wolf I usually like to steer clear of spoilers, but I really need to warn you…this film contains gratuitous dragon…read more →
Fright Club: Looking for Love
Love is in the air! God help us, especially those who are throwing themselves into the love game. It’s horrifying, right? Scary, vulnerable, awkward, and really bloody once the power…read more →
Cold Comfort
Arctic by George Wolf Arctic is a survival film that wastes no time getting to the survival. Director/co-writer Joe Penna drops us somewhere in the Arctic Circle long enough after…read more →
I Don’t Want to Go Out—Week of February 18
This week’s home viewing options run the gamut from Oscar hopefuls to Razzie shoe-ins, plus some bare knuckle brawlers and Nazi zombies. That’s what we call variety! Click the film…read more →