Nicolas Cage as Count Dracula is genius level casting. In 1988’s Vampire’s Kiss, the Oscar-winning actor played a yuppie who believed he was transforming into…
Cocaine Bear is the type of movie where some studio executive hears the wacky title and immediately greenlights the project. See also Snakes on a…
Steven Spielberg’s family upbringing has always seeped into his best works. The prolific filmmaker’s relationship with his parents and their divorce informed Close Encounters of…
There are three types of conflict that are generally accepted as the driving force in fictional stories. Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, and Man…
“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” I’m not the first reviewer to use that…
In a previous review for The Marksman, I made note of Liam Neeson carving out a niche for himself as a world-weary action hero with…
Hot off the heels of Get Out and Us, Jordan Peele returns to the horror genre with Candyman, a sequel to the 1992 cult classic.…
Blumhouse Productions is an efficient factory transforming low-budget schlock into massive box office hauls. One of their biggest successes was The Purge, which cost a…
Bob Odenkirk is one of the last guys you’d think of when you hear the term action hero. That’s what makes Nobody such a delightfully…
Liam Neeson as the world-weary protagonist in an action thriller has become its own successful subgenre. His particular set of skills led the Taken franchise…