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“‘Chasing Dream’: Johnnie To’s Latest Is A Heartfelt, Giddy Genre Mashup”
It’s true: I did in fact manage to land one virtual film festival gig this year. Continue reading
“Money Buys Misery Most in Sean Durkin’s Masterful ‘The Nest'”
Glowing praise preambled with a mea culpa. Continue reading
“Wil Wheaton Is the Worst Friend Ever in ‘Rent-A-Pal'”
I have an old anecdote about Wil Wheaton that has stuck with me for over a decade, buckle up. Continue reading
“Run Away from ‘Antebellum’ as Fast as You Can”
Hoooooo boy I did not like this bullshit at all. Continue reading
“‘Ratched’: Ryan Murphy’s ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ Prequel Offers A Garish, Unnecessary Origin Story”
I didn’t loathe the last Ryan Murphy show of 2020, but does that mean I liked it? Or that it’s any good? Continue reading
“Take a Trippy Ride with ‘Son of the White Mare'”
You’d figure he’d be a horse, but no: He’s a MAN. Continue reading
“‘Lingua Franca’ Finds Common Ground”
I might’ve under-valued this one, so you should all see it for yourselves and let me know. Continue reading
“‘The Boys’ Season 2 Is Violent, Excessive Superhero Satire With A Lot On Its Mind”
Queue Thin Lizzy references from a hundred hack TV critics with clever to say. Continue reading
“‘The 24th’: Kevin Willmott’s Film About The Horrific 1917 Houston Riot Needs To Dig Deeper”
In which Andy feels terribly underqualified to talk about the movie he’s talking about, but he talks about it anyway. Continue reading
“America, the Land of ‘Random Acts of Violence'”
A slasher, but a slasher about *America*. Continue reading
“‘Peninsula’: ‘Train To Busan’ Sequel Expands The Scale & Emotional Stakes Of The Zombie Franchise”
Y’know, a zombie invasion at this point in the year would just be par for the course, and also maybe preferable to reality. Continue reading
“Scream Factory’s New ‘The Kiss of the Vampire’ Blu-Ray Revisits a Morbid, Kinky Classic”
It’s more of a bite than a kiss, but when the end result is you become a bloodsucking fiend, who’s keeping count? Continue reading
“Bright Eyes Are Getting Older and Facing Doom on ‘Down in the Weeds…'”
Another piece Present Andy wrote for Past Andy. Continue reading
“‘Skin Walker’ Stumbles Over Too Many Psychological Tropes”
I was surprised to learn how many movies exist with a variation on this title. It’s…more than one. Continue reading
“‘She Dies Tomorrow’ and Maybe We Will Too”
Look, don’t get all mad at me, it’s literally true. Continue reading
“‘The Cuban’ Undermines Its Heart with Wikipedia-Level Research”
This might’ve been a movie about a sandwich, but it’s about a man. But that man also eats that sandwich, too, so win-win. Continue reading
“Hidden Gems: ‘Arizona Dream’ Destroys An Out-Dated American Concept With Ecstatic Joy & Humor”
In my second Hidden Gems piece, I talk about…another Faye Dunaway movie. Not complaining, just stating the facts. Continue reading
“‘Summerland’ Is Far from a Vacation”
I was surprised to learn that this is in fact not a movie based on the Everclear song of the same name, but instead another entry in Gemma Arterton’s period movie resume. Continue reading
“‘Room 104’ Ends Its Intriguing Storytelling Experiment With A Genre-Bending Final Season”
A room with a view to horror, humor, heartache, heroism, and even horniness. Continue reading
