Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, and it is pretty well-documented over the last few years, I have had a contentious relationship with horror films. 2025 has been the best year for horror I have ever seen (coming from someone who does not see a whole lot of them), and I am hopeful we can end on a high note after a few misses. I really enjoyed The Black Phone (2022), the first film in this "new" franchise, and got both excited and nervous at the prospect of

Welcome back to the blog readers. Turns out, I am beginning to appreciate comedies more. We have already had two pretty solid ones come out this year in The Naked Gun and The Roses (both 2025), and if you consider Roofman (2025) one as well, we are getting some pretty good ones. This is a film I have had my eye on for a good while now, and I have been hopeful it will deliver as I thought it would. Question is, would the 18-month wait be worth it in the end? Stick around to fi

Welcome back to the blog readers. Crime films are just a taste as to how a certain sect of the population lives, whether their reason for crime is personal or family-related. Plus, when these films are done right, they can be a lot of fun or painful as shit to watch. This film, however, has attracted my attention in recent months, because of how absolutely absurd the real story is. Now that I finally got to see this film (a sinus infection has kind of wiped me out the last fe

Welcome back to the blog readers. One genre of film that I can be very critical of is heist films, because they have to capture you from the very beginning. One film, though a lot more fast-paced and brutal, that failed to do this is Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025). Hearing of this film's existence gave me hope, especially since the film competed for the prestigious Palme d'Or at Cannes back in May. Would I agree that this film was worthy of the prestige and accolades it was

Welcome back to the blog readers. I could write an essay on my love-hate relationship with horror films, especially over the last three...

Welcome back to the blog readers. We are officially in Oscars season, and this is my favorite time of the year. Fun fact: as long as I...

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, action films are one of my favorite kinds of films. Over these almost three full years that I have been doing this blog, these are the films I am most critical of because I love the genre so damn much. This film has been in the back of my mind for a while now, especially with the early awards buzz it seems to be getting coming out of the festivals. Would the universal love this film is getting be enough to win this cynical

Welcome back to the blog readers. One genre of film I have never really understood was the romantic film genre. Is it because I have been...

Welcome back to the blog readers. One thing in this business that we very rarely get anymore is the element of surprise. That feeling...

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, I have not an extensive one, but I do have a history with horror films. And I can...

Welcome back to the blog readers. Book-to-film adaptations are a tough nut to crack; on one hand, you get things like the Twilight...

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, two things are true for me when it comes to horror. The first thing is that I believe they...

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, a good comedy is hard to come by these days. You can sacrifice some story but you need to...

Welcome back to the blog readers. If there is one genre of film that does not get made enough, it would be detective films. The Knives...

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know by now, I have had a somewhat "contested" relationship with horror films over the last half...

Welcome back to the blog readers. I cannot believe I am saying this right now, but 2025 has been the year of the horror film. Most of the...

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you may have been able to deduce from the well over two years I have been on this blog, comedies are...

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, this year has been pretty good for superhero films (with the exception of a kind of...

Welcome back to the blog readers. One film genre I have not really given much attention to is the Western genre. I say that because to...

Welcome back to the blog readers. In case you were living under a rock around January, you would know that Superman is my most...