Lords of Chaos – the devil is in the details
As a young headbanger in the late nineties I was captivated by the stories coming out of Norway about Black Metal and this band Mayhem that was taking the ridiculous and [...]
Films
Bird Box, powerful performances lost to poor storytelling
Did Netflix serve up a Christmas turkey or does Bullock’s performance add some [...]
Robin Hood is a complete waste of time
Did anyone see the trailer for this and foolishly think it would be [...]
Bohemian Rhapsody – looks like real life, escapes from reality
History will be kind to the surviving members of Queen because it seems that they will write [...]
Halloween – made with care but fails to scare
Michael Myers is a one trick pony and that trick was played exceptionally well in the first [...]
Mandy brings out the best Cage rage in years
A movie for people who think revenge is a dish best served with a side of psychedelic [...]
The Meg: it’s shark weak!
The trailers that they threw online, like chum, for The Meg had audiences wide-eyed, circling and ready to strike when it opened. However it was not love at first bite for [...]
Hereditary – is it really that scary?
You either like scary movies or you don’t. If you do, you’ll love Hereditary, but is anything really that scary these [...]
Blade Runner 2049 – a cut above the original?
Why did this movie not perform as well at the box office as expected? Could it have anything to do with the fact that the original Blade Runner phenomena found a niche among [...]
Get to da zimmer frame! Predator is 30! Does it still cut it?
Possibly one of the most revered action movies from my youth just turned 30 so what better time to do a retrospective review of Predator. There is so much to talk about with [...]
The Watchman 