Killer Movie Reviews

THE DOG STARS is a grim and loping thing that circles its points without the energy to transmute them into the powerful statement they were meant, and that they need, to be. Alas. As a speculation on what a post-apocalyptic America might be, it is not without its merits, but as a filmed entertainment, its hushed tones punctuated with graphic violence prevent even the most ard...

Click here for the flashback interview with Scott Mann for FALL.

It is always with just a bit of trepidation that I approach sequels.  Can it recapture the magic that made the original such a success that the powers that be felt a se...

And so we have entered a new phase of the INSIDIOUS franchise. We have dispensed with the Lamberts and their beleaguered patriarch Josh (Patrick Wilson) with a brief flashback, and we can only hope that they have found the closure that will prevent them ever again dealing with The Further and subjecting us to a return to that aspect of the mythos that petered out so badly.

I have never made a secret of my abiding belief that Jason Statham makes anything he’s in better. There is something about his brand of unstudied cool that has a mystique all its own with none of the showy bravado of a Brando, or the ironic remove of McQueen. I bring this up because for all his star power, Statham, alas, is not able to save everything in which he appears. Som...

THE DEB is a throwback of a musical comedy executed to perfection by director Rebel Wilson. It has a mid-century heart and a modern sensibility combined seamlessly into a rollicking good time that isn’t afraid to drop the F-bomb. Based on the Australian stage play, it makes its transition to the big screen without missing a beat and with a little writing help from Ms. Wilson,...