Movie Review: “IT” (2017)

Movies inspired by Stephen King’s fiction are more apt to be called “adaptations” than most other based-on-a-bestseller works.  Love ‘em or hate ‘em it’s generally agreed that King’s books contain elements that can’t be accurately conveyed on film or shouldn’t be attempted.  2017 has brought us two such extremes in King-Flicks.  “The Dark Tower” approached [...]

By |2019-03-11T17:03:35-07:00September 8th, 2017|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments

Review: “Midnight Special”

Classic-style sci-fi films, those that are more about humanity and morality than ray guns, are rare these days.  “Midnight Special” is being promoted as such a film, and with the pedigree attached, it looked promising.  Unfortunately it relies almost entirely on atmosphere and neglects everything else. It’s been four years since Jeff Nichols’ last film [...]

By |2019-03-11T17:09:12-07:00April 1st, 2016|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments