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Fright Night (2011)::rating::3
A s a standalone film, this Fright Night is perfectly acceptable.  It's good-looking, well-cast, and delivers an adequate amount of fright for one night.  Unfortunately, there's no getting around the fact this is a remake, and the original is a beloved artifact of the 80s.  That makes this Fright feel both unnecessary and sacrilegious.  As a rule, the more…
Insidious (2010)::rating::3
I nsidious is a fascinating cinematic exercise--a modern horror flick, stripped of the CGI shenanigans and blood-bucket excess of its kin.  Instead, James Wan's shoestring production relies on a lean and mean aesthetic, along with a spate of strong performances, to keep the horror churning.  On that front, it mostly succeeds.  Insidious may not be a masterpiece,…
Bullet Train (2022)::rating::2.5
B ullet Train takes the squib-splattering mayhem of Quentin Tarantino and mashes it up with the physics of Wile E. Coyote and the soundtrack of an overserved Japanese karaoke bar.  Add Brad Pitt in front of a solid cast, and the result should be a much better movie than what we have here.  Instead of…
The Witch (2015)::rating::3
R ight from the jump, let me be clear:  I admire the hell out of The Witch.  The performances are raw and real.  Writer-director Robert Eggers spends 92 minutes bringing his teapot to a boil, and rewards his patient audience with a wickedly disturbing finale.  Compared to most of the schlock out there, this is Masterpiece Theater. You're…
Meet Cute (2022)::rating::2.5
M ovies have long depicted the cosmos meddling in affairs of the heart, so it's refreshing to see a character actually meddling back.  Meet Cute is a premise that could've yielded a minor classic--indeed, it already has:  Palm Springs, Andy Samberg's sardonic time-loop rom-com, is smarter, sillier, and more infectiously audacious than this movie could ever…

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