Sense of Dread

My story begins a little over 30 years ago. I was just a kid, living with my parents. Life was easy for my family and I. We weren't rich, but because my dad worked so hard, we were able to afford some luxuries, we were able to eat out, you know...the simple things a family does. My family was also very close with my aunts and uncles, so I always had them around the house. It also helped that we all lived on the same street for a while. My cousins and I became very close, we always hung out. It was a great time to be a kid. As my mom became pregnant with my brother, and my dad had gotten to a point in his job where he was making more money, we decided we needed a new home. My dad had purchased the lot next to my grandfather's home, and went to work to build our house. It was a great place, and I have tons of fond memories of it. Except...for this one thing. One year, when I was about 12, my family decided we'd go to the beach for summer vacation. We left our home in ...

Us is a horror/thriller written and directed by Jordan Peele ( Get Out ), and stars Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke as a couple who take their children to their summer home on the beach for a vacation. Their vacation quickly turns into a nightmare, as they are stalked, tormented, and attacked by their doppelgangers. To start off, as I always do, let me point out some of the downside of this film. I felt like it was maybe a little too short. I would've enjoyed a longer run time (maybe another 10-15 minutes). The ending also leaves a lot of unanswered questions (of which I won't give away...) and felt like a cliffhanger cheat. The cinematography could've used some work, but it didn't take me out of the film and looked okay. Other than that... On to the good! The cast is amazing. Lupita Nyong'o again gives an incredible performance. Winston Duke, who also played M'baku in Black Panther (and stole the show with his incredible comedic timing), is just as ...

There is a world beyond the light, beyond the darkness, somewhere in between, where the shadows dwell. This world holds the nightmares, the pain, the sorrow, the longing for life...to be free...to be able to take a breath, and be freed of this liquid like substance that pulls one into it. It's a trap, you see. It's a place where the soul is reminded of it's past, it's failures. It torments the soul. It traps the soul. There is no way out. No way to escape. This is neither Heaven, nor Hell. Some scholars name it purgatory, others call it an in-between, a waiting room for souls that cannot accept what they've done in life, what their failures meant for them in life, a reminder that they aren't worthy of passing into the light, or even the dark. They are trapped. Trapped... Scholars call this place purgatory. Others call it the in-between. It is a world of shadow, and of creatures old and forgotten to mankind. Creatures that were the first of God's creations...

Captain Marvel , the latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was directed by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, and stars Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, and Lashana Lynch. This story is the origin of Captain Marvel as she becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races, the Kree and the Skrulls. Before I go into everything I liked and didn't like, let me start by saying this: the media and the marketing are way off. The Rotten Tomatoes audience scores are way off, as we all know that this movie is being hate bombed for one reason or another, and that makes me, as a critic, very sad. So regardless what I say, regardless what anyone says about any movie ever, if you're interested in a film, go check it out for yourself and form your own opinion. With that being said...let's get right into it. The bad: not much here was bad. I felt some of the performances were ...

Ok so I'm reposting this because...screw the haters...WAKANDA FOREVER! Also I edited quite a bit of it... Black Panther was directed by Ryan Coogler and stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B Jordan (wasn't he just the Human Torch...? How meta), Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, and Winston Duke. This film centers around T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past. All of this takes place after Captain America: Civil War. So...the bad...The way the movie played out, however, suffered from what I felt was a lackluster script and from poor CGI moments. It lacked that OOMPH factor that previous Marvel Studios films had going for them. It lacked that fun that the other movies had. It lacked a villain that was actually, for lack of a better term, scary. His plan wasn’t well thought out, it wasn’t uniqu...

Yes...a reason...chosen for a reason...uh...sorry, I blanked out. Just like I did during the movie... Greta was directed by Neil Jordan, stars Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz as Frances, a sweet, naïve young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, who doesn't think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is Greta (Isabelle Huppert), an eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music and an aching loneliness. Having recently lost her mother, Frances quickly grows closer to widowed Greta. The two become fast friends, but Greta's maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing in Greta's life is what it seems. Now, I won't ruin the twist (which does happen pretty damn quick in the first act), but I will talk about the things I didn't like...which are plenty. This movie to me was just so damn boring. Not much about it left ...