Even if more pastiche than something blisteringly original,this is a far more absorbing experience than Perkins’ most recent horror, the similarly atmospheric but dramatically inertI Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House(2016).Longlegsmay not do everything as well as it could have, but ...
There are too many horror cliches to even list (“gotcha” scares, dark basements, frightened children, mysterious sounds at night, no cellphone reception), but the main cliche is that it is a “found footage” film, a style already wrung dry. But Shyamalan injects adrenaline into it, as...
Surfing culture invaded mainstream clothing, as brands like Gotcha and Billabong suddenly rose in popularity. Meanwhile, competition in the world of activewear became fierce, as brands like Reebok, L.A. Gear and Nike vied for consumers’ money. The Air Jordan brand, which had launched with Nike...
If Australian politics was on Survivor it would get voted out in the first week for being annoying and prosaic. But laying out booby traps hoping to entangle another politician in a ‘gotcha’ moment has become orchestrated and predictable. It might not be the defining reason why most people ...