The Door in the Floor.(Movie Review)Rooney, David
Aaron B. Koontz’sThe Pale Dooris the latest quickdraw haunter to hit “theaters” (on-demand is the new theater), and it’s enough to fulfill that craving for a stagecoach cookout cut short by demon hordes. I’ll admit, one aspect of this subgenre hybrid works a bit better than the...
Aesthetically, bright colors are important in Almodóvar films, and “The Room Next Door” is no exception. But New York City and Upstate New York being the film’s settings make it feel cold, as opposed to the colorful urban settings from the rest of the director’s filmography. The film...
A Minecraft Movie: Directed by Jared Hess. With Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Sebastian Hansen, Emma Myers. Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home they'll have
Plot:A rather grouchy woman books an impromptu weekend getaway at a rented beach-side home. Amid a couple of strange occurrences, the family who own the home arrive at the door hoping to take refuge from the ominous happenings. Review:Even during this period of Netflix domination, it’s ...
The English-language debut from Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar is a disappointingly staid affair that can’t find life in its story of death and friendship.
The Woman Next Door “The Woman Next Door” opens as a simple story about two houses. They are next door to one another. The story gets a great deal less simple after we meet the inhabitants of the houses. The house on the right is lived in byGerard Depardieu, a big, friendly lunk...
The Powerpuff Girls Movie: Directed by Craig McCracken. With Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, Elizabeth Daily, Roger Jackson. After destroying the city of Townsville in a game of tag, a trio of super-powered little girls must redeem themselves by stopping a
In the title of Philip Kaufman’s “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” the crucial word is “unbearable.” The film tells the story of a young surgeon who
Jay Jackson (Bart Edwards) awakens bound in captivity against his will. Security guard Adam (Richard Short) and battered Kat (Alexandra Evans), also restrained, inform Jay that he better be on his best behavior. Nothing but a bolted, heavy-plated door allows visitors in or out, and there’...