Film Review: ‘Awaken the Shadowman’
A slow burn of a horror drama that doesn't build toward quite enough of a blaze, this nonetheless ranks a cut above the genre norm for its atmospheric and confident setup.
Dennis Harvey
Film Review: ‘The Gracefield Incident’
There are some unintentional laughs to be had from this hectic, silly, defiantly un-scary mashup of stock "cabin in the woods" and alien-invasion formulae.
Film Review: ‘Blind’
Twenty-one years after "The Juror," Baldwin and Moore aren't a star pairing whose reprise anyone was clamoring for, and "Blind" won't stir any great excitement on its own.
Film Review: 'The Fabulous Allan Carr'
Carr's hits were record-breakers, though some might argue his flops were even more unforgettable.
Film Review: ‘Becks’
The kind of modest indie enterprise that satisfies mostly because it's about a character type familiar from real life but all too under-represented at the movies.
Film Review: 'A Beginner's Guide to Snuff'
It's somewhat impressive that this latest feature by the prolific Butcher Brothers renders an inherently repulsive idea farcical enough to bounce jokes off of.
Film Review: ‘The Feels’
An even more sapphically tilted variation on "Big Chill"-type dramedy than "The Intervention" earlier this year, with a similar emphasis on shaggy humor over sometimes less well-tuned dramatics.
Film Review: 'Midnighters'
"Midnighters" operates in the bad-things-keep-getting-worse mode of grotesque suspense mellers from "Blood Simple" to recent Aussie Sundance breakout "Killing Ground."
Seattle Theater Review: ‘Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion,’ The Musical
While the potential is still there for a musicalized "R&M" to improve upon its source, as "Legally Blonde" did, at present this loud, effortful stab at a crowdpleaser goes in the opposite…
Film Review: ‘Chameleon’
A precisely engineered chamber piece that will sharply divide audiences with both its coolly distanced style and incendiary yet somewhat baffling content.
Film Review: ‘Better Watch Out’
This macabre Christmas movie seems destined to become one of those Yuletide perennials for people who like their holiday-themed entertainment as perversely un-wholesome as possible.
