My 2 Cents on Backrooms

This navigation of liminal horror really does feel like the closest thing we’ll get to an onscreen version of House of Leaves in all of its atmospheric eeriness. The experience of treading through that book has had such a deep hold on me. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it as long … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Backrooms →

My 2 Cents on Obsession

Good lord, this is one of the most anxiety-inducing movies I’ve seen in a long while, allowing the dread and the bleakness to wrap themselves around me as I witness the horrifying and heart-wrenching consequences of an incredibly foolish wish. I had already been onboard for writer, director, and editor Curry Barker due to the … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Obsession →

My 2 Cents on The Devil Wears Prada 2

Rather than settling for legacy sequel slop, this ends up having its own touching substance to offer while we’re existing in this fast-moving and increasingly technological landscape of ours. To be frank, I was arching a major eyebrow at this movie when it was first announced, thinking it wasn’t all that necessary and it will … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Devil Wears Prada 2 →

My 2 Cents on Pixar’s Hoppers

Pixar is back in action with an enjoyable ride that’s full of bonkers spirit and a heartfelt appreciation for the environment. I’m very glad to have caught this in theaters, and holy crap, it really has been playing for a long while. It reminds me of how I hadn’t seen Sinners until the tail-end of … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Pixar’s Hoppers →

My 2 Cents on Knock at the Cabin (2023)

Knock at the Cabin is a thriller that sure can get my heart pounding as it presents morally complex themes and an ensemble full of strong performances, but it’s hampered by how blatantly it spoon-feeds the story to me. I’d heard the criticisms of this flaw beforehand, so I knew to prepare myself for it, … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Knock at the Cabin (2023) →

My 2 Cents on Honeymoon

Premise: "A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night." There’s plenty to enjoy about the 2014 horror sci-fi movie Honeymoon, even with its imperfections. The slow-burn pacing builds up a creeping tension that left me uncomfortable for the majority of … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Honeymoon →

My 2 Cents on Apple TV+’s Spirited

Premise: "Imagine Charles Dickens' heartwarming tale of a scrooge visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve—but funnier." What's new, everyone? Yes, here is yet another adaptation of A Christmas Carol—this time, an Apple TV+ movie that puts its own modern musical spin on the Charles Dickens novel, with Ryan Reynolds playing the Scrooge-esque Clint Briggs … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Apple TV+’s Spirited →

My 2 Cents on Spider-Man: No Way Home

(WARNING: I’ll be staying away from major spoilers in this review, but I feel like it’s impossible to write this without giving my basic thoughts on a few of the side characters who pop up in the movie. It’s very likely that you know who they are, what with social media and all, but I … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Spider-Man: No Way Home →

My 2 Cents on Netflix’s The Power of the Dog

What’s new, everyone? Unless you’ve been closed off from the film circuit for a while, you’ve most likely heard of all the praise that’s been heaped on The Power of the Dog, the Western psychological drama that writer/director Jane Campion adapted for Netflix from Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name. It’s been on my … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Netflix’s The Power of the Dog →

My 2 Cents on Pixar’s Turning Red

What’s new, everyone? Directed by Domee Shi (Oscar-winning Pixar short Bao) in her feature directorial debut and written by Shi and Julia Cho, Turning Red, the latest movie to be released by Pixar, follows unabashedly dorky 13-year-old Meilin “Mei” Lee (played by Rosalie Chiang) in the year 2002 as she hangs out with her equally nerdy best … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Pixar’s Turning Red →