I’ve learned a lot since I started researching for this review. I learned there is something called “creepypasta” which are horror-centric urban legends or short stories created and then spread virally across the internet. Then I learned that the new film “Backrooms” was originally a YouTube anthological video series that was based on a creepypasta … Continue reading
On the front-end of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s near fifty-year acting career, after he had established himself in two Conan movies and took the world by storm in “The Terminator”, he released “Commando”. It was his first starring role (minus the docudrama “Pumping Iron”) that wasn’t science fiction or sword-and-sorcery. But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t an … Continue reading
I’ll be perfectly honest, I don’t know what to expect from the upcoming “Masters of the Universe”. I’m simply not sure what kind of demand there is for a movie based on a 1980s animated series and Mattel toy line. Yes I know there have been several animated revivals over the last forty years. But … Continue reading
It has been seven years since a new Star Wars film has hit the big screen. For fans of the franchise, it has been a long and agonizing wait (please pardon the drama). Yet there has been no shortage of new canonical Star Wars content for us to consume via streaming. Since the franchise’s last … Continue reading
Adapted from Shelby Van Pelt’s 2022 best-selling novel of the same name, “Remarkably Bright Creatures” is a heartwarming drama that’s not made for the more cynically minded. It’s an earnest and empathetic tearjerker, yet one with enough restraint to make its handful of cliches easier to digest. Most importantly, it never loses sight of the … Continue reading
After premiering nearly eight months ago at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, the well-received “Obsession” is now getting it official release. It’s the sophomore effort from 26-year-old filmmaker Curry Barker who was recently announced to be writing and directing a new reimagining of “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” for A24. That came as a … Continue reading
Keith & the Movies 