Movie Review: Poltergeist (2015)

As soon as it was learned that a remake of Poltergeist was in the works, the interwebs caught fire with the usual chorus of ruining our childhood, and no original ideas, and why can't they just leave things alone. On one hand, they aren't wrong on some counts, but wrong on others (I never got on the childhood ruining aspect). I generally just wait and see if the movie proves to be good or bad. The final judgment is in the product. I had some hope going in based on the cast and Raimi's Ghost House imprint. Sadly, hope faded fast as the movie began to play.

Movie Review: Laggies

Do you ever feel disembodied, boundless, like you are spinning helplessly through space? Of course you have, we all have. That is what is at the center at Laggies. It is a young woman hitting a quarter-life crisis, facing the dawning realization of adulthood and the impending responsibilities that comes with it. It is not a great movie, nor does it have any aspirations to be. Laggies seems to be a movie that has a lot in common with its protagonist, it does not aspire to be anything more than it is at this time, yet it faces expectations from the viewing public that it is not yet ready for. You could think it is a touch clever in that regard, or it could just be happy coincidence.