Movie Review: Doctor Strange (2016)

I have to admit to feeling a little burned out on superhero films over the past year or two. There are just so many out there that they are hard to escape. Besides that, Marvel has planned so far ahead that it seems to sap a lot of the potential drama surrounding the heroes being defeated or perhaps dying. Then there is the problem that as impressive as the Marvel cinematic universe is, it has become studio driven more than creator driven giving everything a sense of sameness. This is why I like it when characters a little out of the mainstream arrive, like Antman last year. The fact we have a Doctor Strange movie adds some knew elements to the mix, shakes things up somewhat.

Movie Review: Sinister 2

Three years ago Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill brought us Sinister. It was a horror movie that drew me and unsettled my core. It was a movie that, like Insidious, proved there is life and quality in mainstream horror. It was a haunted house tale, it was a demonic tale, it was a missing person mystery, and it succeeded in making skin crawl. It was a movie that took a different angle on the idea of found footage, having the main character find film that pertains to the mystery at hand. It was quite effective. Sadly, the sequel did not live up to its predecessors promise.

Movie Review: Deliver Us from Evil

From the moment I first saw the trailer for Deliver Us from Evil, I knew I wanted to see it. Not just because I am a horror fan, but because it looked legitimately good. The trailer built up some scares, plenty of atmosphere, and certainly a distinct level of interest. It is a horror based on a true (or supposedly true) story, and we generally know how that goes, there is a certain amount of embellishment that goes on to the reality of the story, some rearrangements made for the sake of the cinematic take on the tale, but there is still a core of truth somewhere in there.