After a yearlong delay, a replacement director, heavy reshoots, and multiple editors, The Wolfman is probably about as good as it could possibly be.…
More vampires? Really? Is that what we need? You can’t swing a bat at the multiplex these days without hitting one, though it could…
In The Road, John Hillcoat’s long-awaited, big-screen take on a most unlikely bestseller, the world ends with neither a bang nor a whimper. It…
Right from the start, it’s clear no expense was spared and no detail neglected in Tony Jaa’s magnum opus actioner, Ong Bak 2: The…
Richard Kelly’s new film is based on Richard Matheson’s short fiction “Button, Button,” in which a man gives a struggling couple a wooden box…
Paranormal Activity reputedly had its genesis in director Oren Peli’s lifelong fear of ghosts, which led him to do intensive research into haunting, demonic…
A postmodern mash-up of horror movie fun, The House of the Devil is a fascinating, sometimes frustrating homage to ’70s horror films, set firmly…
Not unlike this year’s other half-baked sci-fi social commentary, District 9, Surrogates begins with a montage of thoroughly phony newsreel footage that forecasts the…
Antichrist is an exorcism of the foulness and unmitigated hatred stewing inside notorious provocateur Lars von Trier. Its production follows a crippling depression which…
Where do women fit in horror films? In a world dominated by Michael Myers, Leatherface, and Jigsaw, how can women identify with the onscreen…
Adaptation is the medium of our time. For better or worse, appropriation has devolved from oxymoronic theories of postmodernism into a more practical mode…
Rob Zombie’s die has been cast. In four pitches, he’s had a foul, a hit, and two huge strikes — an average that won’t…
Adored by geeks for his stylish violence, lauded by the arthouse for his immaculate camera, and beloved by many for his Vengeance Trilogy, South…
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is not a great movie. It’s not even a good movie. But we need a different set of…
Orphan is a nasty, unpleasant movie, filled with predictable plot turns, one-dimensional characters, and some really lousy dialogue — but it’s also a lot…
Should you shell out 10 clams to see Blood: The Last Vampire? Well, that depends on what you’re looking for. Solid acting, remotely believable…
Drag Me to Hell has everything you could want from a movie of its title. This includes, but is not limited to, a vomiting…
I’m confused. Did I just watch a long con, an existential meltdown, or a roarin’ twenties period piece? Rian Johnson, director of The Brothers…