Theo James
The enveloping, engrossing Longlegs and the darkness within it are still fresh in my mind as I write this, my second-ever review of an Osgood Perkins film. However, if Perkins was flexing his ‘80s Satanic Panic muscles with Longlegs, consider his adaptation of Stephen King’s short story The Monkey to be his twisted version of […]
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Director/writer Riley Stearns’ Dual brings to mind “The Replacement,” a fairly decent episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in which one character is suddenly cloned and witnesses the clone living his life better than he ever did. The film also calls up shades of Robert S. Fiveson’s The Clonus Horror (and Michael Bay’s alleged [gotta stick […]
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The first chapter in the newest pre-planned trilogy based on a series of young adult action/fantasy novels, “Divergent” has the advantage – or disadvantage, depending on how you look at it – of filling the void between “Hunger Games” movies, with an ostensible aim to capture an audience that just can’t wait until November to […]
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