Ian Jay

I cannot overstate how grotesque this film is both in its message and makeup. Its a heck of a ride with some serious gore en route, a moral message on balance, and tremendous acting. Dennis Quaid steals every scene he is in - he carictures as a misogynist corporate executive as if he were born to play it. Of course, Demi Moore shines and that woman was committed to fleshing out this characters and she at first almost seems a miscast for a horror movie the likes of Cronenburg's The Fly/The Brood or Leviathan, but her story arc revolves supremely well as Elisabeth Sparkle. The ending is pure gonzo, bloody, and over the top to point it borders on humor. Great costume and makeup effects. Not for everyone. Hope this movie makes $$$

I love Deadpool movies and while this was good, it definitely lacked compared to the previous two entries. As usual with Marvel movies, they become so convoluted with the plot. I suppose the Deadpool character exploits these convolutions with 4th wall reference winks, but again, compared to the previous two entries, this was way more overthought. My expectations were met from the buddy pairing of Wolverine and our title hero. Hugh Jackman was great and so was Reynolds. If they ever make a Gambit movie, it better be played in closed caption.

It goes w/o saying that if you loved Alien and Aliens, you will find this 7th entry worth watching and be entertained. I enjoyed this movie. I know people like their nostalgia, but I could just do without the lines from previous entries, personally. There were times I felt like closed captioning needed to be on though with the characters kind of mumbling but I suppose that's secondary. Impressive set pieces meticulously detailed like Alien and great creature animatronics for the facehuggers and two legged aliens which brought back memories of Aliens, far exceeded expectations. If any more sequels of spinoffs of the franchise occur, please see Romulus as Exhibit A for the modern day bar.

Simple AI takeover that starts as an effective buddy cop action with great choreography in its fight sequences then the film delves to body horror as our main character is helpless. Definitely a mix of Robocop, The Matrix, and Get Out all rolled up into one nice action, sci-fi, horror movie. Though this movie feels much more grounded and I felt more empathetic to the main character as his character arc devolves from controlling to uncontrolling past the brink. It certainly will not convert anyone anti-ChatGPT into a ready user of the program.

Talk about polarizing, mezmorizing, and probably offputting to a general audience. That's this movie. It might rub people the wrong way (as it did with others I watched it with) but it is an interesting premise with good, but unpredictable direction. The story itself is eery and a character torture both psychologically and physically as Skaarsgard delivers a great sleaky vulnerable character and Mia Goth evolves as you would expect to the puppet master inculcating tormentor. Its not a scary horror, but rather suspenseful unsettling horror.

This is definitely for the fan of 'coming back from the dead to reclaim misappropriated property that puts my buried body at peace' patient slasher flick with some innovative kills and graphic gore. This may be the simplest slasher horror movie I have seen - builds a little character for the victims, minimal if any music soundtrack, patient stalking, great optics and lighting. Its claim to fame will be filming from the first person view of the stalker hearing what he hears from his perspective while adding to the 'ambience' of deep wooded endeavoring while stalking. But there are good subtleties to admire outside of the stalker esp towards the end which adds to the suspense. Much like the horror genre, this is for a select audience who can appreciate a break from the "typical" 'rack em up to die' slasher movie.