Two of the more formative moments in anyone’s life is losing someone close to you, and definitely fighting with your parents. Whether you’re regretting the epic showdown you had with your parents over getting a nose piercing in 2004, or genuinely touched after the loss of a parent, Regretting You, is sure to bring a tear to your eye, but in a very good way. Director Josh Boone brings his previous ...
Monster Summer is a nostalgic 90s horror flick that sets out to capture the attention of the whole family. It seems very rare that a ‘scary’ film actually pulls off a multi-generational appeal but director David Henrie and writers Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz do just that: it’s spooky, fun and won’t give your children nightmares, well, too many. It’s sort of like The Goonies meets Scooby Doo....
Based on a short story by Joe Hill, Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone is a well paced thriller that successfully crosses genre boundaries. Subverting expectations along the way is nice, but unfortunately the story telegraphs its main punches a mile off. This review contains spoilers, so if you wish to view The Black Phone impartially scroll straight to the last two paragraphs. Denver, 1978; A mas...
