Mystery

The original movies of the Lifetime network are mostly the exact opposite of what comes out of Hallmark. If Hallmark gives you romantic comedies, Lifetime gives you overly dramatic films about infidelity, stalking or murder, with the term ‘Ripped from the Headlines’ often used. They sometimes have a name star but do not have the […]

While erotic thrillers seem to have lost their luster since their heyday in the ’80s, they are making a come back with films such as Bone Lake. Movies about erotic drama, or anything bordering on that sphere, ruled in the 80s and died down by the mid-90s when the absurdities of the genre were made […]

Like an ice cream topping, Drugstore June is packed with comedians. The writer Esther Povitsky also appears as the Title character, the typical Unbearable influencer that she has gone with throughout these episodes. One can’t ignore social media , it is one of the most sought out professions to the younger generation, which is why […]

There have always been anti-heroes in horror and thrilling cinema such as Hannibal Lecter, Patrick Bateman and now the newest addition to this dark lineage is Clare Bleecker, the teenage sociopath, who is being portrayed by Bella Thorne in Mitzi Peirone’s Saint Clare. The film is also based on Don Roff’s novel Clare at Sixteen, […]

The Tiger’s Apprentice: I have not seen any animated movie for quite a while even though I have attempted to see a couple of them over the past few weeks which did not strike me in particular. I believe the most recent animated movies that I watched last year were ‘Moana, Encanto and Nimona’ and […]

Witchboard: Russell has an extraordinary ability of spotting potential and maximizing it to create a movie star in the example of casting Patricia Arquette as the first lead actress in ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors’, or bringing Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz into the international spotlight with his 1994 film ‘The Mask’, […]

Screaming with passion for visual aesthetics is Paula Ortiz as evidenced in some of her earlier works such as Chrysalis[+], The Bride[+](which was screened in the Zabaltegi section of the San Sebastian Film Festival nine yrs ago) and Teresa[+]. Now she goes back to the same film festival, this time with The Red Virgin [+] […]

There are certain instances in life where one can watch a film and have no expectations, and this feeling can be the source of the most enjoyable surprises. With regard to the title The Image of You, the only thing I was aware of was that it was an erotic thriller and that Pretty Little […]

Bloodline Killer commences on Halloween Eve when young Connor (James Gaudioso, Mid-Century, The Ghost and the Whale) is watching his father get slashed by a mask-wearing man dubbed Skulleton (Adam Shippey, The Many Saints of Newark, The Family Fang). He wants to protect him, but there’s nothing he can do, since his mother Moira (Shawnee […]

Murder mysteries are in once again, and Reunion tries to ride the wave. Though, as far as the creative team here is concerned, almost everything they attempted was done better in 2022’s the quite underrated The Afterparty, and quite a lot of projects both before and after it. One aspect not lacking on any level […]