The Fear Street Trilogy caught me off guard. Marketed as a teen slasher, with a premise and structuring that only works with this kind of weekly release schedule, Fear Street promised gore, horror, genre appreciation, and maybe a little representation.…
‘Fear Street Part 2: 1978′ review: A rock n’ roll supernatural horror with slasher movie tendencies
Continuing the slasher movie goodness established in Fear Street Part 1: 1994—which was released last week—Fear Street Part 2: 1978 searches the past for answers at the seemingly harmless Camp Nightwing. Reminiscent of Friday the 13th, the supernatural forces at work…
Life of the Party Movie Review: Melissa McCarthy Charms in Mediocre Comedy
Melissa McCarthy, when given a chance to shine in roles, really goes all out. She’s funny, that’s a given, but her roles have varied from playing assholes with big hearts or kind and gentle women who wise up and power…
Movie Review: Dean
Dean is not, as it purports to be in nearly all of its marketing material, a “comedy about tragedy.” It’s more along the lines of a middling post-mumblecore dramedy about Demetri Martin wish-fulfilling himself into bed with Gillian Jacobs. Granted, that…
‘Love’ Season 2 Review
Before I get into the swing on reviewing the second season of Netflix’s Love, I would take a moment to point out that this season took a couple of jabs at the city of Atlanta (where I have since been living…
TV Review: Love Season 1
The age-old tale of love and heartbreak is one that has existed since the dawn of man, and we all have our own little stories to tell about it. Maybe you had a really awkward date that resulted in you…
Ally’s Movie Review: Life Partners
I’m turning 23 this week and I’m a little worried. I mean really, truly, concerned over the state of the start of my “adult life” that has seemingly regressed since graduating college rather than moved forward. While a great film…