The Video Vacuum

Valley Girl is one of my favorite ‘80s teen comedies of all time.  When I heard there was going to be a musical remake, I wasn’t surprised. ...

Skizm is the latest craze.  People watch online as two contestants battle it out to the death.  Miles (Daniel Radcliffe) is a meek internet ...

Blake Lively (desperately trying to shed her good girl image with no make-up, ratty hairstyle, and English accent) stars as a woman who beco...

I guess you can tell by the title, Gretel and Hansel, that this is going to be one of those deals where they try to flip the script and elev...

I probably saw more documentaries in 2020 than I have in a long time.  That was mostly because cinematic pickings were kind of slim, thanks ...

Right from the opening scene you can tell Shirley won’t be just another ordinary biopic.  When Rose (Odessa Young, from the new TV version o...

The Outpost tells the true story of heroic soldiers stationed in an outpost in Afghanistan.  Despite the fact the place is a logistical nigh...

After spending ten years in prison for tax evasion, disgraced gangster Al Capone (Tom Hardy) is released from jail.  His body riddled with s...

A young man (Elijah Wood) receives a letter from his long-estranged father (Stephen McHattie) requesting his presence in his home.  Their in...

A new street drug called “Hype” has turned ordinary citizens into crazed junkies, and a once thriving city is now in squalor thanks to the r...

If you’ve ever wondered what ‘90s Skinamax siren Kira Reed (now Lorsch) is up to nowadays, she’s apparently starring in this Amityville cash...

Ben (Dennis Marin) and Lilly (Kara Joy Reed) sneak onto a supposedly haunted island for a secluded romantic getaway.  After doing the deed, ...

Early in Rogue, the following exchange is made: Mercenary #1:  This is stupid.  Mercenary #2:  We do stupid very well.  Oh, if only that wer...

Emile Hirsch stars as an American cop in Puerto Rico who is assigned to evacuate an apartment building during a Category 5 hurricane.  Among...

Sue (Louis Mandylor) convinces his pal French (Scott Adkins) to give up his inglorious bouncer job and come back to a life of loan sharking....

(Programming Note:  I am going to continue the Hindsight is 2020 column until the end of January.  My goal is to watch as many 2020 movies a...

WW84 is one of the worst DC Comics movies of all time.  It’s not as aggressively bad and ugly to look at as Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulo...

This remake of the old Stuart Gordon flick begins in fine fashion with a sexy naked nun flagellating herself in an ancient castle.  Rebecca ...

After being fired from the much-maligned Island of Dr. Moreau, Richard Stanley gets another crack at adapting a beloved work of horror ficti...

Kevin Bacon stars as a rich dude with a shady past who needs to get away from it all.  He gets his much younger actress girlfriend (Amanda S...