Sep 29, 2017
By Matt Kahkonen
I think every movie lover out there has this sort of love/hate relationship with Nicolas Cage. When he’s good, he’s really fucking good, but when he’s bad, he elevates overacting to a level unknown to the rest of the acting world. Mom and Dad is a horror comedy that uses Cage’s unique brand of...
Sep 29, 2017
By Matt Kahkonen
The Square is an odd movie to review. It does so much right and has so many individual flashes of brilliance that I wanted to love it, but it never really came together to form an enjoyable and cohesive film.
Using the pretentious modern art scene as a tool to satirize a number of societal issues...
Sep 28, 2017
By Matt Kahkonen
Anyab is a super low budget 1981 Egyptian adaptation of Rocky Horror Picture Show. If you think that might be up your alley, well...you’re probably wrong. I really wanted to like this movie. I knew going into it that it would be weird, unintentionally goofy, and generally pretty shitty. Unfortunately...
Sep 27, 2017
By Matt Kahkonen
Never judge a movie based on a weird title. 3ft Ball and Souls is a moving fantasy about a group of strangers who come together to commit suicide via the detonation of a 3ft Ball of fireworks.
Of course there’s a catch: every time they kill themselves, time resets to the same moment, minutes before...
Sep 27, 2017
By Matt Kahkonen
Continuing the tradition of films like Stand By Me and Mean Creek, Super Dark Times is about a group of teenage boys who find themselves dealing with an accidental tragedy in some of the worst ways possible while still attempting to be normal high schoolers in the 1990s.
There are some really great...