An enjoyable little murder mystery with lots of twists that make up for some of the less original concepts. It’s a familiar set up, a wealthy family invites guests to an island mansion for an event when one of the guests turns up dead. Everyone is a suspect and no one is allowed to leave the island. The event this particular family, the Winburys, are hosting is their son’s wedding to a woman of a lesser class. The matriarch, played…
Favorite films
Recent activity
AllRecent reviews
More-
-
Sharp Objects 2018
Slow start and you kind of see the end coming, but the characters and town are so fleshed out so that by the time you’re finished you’ll feel like you’ve lived in Wind Gap for years.
Translated from by
Popular reviews
More-
The Monkey 2025
This one was pretty hit or miss for me. Visually I loved it, the atmosphere and setting were spot on. Much of the humor worked really well and I LOL’d several times. And it also nailed the King vibes with the voice over and the by-gone era nostalgia.
The father/son relationship was missing depth and while I enjoyed Elijah Wood’s performance in a small role, the character was so inconsequential I forgot he was even in this. The third act…
Translated from by -
Wolf Man 2025
Blake, Charlotte and their young daughter Ginger travel to Blake’s remote childhood home when his estranged father is officially declared dead after years of being missing. On the way they are attacked by something not quite human but unlike any animal known. They take refuge in the farmhouse, but soon discover Blake has been scratched by the unknown beast and is beginning to exhibit signs of some kind of transformative infection.
As another reimagining of a Universal Monster, I appreciated…
Translated from by
