Review: “Ready or Not”

Basing a film on the premise of meeting your new spouse’s in-laws isn’t exactly a novel idea. There’s plenty of drama and hijinks that comes with the territory – especially if the new in-laws have traditions, customs, beliefs, or status that takes some getting used to. Sometimes, there’s an initiation to go through even after the vows are said and done. Sometimes, that initiation involves attempting to survive a deadly game of hide and seek until sunrise while said in-laws try to kill you. That’s the basic premise for 2019’s Ready or Not, starring Samara Weaving as the bride-to-be-hunted, in an intense thriller that plays for keeps up until the final moments…

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Review: Underwater (2020)

For all the lackluster films that have come and gone with little fanfare, there is occasionally a diamond in the rough. Even if it didn’t gain much notoriety during its run in theaters, there was one movie that swam its way into a suspenseful and surprisingly enjoyable foothold in the horror genre: Underwater, starring Kristen Stewart and the big bad Cthulhu himself. The film breathes a welcoming originality into the mysterious enemies that slowly pick off the cast one by one…

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Review: The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man follows Cecilia, played by the incredible Elisabeth Moss, after her escape from the house of her abusive tech mogul boyfriend. But even after his apparent suicide, she still encounters a force haunting her life, which she believes to be her boyfriend who’s found a way to become invisible. After her far-fetched theory leaves her discredited and abandoned, it’s up to her to protect herself and her loved ones, discover the truth, and get vengeance…

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