“The Matrix” is a visually dazzling cyberadventure, full of kinetic excitement, but it retreats to formula just when it’s getting interesting. It’s kind of a letdown when a movie begins by redefining the nature of reality, and ends with a…
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I AM LEGEND (2007)
The opening scenes of “I Am Legend” have special effects so good that they just about compensate for some later special effects that are dicey. We see Manhattan three years after a deadly virus has killed every healthy human on…
Critically Acclaimed Austrian Horror Film ‘Goodnight Mommy’ Getting an English Language Remake
When it was released back in 2014, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s Goodnight Mommytopped many year-end best of lists, garnering an impressive 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes and earning rave reviews nearly across the board. Not surprisingly, a remake is now…
Snowpiercer (2013)
After a global weather crisis the only survivors on Earth are the passengers of a high-speed globe traveling train. A class system emerged on the train between the haves (front of the train) and the have-nots (back of the train).
DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
The zombies in “Day of the Dead” are marvels of special effects, with festoons of rotting flesh hanging from their purple limbs as they slouch toward the camera, moaning their sad songs. Truth to tell, they look a lot better…