“THE POWER” HORROR MOVIE REVIEW Van Roberts October 18, 2021 Entertainment, Features, Reviews "THE POWER" HORROR MOVIE REVIEW The best horror movies either scare the living daylights out of you with ghouls and gore or use suspense and subtlety to make your skin crawl. Freshman British writer...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”CANDYMAN” Van Roberts October 4, 2021 Entertainment, Features MOVIE REVIEW OF ''CANDYMAN" “Little Woods” director Nia DaCosta’s lackluster “soul sequel” to Bernard Rose’s seminal Gothic masterpiece “Candyman” (1992) qualifies as an anemic...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”MASQUERADE” Van Roberts September 29, 2021 Entertainment, Features MOVIE REVIEW OF ''MASQUERADE" There is more than meets the eye to writer & director Shane Dax Taylor’s fourth film “Masquerade” (*** OUT OF ****), an implausible pastiche of suspense and...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”COPSHOP” Van Roberts September 21, 2021 Entertainment, Features, Reviews MOVIE REVIEW OF ''COPSHOP" Writer & director Joe Carnahan knows how to make ultra-violent action epics with gun-toting tough guys who wade into blood, gore, and profanity galore. Embarking...
MOVE REVIEW OF ”THE PROTEGE” Van Roberts September 12, 2021 Entertainment, Features MOVE REVIEW OF ''THE PROTEGE" If you crave slam-bang action thrillers that seize you by the throat and sucker punch you from one scene to the next, then “Casino Royale” director Martin...
“DON’T BREATHE 2 MOVIE REVIEW” Van Roberts September 8, 2021 Entertainment, Features, Reviews "DON'T BREATHE 2 MOVIE REVIEW" The message in co-writer & director Rodo Sayagues’ above-average sequel “Don’t Breathe 2” (**1/2 OUT OF ****) is don’t mess with a blind man. Stephen...
MOVIE REVIEW OF ”THE SUICIDE SQUAD” Van Roberts August 31, 2021 Entertainment, Features MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE SUICIDE SQUAD" Calling James Gunn’s overwrought, R-rated, sci-fi saga “The Suicide Squad” (**** OUT OF ****) a sequel to David Ayer’s PG-13 rated original “Suicide Squad”...
“ABOVE SUSPICION” MOVIE REVIEW Van Roberts June 3, 2021 Entertainment, Features 29 Comments "ABOVE SUSPICION" MOVIE REVIEW Emily Clarke of “Game of Thrones” doesn’t tangle with dragons in director Philip Noyce’s “Above Suspicion” (*** OUT OF ****), a tawdry but true-life...
”ARMY OF THE DEAD” MOVIE REVIEW Van Roberts May 28, 2021 Entertainment, Features 40 Comments ''ARMY OF THE DEAD" MOVIE REVIEW Writer & director Zack Snyder is no stranger to zombie zagas. He made his cinematic directorial debut in 2004 with his inspired remake of George A. Romero’s 1978...
“VOYAGERS” MOVIE REVIEW Van Roberts May 11, 2021 Entertainment, Features 28 Comments "VOYAGERS" MOVIE REVIEW Apart from its intriguing premise, the hopelessly predictable, live-action, sci-fi saga “Voyagers” (*1/2 OUT OF ****) has little else to distinguish it. First, climate change has...