The Cobbler’s Wife
This feels like a pilot episode of an anthology sci-fi show that wasn't picked up, and at 1 hr 1 minute long, it probably is. A lonely shoemaker builds a…
After She Wakes
Actually not bad supernatural thriller about woman who experiences night terrors, and possibly a visit from a demon, after accidentally killing her infant son in a car accident. Not great…
Abaddon’s Pit
Supernatural flick starts pretty interesting and then totally loses the thread. A man who feels responsible for the car crash that kills his wife discovers a triangular and apparently bottomless…
Superterranean
One of the most boring "thrillers" I've ever seen. An injured climber in Scotland wakes up in a mountain shelter. He tends to his injuries, and in a few minutes…
The Human Hibernation
This is sure to be a polarizing film. More a montage than a story, with plenty of very long, unhurried (and beautifully shot) nature shots, this film depicts a version…
Empathy, Inc.
Sometimes I stumble onto a treat. A company invents VR technology to allow rich people to experience life from the viewpoint of someone more disadvantages. To say more about the…
Among Us
Not absolutely terrible haunted house movie. Couple recovering from the death of their son is haunted by... it's not clear, but something. Also, seems to be set in basically a…
Body Keepers
Subpar teen scream. Two little kids disappear when their mom isn't looking, then bunch of teenagers go to get a wheelbarrow from a shed where a body is being kept…
Obsidian (2020)
Patients at a medical clinic trial an experimental drug that cures their permanent injuries... at first. Sub-USA-Up-All-Nite bottom-of-the-barrel zero-budget amateur-made flick turns out to be, weirdly, not a 100% terrible…
Red River Road
This movie proves skilled direction and acting can save a movie from ludicrous writing... until they don't. This movie starts with a family having moved to a rural home to…
True Dark
Totally amateur, exceptionally long, very-poorly-acted sci-fi story about a man in a hawaiian shirt, not at all believable as a researcher but more likely just whoever they could cast, who…
New Order (2012)
Scientist pandemic something something. 8 minutes of the most egregious "found footage" cliches were enough to get me to turn it off.
The Capture (2017)
Disappointing sci-fi aims for the bleachers and then bunts. Scientists find a way to bring a person back from the afterlife, spend the entire movie arguing about ethics because the…
In April
This is one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen... to a point. This movie about a suicidal man driving around in a car looking for an opportunity to kill…
Indiscretions
This "thriller" is in every way like a porn flick without any sex. These people are obviously not actors, and are as stiff as if they're reading lines off cue…
Dimland
Truly strange—this is a very talky, amateurish, artsy and extremely pretentious zero-budget indie flick with little plot, dislikeable characters and not much acting to speak of... and yet, somehow, it…
Dream Scenario
Odd swing-and-a-miss featuring a miscast Nic Cage as a dorky college professor who begins turning up in millions of people's dreams around the world, bringing him unwanted fame. Starts out…
Harbinger Down
"Alien" in a boat. Vaguely watchable sci-fi/horror action adventure, if derivative. Stars Lance Henriksen as the Captain. He is the last character to die, meaning this may be a horror…
Light (2024)
Seems like a BBC production. "Talky" doesn't cover for this sci-fi "thriller" that is literally entirely talk. Two astronauts wander through a dark fog depicting the surface of a planet…
Katernica
A hopelessly pretentious amateur production apparently about an actress wanting to stage a cursed one-act play—I got that by looking it up online, because I sure couldn't tell from watching…
From Dust
Strange. This is a bottom-of-the-barrel, amateur, zero-budget, home-movie level attempt at sci-fi, as a couple of non-actors playing "scientists" examine ancient artifacts found Antarctica, which turn out to release something…
Happy Birthday (2023)
This movie was listed as "College friends find themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time while visiting a vacant house on the edge of town", which is not…
Goodfellas
Funny enough, tonight I filled in a bunch of reviews long-time favorites I'd never posted, and as soon as I was done, what does Tubi serve up, but the best…
A Bronx Tale
This movie about a young man's coming of age in the mafia-controlled Bronx in the 60s, set against the backdrop of the growing civil rights movement, has always been a…
Grace
Understated, character-based horror like they used to make in the 1970s, although with a fair share of visceral gore along the way, for sure. A mother carries a miscarried baby…
Burden Of Dreams
Les Blank's truly memorable documentary about the making of Werner Herzog's excellent "Fitzcarraldo", a historical adventure drama about an early-20th-century entrepreneur seeking access to rubber trees in the Andes who…
Hearts Of Darkess
For the Apocalypse Now fan: the "making of" documentary about the incredibly chaotic process that somehow yielded that masterpiece. And the documentary is nearly as powerful as the film. It's…
The Shining
Rounding out the list of favorite films I haven't reviewed because I haven't watched them since I started writing capsule reviews, but nonetheless felt need a mention in any list…
Apocalypse Now
This is a placeholder, just put here because no way am I going to let a list of favorite movies go on any longer with Apocalypse Now being mentioned on…
Blue Velvet
One more favorite I realized I didn't have something posted for. I think some of these big favorites, I've seen so many times, I don't even watch them anymore, hence…