The Haunted Forest Quickly Gets Lost In Predictable Boredom
The Haunted Forest has more to explore aside from basic horror but misses the mark with obvious villains and shoddy acting.
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The Morrigan Drags Down a Promising Idea
The Morrigan, for all its atmospheric allure, bloats the movie with too many unfulfilled ideas, weak dialogue, and subpar special effects.
Rock Springs Is Poignant, Revealing a Devastating History [Sundance]
Rock Springs combines historical horrors with supernatural horror, creating a surprisingly emotional film worth viewing.
Nuisance Bear Focuses On the Challenge Polar Bears Face [Sundance]
Nuisance Bear highlights the difficulties polar bears experience, allowing viewers to connect with the confusion and dangers they face.
Run Amok Has Weird But Promising Start That Disappears [Sundance]
Run Amok had potential but squanders it as it loses more of the threading that binds the plot together, unraveling it entirely by the end.
Soul Patrol Showcases Vietnam’s First Black Special Ops Team [Sundance]
Soul Patrol is a revelatory documentary, showing the internal and external conflicts the first Black Special Ops team faced in the Vietnam War.
The Incomer Makes Strong Inroads With Delightful Deadpan Comedy [Sundance]
The Incomer tells a vital story on community through such a quirky, hilariously staid comedy interspersed with fantastical elements ensuring its unforgettable.
Jane Elliot Against the World Is Eye-Opening About the Woman But Nothing New [Sundance]
Jane Elliot Against the World is standard fare. It does not challenge how white activism rarely admits or attempts to rectify its own culpability.
Send Help Is a Survival Challenge Meets Workplace Conflict
Send Help takes on demographic conflicts with peak surprises as the story shifts the survival threat from people versus nature to people versus people.
Primate Is Memorable For Devastating Deaths But Little Else
Primate best moments are brutal, balancing humor with horror. Most of the attempts to connect with the characters don’t work, but it’s still a lot of gory fun.
Influencers Is More Dramatic But Keeps Secrets
Influencers is a fun follow-up, but feels occassionally mismatched with its first flick, at times leaning into hammy antics.
Affection Ups How Far Some Go For Love [Brooklyn Horror]
Affection has science fiction in a tech bro coding way, but focuses on the mystery and human question of what’s ethical and the cost of finding true love.