Tag: 4 stars

  • Like Me by Jonny Numb

      Like Me Even More… On one level, the title Like Me speaks to the social-media landscape that measures an individual’s worth in terms of how many “likes” they can garner. On another, it alludes to assimilation – the sentiments and behaviors one must adopt in order to toe a line of social acceptability, or…

  • Terrifier Reviewed by Jonny Numb

    Terrifier I love ya, horror, but there are times when you just don’t get it right. You know what I’m talking about, and a lot of filmmakers use it like clockwork: When all else fails, fill the screen with gore. But wait – bloodshed and fear are synonymous concepts, right? Hardly. The worst examples of…

  • A Quiet Place by Billy Crash

    A Quiet Place: Enjoy the Silence… For moviegoers, the A Quiet Place trailer has been no stranger to their collective minds. Unlike other trailers that give the entire story away, such as Truth or Dare (no need to see it now that we know half the characters are already dead and the plot’s been laid out like…

  • 68 Kill (2017) by Jonny Numb

    68 Kill  [95 minutes. R. Director: Trent Haaga] 68 Kill is the sophomore directorial effort of screenwriter Trent Haaga, who subverted the horror genre with his thought-provoking scripts for Deadgirl and Cheap Thrills. While the cast will appeal to genre fans, the film has more in common with the pitch-dark, trailer-park comedy of William Friedkin’s…

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (2017)

    It’s hard to believe that the oppressive creepfest, The Eyes of My Mother is the feature film debut of writer/director Nicholas Pesce. Using black-and-white digital photography to capture the mood, we follow Francisca (Kika Magalhaes and Olivia Bond) on her coming of age journey that goes horribly wrong. The Eyes of My Mother is a dramatic…