For those of you who are unaware, the first two months of the new year are reserved for films that usually are not good or that the studios have no faith in. In Hollywood, the unofficial name for January and February are “dump months.” Sure, there have been years where films defied expectations, February 1991’s Oscar Winning film Silence of the Lambs comes to mind, but most are forgettable or downright terrible. Unfortunately, Like a Boss, which released during the second week of 2020, falls into the pile of forgettable films.
Logan Myerz reviews the new Capone film written, directed, and edited by Josh Trank, with Tom Hardy starring as the infamous gangster Al Capone. The film centers on Capone after his 10-year sentence in prison, as he suffers from neurosyphilis and dementia while living in Florida.
Bob Ward reviews the first season of Creepshow that’s currently streaming on Shudder, AMC , and will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD on June 2nd!
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“CREEPSHOW, the new anthology series based on the 1982 horror comedy classic, is still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! A comic book comes to life in a series of twelve vignettes over six episodes, exploring terrors from murder to the supernatural and unexplainable. Haunted dollhouses, werewolves, murderous goblins, villainous trick-or-treaters, the dead, and medical marvels are just a few of the things to watch out for in this new series. You never know what will be on the next page…”
British action movie star, Craig Fairbrass is back in the gangster movie genre with his new film, Villain. A film that finds Fairbrass as Eddie Franks, a man released from prison trying to reconnect with his daughter. But Franks returns to his violent ways when a menacing drug lord threatens his indebted brother. In this episode of Cinephellas Podcast, Nile Fortner discusses with Craig Fairbrass how he got into the action movie genre, his voice-work on video games such as Call of Duty, the movie Villain, and more.
It’s been 15 years since Warner Brothers’ remake of House of Wax arrived in theaters and Logan Myerz revisits the underrated slasher that packs great performances, practical effects, and unforgettable kill scenes!
Logan Myerz reviews The Lodge starring Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, and Lia McHugh that’s currently streaming on Hulu!
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“A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé’s two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.”
“On the night of the strangest weddings in cinema history, a grotesque gang boss hires a stone cold killer to bring him the finger of a fading, drug-addicted jazz legend.”
You’re about to enter “The Suck Zone.” Logan Myerz reviews one of his favorite movies from the 90s, Twister starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt.
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“Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.”
Robert Egger’s The Lighthouse meets James Cameron’s Aliens in the horror-thriller film, Sea Fever. A movie about sea monsters, social distancing, and sci-fi scares of a strange infection in the water supply. On this episode of the Cinephellas Podcast, Nile Fortner speaks with actor Elie Bouakaze, who plays Sudi in the movie Sea Fever. Nile Fortner and Elie Bouakaze discuss what it was like for Bouakaze to film on a boat, the coincidence of this film being released during the Coronavirus period, and more only on this podcast-interview episode.