Despite its narrative incoherence and bladder-busting length (by horror standards), The Empty Man is a surprisingly entertaining and engaging film.
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Two and a half years on the shelf didn’t do this movie any favors. In retrospect, maybe it should have stayed there.
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Michael Mann’s follow-up to Thief is a beautiful but incomprehensible hodgepodge – incomprehensible both on a plot basis, and because you can’t hear what the fuck anyone is saying.
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Paul Verhoeven’s take on the Invisible Man formula is just as sleazy and outlandish as you might expect.
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An offbeat possession movie that features top-notch performances, while dispensing with most of the genre’s tired tropes and over-the-top CGI theatrics? Sign. Us. Up.
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The sequel nobody asked for to a movie nobody liked, The Gallows Act II also attempts to hitch its wagon to a viral fad long since faded into irrelevance.
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Don’t believe the marketing – or last episode’s outro – Antebellum has nothing to do with time travel, except maybe in the sociological sense.
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An improbably deep cast, potentially spooky premise, and a setting brimming with possibility are all wasted in this highly derivative snoozefest.
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Matt and Jim are thrilled to be back at it, but starting with The Hunt after a four-month layoff turns out to be pretty anti-climactic. And why was Trump pissed about this movie, exactly?
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Another suspense-less entry in this misbegotten franchise is further undermined by a baffling decision to retcon away the only vaguely interesting thing the first film had going for it.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Shock Doctors Podcast is going on hiatus until further notice, due to coronavirus concerns. For more details, listen to the closing message at the end of this episode.
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