Evil DeadEvil Dead revels in the grotesque, the perverse and the horrifying. It is a zombie movie. But it's also a movie about demonic possession, opening the door to hell and the danger of reading strange boo…Cory Dransfeldt·2d ago·2 min readFollowthrillerhorror
The Night Comes For UsFirst off, Iko Uwais does not age. He looks younger here than he did in The Raid . Much like its spiritual predecessor and said predecessor's sequel , The Night Comes For Us is a gloriously violent fi…Cory Dransfeldt·4d ago·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
Pretty LethalC4? I mean, I see at least 16. If you know anything about Pretty Lethal going in, you know that it's bound to be an absurd film. It knows that and is gleeful in its execution. A ballerina troupe is se…Cory Dransfeldt·5d ago·2 min readFollowthrillerhorrormusicaction
The Way of the GunKarma? Karma's only justice without the satisfaction. I don't believe in justice. A weaving, vicious film, The Way of the Gun kicks off with a drawn-out, wildly offensive screed by Sarah Silverman (wh…Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 4·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeactiondrama
Riders of JusticeMads Mikkelson is a gift. While Riders of Justice sits comfortably within the action genre, there is so much subtly and nuance surrounding that gunfire filled core. It's a movie about the unpredictabl…Cory Dransfeldt·May 27·2 min readFollowthrilleractioncomedydrama
CopshopI drew ya a dick. It just got weird. Well, it's gonna get weirder. Copshop starts at a jog, lurches around and then flips over, skids, giggles and takes off at a run as soon as Toby Huss shows up. Thi…Cory Dransfeldt·May 25·1 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
HushHush is a pretty ok horror movie about Maddie. Maddie is deaf, she's an author and she lives alone in a small home in the woods. Sarah and John live nearby and seem like pretty great neighbors. They s…Cory Dransfeldt·May 19·1 min readFollowthrillerhorrordrama
The StrangersDo you think they ever found Tamara? What if they'd had a no soliciting sign? Remember those old phone chargers that inevitably turned into a knot? Or how you used to be able to swap out batteries in …Cory Dransfeldt·May 18·1 min readFollowthrillerhorrordrama
Ready or Not 2: Here I ComeCan I have a cigarette? Ready or Not 2 such a wonderful, over the top, gleeful exercise in horror, satanism and camp. The Faculty is perhaps my all time favorite movie, so seeing Elijah Wood and Shawn…Cory Dransfeldt·May 7·2 min readFollowthrillerhorroractioncomedy
Urban LegendDo you smell something? Urban Legend occupies the same milieu as Cherry Falls and I Know What You Did Last Summer but is far closer in quality to the latter. I vaguely remember having seen this before…Cory Dransfeldt·May 5·2 min readFollowmysterythrillerhorror
Cherry FallsClass dismissed! Cherry Falls is a ludicrous slasher that manages to be campy while landing oh so shy of self-parody. A serial killer is on the loose murdering high school virgins so all the high scho…Cory Dransfeldt·Apr 30·1 min readFollowmysterythrillerhorror
Crimes of the FutureThe Cronenberg family has made some of the most grotesque movies I've ever watched. To their credit, they're never needlessly grotesque. Crimes of the Future exists solidly within body horror, which i…Cory Dransfeldt·Apr 21·1 min readFollowscifithrillerhorror
Crime 101I will watch and compare every single heist movie and compare it to Heat because Heat is the pinnacle of the genre. Crime 101 occupies a similar cinematic space. Davis shows shade's of Neil McCauley —…Cory Dransfeldt·Apr 14·2 min readFollowthrillercrime
Send HelpHEPL A dash of Lord of the Flies , a splash of Castaway , a douchebag nepobaby boss and the eccentric lady from planning and accounting that said boss abuses relentlessly. Oh and she's a fan of Surviv…Cory Dransfeldt·Mar 25·1 min readFollowthrillerhorrorcomedy
War MachineAlan Ritchson is great in these roles — particularly Reacher . There's nothing new, nothing novel, nothing terribly admirable about War Machine . 81 (Ritchson) loses his brother, he becomes an army ra…Cory Dransfeldt·Mar 18·1 min readFollowscifithrilleraction
Fight or FlightFight or Flight . Fight on Flight. Fight and Flight. Fight in Flight. JUST KILD SOMONE This movie is violent and completely, unabashedly absurd. I've loved Josh Hartnett since The Faculty and it's ref…Cory Dransfeldt·Mar 2·1 min readFollowthrilleractioncomedy
28 Years Later: The Bone TempleSurreal, touching, horrifying and somehow all three at once. Yet another entry into the 28 Days/Months/Years saga that never falters, never slows down and refuses to disappoint. Ralph Fiennes is magni…Cory Dransfeldt·Feb 17·1 min readFollowthrillerhorror
Small Engine RepairThis was an odd movie — it's uneven, but it manages to work because it's uneven. The first two thirds of it is a somber tale of lifelong friends, familial dysfunction and all involved try and do what'…Cory Dransfeldt·Feb 17·1 min readFollowthrillercrimedrama
The HomeLook, normally I'd say it's safe to assume that a movie like The Home is bad purely because it's a horror movie featuring Pete Davidson. But the fact that Bodies Bodies Bodies proves that this can wor…Cory Dransfeldt·Feb 9·1 min readFollowmysterythrillerhorror
We Bury the DeadIt's incredibly rare for a truly compelling movie like We Bury the Dead to emerge from such a well-trodden genre. It's not the apocalypse, but in Tasmania, it feels like it is. We've seen this though,…Cory Dransfeldt·Feb 4·2 min readFollowthrillerhorrordrama
Greenland 2: MigrationTo survive the apocalypse in Europe, all you need to do is ask for help. How do you know you're in Europe? Post-apocalyptic European infrastructure is better than pre-apocalyptic American infrastructu…Cory Dransfeldt·Jan 27·1 min readFollowscifithrilleractionadventure
Bring Them DownThis felt quite similar to The Beasts , but less engaging and what felt like lower stakes. They both center on disputes among neighbors in rural settings, with Bring Them Down having a romantic link s…Cory Dransfeldt·Jan 26·1 min readFollowthrillerdrama
The RipThe Rip is a good heist movie. I love a good heist movie. It's not exceptional, but it's entertaining as hell and, frankly, rips. You could not ask for a better cast for a bottled up, tense whodunnit …Cory Dransfeldt·Jan 23·1 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
Don't Worry DarlingDon't Worry Darling is what happens when guys sit home alone, all day, in chat rooms listening to crap on YouTube. Guys that are also too stupid to know that you can't take the same phone you use in t…Cory Dransfeldt·Jan 13·1 min readFollowscifimysterythriller
Wake Up Dead ManScooby Dooby doo If you've seen the other Benoit Blanc movies, you'll know they follow a well-designed formula. I hesitate to call them formulaic given the negative connotations of the term, but they …Cory Dransfeldt·Jan 2·1 min readFollowmysterythrillercomedy
The Running ManThe most depressing part of this movie is that it's set in 2026. Taps the sign. Science fiction is often a warning, but The Running Man feels so close to the present moment that it's a warning that we…Cory Dransfeldt·Dec 18·1 min readFollowthrilleraction
Die My LoveWhere are you, Grace? I'm right here, you just can't see me. There were moments early on where Die My Love felt like it wasn't for me, it wasn't what I would have expected (though I didn't come in wit…Cory Dransfeldt·Dec 10·4 min readFollowthrillerdrama
The HuntI vaguely remember some controversy around this movie when it was first on its way to a release. Having watched it, it feels to farcical and stupid to have been controversial. It picks the worst caric…Cory Dransfeldt·Nov 20·1 min readFollowthrillerhorroraction
One Battle After AnotherI thought you took AP Common Sense? A perfect movie for which I have heaps of praise and a dearth of criticism. This is easily the movie of the year. It's heartfelt and fucking hilarious. It couldn't …Cory Dransfeldt·Nov 18·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
Caught StealingI build websites. First, I feel attacked. Second, holy hell . This is the best take on the someone falls ass backwards into a ramshackle caper since I first watched Snatch . I can't and won't explain …Cory Dransfeldt·Nov 12·2 min readFollowthrillercrimecomedy
Black Phone 2I am a bottomless pit of sin. Nostalgia and memory are such a funny thing. The further you get from events, the more they fade, become blurry and linger as feelings. Certain moments stand out, sure, b…Cory Dransfeldt·Nov 5·2 min readFollowthrillerhorror
SovereignYou declare yourself a sovereign citizen like you imagined this was declared a sovereign nation. You reject a system you feel has failed you, you read, you cite legal code and you expect that rejectio…Cory Dransfeldt·Nov 4·1 min readFollowthrillercrimedrama
HierarchyHierarchy aspires to be Heat on a shoestring budget but, instead, ends up bogged down by uneven performances. It features an understated score, disembodied narration voiced by one of the leads and ple…Cory Dransfeldt·Oct 28·1 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
Dead of WinterUff da There's parts of the United States that I can admire the geography of for its beauty, but could never bear to live in. This movie takes place in one of those places — the upper midwest. It's fr…Cory Dransfeldt·Oct 23·2 min readFollowthrillerdrama
The Long Walk💰🩸🧦👟🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️ The only guarantee you have as a human being is that you are going to die. And, if you're lucky, you get to choose how to spend those last moments. ... Every moment matter…Cory Dransfeldt·Oct 21·3 min readFollowthrillerhorror
She Rides ShotgunRemember, kids : how do you know a law enforcement officer is corrupt? That they're wearing a badge is a good indicator and, if they're not wearing a badge, that's an even better indicator. She Rides …Cory Dransfeldt·Oct 14·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
Love Lies BleedingDave Franco with the mullet, Ed Harris with the skullet. It's not lost on me that A24 is one of the last movie studios that consistently releases movies that are risky, challenging and genuinely artis…Cory Dransfeldt·Oct 7·2 min readFollowthrillercrimedramaromance
Nobody 2All he wanted to do was take his family to a weird theme park he had a good memory of from childhood. But hey, sometimes that theme park is operated by a criminal beholden to an even scarier criminal …Cory Dransfeldt·Sep 16·1 min readFollowthrilleraction
Hallow RoadWhen I see a run time so short I expect to either be seriously disappointed or very impressed. Hallow Road left me very impressed. Nearly the entirety of the film consists of Rosamund Pike and Matthew…Cory Dransfeldt·Sep 3·1 min readFollowthrillerhorrordrama
HereditaryHoly shit. Clicks tongue. ✂️🐧🍰🚙💈⚰️🔥🧙🏻♀️ You can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends and this family is fucked. So are your family's friends. But, don't lose your head. Your s…Cory Dransfeldt·Aug 30·1 min readFollowmysterythrillerhorror
