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Your Halloween binge sorted: From found footage to nightmare children's TV and slow-burn creature features

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 31 -- It is that time of the year again when horror hounds, casual moviegoers, and genre purists alike flock to screens big and small looking for their annual spooky season fix. As... Read More


'Clayface': James Gunn's body horror spin on DC villain is a hugely refreshing win

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 24 -- Say what you want about James Gunn's reign as the CEO of DC Studios, but you certainly can't say that he's been boring, that he hasn't tried enough new things, or that he's pl... Read More


I went into 'Digger' expecting Oscar bait, I walked out thoroughly impressed

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 17 -- OCTOBER 17 - As critically acclaimed as Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu may have been throughout his career, I have always found his filmography to be something of a mixed bag. I... Read More


Two new Chinese blockbusters show us how it's done

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 3 -- For the longest time, when it comes to the sheer scale and spectacle of cinematic blockbusters, local moviegoers have almost instinctively looked toward Hollywood to deliver th... Read More


'Resident Evil' cements Zach Cregger's reputation as horror's brightest new star director

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 26 -- I've never been much of a gamer. While die-hard video game purists spent decades complaining about fidelity to source material and whether this or that is canon or not, I've ... Read More


Is 'Hope' the 'Mad Max: Fury Road' of monster movies?

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 19 -- Some auteurs, like Takashi Miike, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Michal Winterbottom, are effortlessly prolific, churning out a new feature every couple of years with factory-l... Read More


Adam Wingard returns to his trashy genre roots with 'Onslaught'

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 12 -- It's always nice to see a filmmaker return to their trashy, low-budget roots after a stint with the major studios. For the better part of a decade, Adam Wingard has been som... Read More


The summer movie season ends with two surprisingly very good blockbusters

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 5 -- It is no secret that Hollywood is currently suffering from a severe case of acute franchise exhaustion. We live in a cinematic landscape dominated by board approved IP, multi... Read More