The Daily-ish Journals of Writer, Cartoonist David W. Wright
The first movie, as I said in my review, was perfect. So, how does one follow-up a perfect movie? Do you play it safe and do more of the same? Do you take the sequel to new places? Or do you try and find some middle ground? A Quiet Place 2 chose the first path,... Continue Reading →
A Quiet Place is perfect. There you go. End of review. Stop reading and go see it! What? You want more? Okay, if I have to convince you, read on. The movie begins ominously with a title card reading "Day 89" and we're thrust into a very quiet scene of a family foraging for supplies.... Continue Reading →
Ravenous is one of one of those rarest of rare Netflix gems — a good zombie movie. Yet the things that make it stand out are also the things that show how far it falls short of greatness. This French Canadian film that won “Best Canadian Film” at the Toronto International Film Festival starts off... Continue Reading →
Generally speaking, video streaming services are hit and miss when it comes to horror movies. If it's a good movie, you probably already saw it when it was in theaters or when you rented it. And what you usually have left are movies you'd find at a garage sale for .25 a pop, if said... Continue Reading →
Let’s first address the elephant in the room: is M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, Split, any good? Yes. Yes! And hell yes! The other question you might have is: is there a twist? No. There’s some cool surprises, but not the kind of killer twist audiences came to expect in Shyamalan’s breakout movies. After his... Continue Reading →
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