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 →
Netflix brings yet another original genre show to television with its new series, Black Summer. Produced by The Asylum (of Syfy's Z Nation,) it acts as a prequel to that series. I’ve not seen an episode of Z Nation, and what I have seen makes me think it’s probably a bit too goofy for my tastes. With the... 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 →
[All images copyright Gene Page/AMC] So, tonight we got an update on Daryl in an episode titled The Cell, which continued the pace of last week's stellar episode with another slow-build narrow focused story. Tonight's focus was on Daryl, following his capture by Negan, who is being held in a ... (wait for it) cell in... Continue Reading →
[Photos copyright Gene Page AMC] [This post contains spoilers for Season 7 Episode 2 The Walking Dead: The Well] Well, this was a much-needed episode to follow last week's brutal (and ultimately unsatisfying) season premiere. Why was this episode so good? First of all, three words: KING FREAKING EZEKIEL! But not just this awesome new... Continue Reading →
(Image copyright: AMC) [SPOILERS FOR LAST NIGHT'S THE WALKING DEAD] So, The Walking Dead returned last night with its much-anticipated season premiere which promised to answer the question: Who did Negan kill? As you surely recall, Season Six ended with a cliffhanger that (to put things lightly) didn't go over well with fans. The show spent all... Continue Reading →
(Non-spoiler review) It’s not often that a horror movie surprises me. It’s even rarer for a January horror movie to be good. And even rarer, a horror movie with a doll that I find even remotely tolerable. And yet, here is it — The Boy. I have to admit when I saw the first trailer... Continue Reading →
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