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The best series since Mike Flanagan's "Midnight Mass", his new 8-episode take on Stephen King's CARRIE is a brilliant, fascinating, beautifully acted thrill ride of epic proportions. The casting is flawless. With the expansive canvas of an eight episode arc to tell King's tale, Flanagan not only brings new nuance to the characters, but he modernizes the story to today, bringing in the impact of social media and our 24/7 online world to the high school setting. The effect is startling, giving...

Somewhere in the depths of BELOW's six episode arc is a decent 2 hour eco-mystery/giant sea monster thriller begging to be hatched. Alas, you have to wade through 6 uneven and rambling episodes to find any hint of treasure. And that might be too strong a word. Josh Hartnett (Verity, Pearl Harbor), who I'm enjoying seeing once again all over the large and small screen, is enjoyable as local fisherman Calvin Penney. As the series opens, we meet him as young man on a boat with his family, towing...

When WHALEFALL is underwater, it's a feast for the eyes and the ears, but when it's on land, things aren't nearly as breathtaking. The story is simple. Young scuba diver Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) is back in town after the death of his father, local fishing legend Mitt Gardiner (Josh Brolin), diving to find the undiscovered remains of his dad. In the film's best sequence, Jay sits on an underwater shelf overlooking the brink of the ocean's depth. It reminded me of Ed Harris's stop on an...

Two hours and 40 minutes of kinetic action, chase scenes, suspense and thrills, HOPE defies quick explanation. If you blended "Signs", "Independence Day", "Nope"and a post modern Western, you're still not even close to the clever, hugely enjoyable film that South Korean Writer/Director Na Hong-jin has created. For its entire, nearly three hour running time, there are no moments that bore, just interludes where Hong-jin (The Yellow Sea, The Wailing) lets you catch your breath. As the film...

OTHER MOMMY needed other writers. Derivative, nearly a remake of "Poltergeist" and even weaker than the lame 2015 remake that's already a travesty against the 1982 original, MOMMY brags that it has nearly 50 jump scares. I counted about five. Director Rob Savage tries to wrap every scene in spooky, distracting camera angles and dread, but it's just kind of exhausting waiting for something to happen. I don't blame young actress Arabella Olivia Clark (The Housemaid) as Bela, the young daughter...

The posters for VERITY boldly pronounce, "There is no light where we are going." For full transparency, it should have also added "and no human dialogue and an incredibly impossible story with plot holes the size of New Jersey". I so wanted this film to be a 2020's version of the superb erotic thrillers of the 80's like "Basic Instinct" and "Jagged Edge". It's just begging for a smooth Jerry Goldsmith music score. Alas. We meet writer Lowen Ashleigh (a fine Dakota Johnson) whose author...

It's Halloween Week! My 12 Favorite Horror Films, Ranked

Just in time for Halloween, I wanted to offer up my Top Dozen Horror films of all time, ranked from scary great to the horrifying best. These films span the last 60+ years, but all earned an A+ ranking as terrifying treats that I love to revisit often in search of the new tricks they hold for repeat viewers. I've searched to find alternate posters for each that you wont see on their review within the George At The Movies site. If there have been remakes of the film, I have shown the release...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron of...

The best series since Mike Flanagan's "Midnight Mass", his new 8-episode take on Stephen King's CARRIE is a brilliant, fascinating, beautifully acted thrill ride of epic proportions. The casting is flawless. With the expansive canvas of an eight episode arc to tell King's tale, Flanagan not only brings new nuance to the characters, but he modernizes the story to today, bringing in the impact of social media and our 24/7 online world to the high school setting. The effect is startling, giving...

Somewhere in the depths of BELOW's six episode arc is a decent 2 hour eco-mystery/giant sea monster thriller begging to be hatched. Alas, you have to wade through 6 uneven and rambling episodes to find any hint of treasure. And that might be too strong a word. Josh Hartnett (Verity, Pearl Harbor), who I'm enjoying seeing once again all over the large and small screen, is enjoyable as local fisherman Calvin Penney. As the series opens, we meet him as young man on a boat with his family, towing...

When WHALEFALL is underwater, it's a feast for the eyes and the ears, but when it's on land, things aren't nearly as breathtaking. The story is simple. Young scuba diver Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) is back in town after the death of his father, local fishing legend Mitt Gardiner (Josh Brolin), diving to find the undiscovered remains of his dad. In the film's best sequence, Jay sits on an underwater shelf overlooking the brink of the ocean's depth. It reminded me of Ed Harris's stop on an...

Two hours and 40 minutes of kinetic action, chase scenes, suspense and thrills, HOPE defies quick explanation. If you blended "Signs", "Independence Day", "Nope"and a post modern Western, you're still not even close to the clever, hugely enjoyable film that South Korean Writer/Director Na Hong-jin has created. For its entire, nearly three hour running time, there are no moments that bore, just interludes where Hong-jin (The Yellow Sea, The Wailing) lets you catch your breath. As the film...

OTHER MOMMY needed other writers. Derivative, nearly a remake of "Poltergeist" and even weaker than the lame 2015 remake that's already a travesty against the 1982 original, MOMMY brags that it has nearly 50 jump scares. I counted about five. Director Rob Savage tries to wrap every scene in spooky, distracting camera angles and dread, but it's just kind of exhausting waiting for something to happen. I don't blame young actress Arabella Olivia Clark (The Housemaid) as Bela, the young daughter...

The posters for VERITY boldly pronounce, "There is no light where we are going." For full transparency, it should have also added "and no human dialogue and an incredibly impossible story with plot holes the size of New Jersey". I so wanted this film to be a 2020's version of the superb erotic thrillers of the 80's like "Basic Instinct" and "Jagged Edge". It's just begging for a smooth Jerry Goldsmith music score. Alas. We meet writer Lowen Ashleigh (a fine Dakota Johnson) whose author...

It's Halloween Week! My 12 Favorite Horror Films, Ranked

Just in time for Halloween, I wanted to offer up my Top Dozen Horror films of all time, ranked from scary great to the horrifying best. These films span the last 60+ years, but all earned an A+ ranking as terrifying treats that I love to revisit often in search of the new tricks they hold for repeat viewers. I've searched to find alternate posters for each that you wont see on their review within the George At The Movies site. If there have been remakes of the film, I have shown the release...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron of...

The best series since Mike Flanagan's "Midnight Mass", his new 8-episode take on Stephen King's CARRIE is a brilliant, fascinating, beautifully acted thrill ride of epic proportions. The casting is flawless. With the expansive canvas of an eight episode arc to tell King's tale, Flanagan not only brings new nuance to the characters, but he modernizes the story to today, bringing in the impact of social media and our 24/7 online world to the high school setting. The effect is startling, giving...

Somewhere in the depths of BELOW's six episode arc is a decent 2 hour eco-mystery/giant sea monster thriller begging to be hatched. Alas, you have to wade through 6 uneven and rambling episodes to find any hint of treasure. And that might be too strong a word. Josh Hartnett (Verity, Pearl Harbor), who I'm enjoying seeing once again all over the large and small screen, is enjoyable as local fisherman Calvin Penney. As the series opens, we meet him as young man on a boat with his family, towing...

When WHALEFALL is underwater, it's a feast for the eyes and the ears, but when it's on land, things aren't nearly as breathtaking. The story is simple. Young scuba diver Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) is back in town after the death of his father, local fishing legend Mitt Gardiner (Josh Brolin), diving to find the undiscovered remains of his dad. In the film's best sequence, Jay sits on an underwater shelf overlooking the brink of the ocean's depth. It reminded me of Ed Harris's stop on an...

Two hours and 40 minutes of kinetic action, chase scenes, suspense and thrills, HOPE defies quick explanation. If you blended "Signs", "Independence Day", "Nope"and a post modern Western, you're still not even close to the clever, hugely enjoyable film that South Korean Writer/Director Na Hong-jin has created. For its entire, nearly three hour running time, there are no moments that bore, just interludes where Hong-jin (The Yellow Sea, The Wailing) lets you catch your breath. As the film...

OTHER MOMMY needed other writers. Derivative, nearly a remake of "Poltergeist" and even weaker than the lame 2015 remake that's already a travesty against the 1982 original, MOMMY brags that it has nearly 50 jump scares. I counted about five. Director Rob Savage tries to wrap every scene in spooky, distracting camera angles and dread, but it's just kind of exhausting waiting for something to happen. I don't blame young actress Arabella Olivia Clark (The Housemaid) as Bela, the young daughter...

The posters for VERITY boldly pronounce, "There is no light where we are going." For full transparency, it should have also added "and no human dialogue and an incredibly impossible story with plot holes the size of New Jersey". I so wanted this film to be a 2020's version of the superb erotic thrillers of the 80's like "Basic Instinct" and "Jagged Edge". It's just begging for a smooth Jerry Goldsmith music score. Alas. We meet writer Lowen Ashleigh (a fine Dakota Johnson) whose author...

It's Halloween Week! My 12 Favorite Horror Films, Ranked

Just in time for Halloween, I wanted to offer up my Top Dozen Horror films of all time, ranked from scary great to the horrifying best. These films span the last 60+ years, but all earned an A+ ranking as terrifying treats that I love to revisit often in search of the new tricks they hold for repeat viewers. I've searched to find alternate posters for each that you wont see on their review within the George At The Movies site. If there have been remakes of the film, I have shown the release...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron of...

The best series since Mike Flanagan's "Midnight Mass", his new 8-episode take on Stephen King's CARRIE is a brilliant, fascinating, beautifully acted thrill ride of epic proportions. The casting is flawless. With the expansive canvas of an eight episode arc to tell King's tale, Flanagan not only brings new nuance to the characters, but he modernizes the story to today, bringing in the impact of social media and our 24/7 online world to the high school setting. The effect is startling, giving...

Somewhere in the depths of BELOW's six episode arc is a decent 2 hour eco-mystery/giant sea monster thriller begging to be hatched. Alas, you have to wade through 6 uneven and rambling episodes to find any hint of treasure. And that might be too strong a word. Josh Hartnett (Verity, Pearl Harbor), who I'm enjoying seeing once again all over the large and small screen, is enjoyable as local fisherman Calvin Penney. As the series opens, we meet him as young man on a boat with his family, towing...

When WHALEFALL is underwater, it's a feast for the eyes and the ears, but when it's on land, things aren't nearly as breathtaking. The story is simple. Young scuba diver Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) is back in town after the death of his father, local fishing legend Mitt Gardiner (Josh Brolin), diving to find the undiscovered remains of his dad. In the film's best sequence, Jay sits on an underwater shelf overlooking the brink of the ocean's depth. It reminded me of Ed Harris's stop on an...

Two hours and 40 minutes of kinetic action, chase scenes, suspense and thrills, HOPE defies quick explanation. If you blended "Signs", "Independence Day", "Nope"and a post modern Western, you're still not even close to the clever, hugely enjoyable film that South Korean Writer/Director Na Hong-jin has created. For its entire, nearly three hour running time, there are no moments that bore, just interludes where Hong-jin (The Yellow Sea, The Wailing) lets you catch your breath. As the film...

OTHER MOMMY needed other writers. Derivative, nearly a remake of "Poltergeist" and even weaker than the lame 2015 remake that's already a travesty against the 1982 original, MOMMY brags that it has nearly 50 jump scares. I counted about five. Director Rob Savage tries to wrap every scene in spooky, distracting camera angles and dread, but it's just kind of exhausting waiting for something to happen. I don't blame young actress Arabella Olivia Clark (The Housemaid) as Bela, the young daughter...

The posters for VERITY boldly pronounce, "There is no light where we are going." For full transparency, it should have also added "and no human dialogue and an incredibly impossible story with plot holes the size of New Jersey". I so wanted this film to be a 2020's version of the superb erotic thrillers of the 80's like "Basic Instinct" and "Jagged Edge". It's just begging for a smooth Jerry Goldsmith music score. Alas. We meet writer Lowen Ashleigh (a fine Dakota Johnson) whose author...

It's Halloween Week! My 12 Favorite Horror Films, Ranked

Just in time for Halloween, I wanted to offer up my Top Dozen Horror films of all time, ranked from scary great to the horrifying best. These films span the last 60+ years, but all earned an A+ ranking as terrifying treats that I love to revisit often in search of the new tricks they hold for repeat viewers. I've searched to find alternate posters for each that you wont see on their review within the George At The Movies site. If there have been remakes of the film, I have shown the release...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Las Vegas

Jaw dropping. WOW. One of a kind. I could list twenty more superlatives and they wouldn't begin to capture the experience of seeing the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ at The Sphere in Las Vegas. I should preface my take with the fact that I've never been a big fan of the film. Surely it was a yearly TV tradition in the sixties, where my family would gather to watch it in front of our 19" color TV. In my youngest years, that damn witch would scare the hell out of me, along with her squadron of...

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