Browsing: Movie Reviews

Good Boy turns what sounds like a silly premise—a dog’s-eye view of a haunted house—into an oddly moving horror story about loyalty, loss, and what it really means to be a “good boy.”

We’re all self-centered. We have no choice. For creative types, this natural and unavoidable self-centric impulse can result in painters creating self-portraits, writers including themselves in novels, and in movies we find movies made about making movies: Meta Movies!

I’m not a horror fan. I don’t enjoy the feelings they bring—anxiety, fear, disgust, dread. I try to keep those emotions out of my daily life. Still, these films managed to creep onto my screen… and into my nightmares. Consider this a warning list—or an invitation, depending on your tolerance for terror.