2021 Film Review: The Suicide Squad9/18/2021 Written by: Kevin Berge  Are you ready? Because this time we really are some kind of suicide squad. (Image Courtesy of: thedailybeast.com) Quick Take: The Suicide Squad understands its concept so fully that it makes the poorly conceived first film look all the worse. It is hilarious, brutal, violent, irreverent, dramatic, emotional, and intense, and it never feels like anyone is safe.
2021 Film Review: Malignant9/14/2021 Written by: Kevin Berge  James Wan as always creating nightmares just with his posters. (Image Courtesy of: collider.com) Quick Take: Malignant presents a concept so intriguing that it makes up for its most aggressive screenplay flaws. It is terrifying and builds to a wonderfully established twist that is natural to the story.
Analyzed Film Review: Before I Wake9/11/2021 Written by: Kevin Berge  Awww, look who came to the sleepover. (Image Courtesy of: deccanchronicle.com) Quick Take: Before I Wake establishes an intriguing concept that makes for a fun enough horror ride. However, it struggles with its scripting, wasting a solid cast by failing to stick the landing.
Analyzed Film Review: Cargo9/5/2021 Written by: Kevin Berge  Going on a nice little stroll with your baby in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. This is why you don't have babies after the world ends. (Image Courtesy of: nofspodcast.com) Quick Take: Cargo establishes itself quickly but moves slowly through its dramatic take on a zombie film. Carried by careful attention to its setting and a quality performance from Martin Freeman, it is more than the sum of its parts.
2020 Film Review: I Care a Lot8/29/2021 Written by: Kevin Berge  Rosamund Pike is back at it again, making us all terrified of a motivated and calculating woman. (Image Courtesy of: ohthatfilmblog.com) Quick Take: I Care a Lot presents a heightened spotlight on conservatorship that combines ridiculous black comedy with a growing quiet terror. Its story has some holes, but the overall aura of this movie is hard to forget.
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