NewsHorror
The Yellow Wallpaper (2022): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
Jane, a writer and new mother, is sent by her doctor husband John to spend the summer at their sprawling rural home for…
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August 2023
NewsFilms
Oppenheimer (2023): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘Oppenheimer’ tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer. There is a lot of substance to the film, but there is a lot of…
NewsScifi
The Man With The Magic Box (2017): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘The Man With The Magic Box’ is a Polish film that shows influences from ‘Men In Black’, ‘GATTACA’, Tarkovsky and several other sources,…
NewsFantasy
Dave Made A Maze (2017) : a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘Dave Made A Maze’ is reminiscent of a contemporary Forbidden Zone, infused with peculiar music. Dave assembles a maze in his living room…
NewsFantasy
Disenchanted (2022): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
Disenchanted is the sequel to 2007’s Enchanted, with Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey returning as the leads; but while some of the humor…
July 2023
NewsScifi
The Quatermass series: a film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper.
Tuesday, July 18, 2023, marks the 70th anniversary of the first broadcast of the inaugural episode of BBC’s ‘Quatermass’, a series of plays…
June 2023
NewsHorror
The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster (2023): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster’ starts out narrated by the ‘angry Black girl’ of this horror movie title. She tells a…
NewsHorror
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (2023): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
A lot of people these days on the Internet and elsewhere seem to have an unquenchable thirst for celebrity biographies. A large number…
ReviewScifi
A.I. Love You (2022) by Mark R. Leeper (a film review).
‘AI Love You’ is a United States/Thai Science Fiction film which predates the current A.I. craze by about a year. It has elements…
ReviewScifi
M3gan (2023) by Mark R. Leeper (a film review)
‘M3gan’ portrays a nearly-human robot in the form of a young girl, reminiscent of ‘Deadly Friend’. Evelyn, on the other hand,…
NewsFilms
Master (2022): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘Master’ is a surprisingly effective story with high production values. We start out wondering, ‘Is this a ghost story? A polemic? Or what?’…
May 2023
NewsHorror
We Have A Ghost (2023) : a film review by Mark R. Leeper
‘We Have a Ghost’ is a family-friendly horror-comedy with a PG-13 rating. This amusing tale revolves around a family that relocates to a…