At the movies: The Relic.

 

1997's The Relic was a grand quilt of influences, behind the scenes chaos, and a superb monster, and I got to write about it for the AV Club as part of a series about airport bestsellers getting turned into movies.

At the movies: Insidious Chapter 3.

It's back.The little horror franchise that could keeps thwarting expectations (especially after that dumb shit in the second one), and I'll happily proclaim this chapter the best in the series. It's a prequel, which is fine, because the Lambert family's story is not quite as interesting as Elise Rainier and the Spectral Sightings boys. Truthfully, I'd like to see the series focusing on them, either theatrically or on one of those subscription-based networks that have yet to find the right kind of serialized horror (no offense to Hemlock Grove, whose first season is a fun mess and whose second season is actually good, like a real TV show).

At the movies: The Cabin in The Woods.

One of my favorite films I've seen so far this year, I got a chance to talk about this unique little mind-melter in The Scene. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did seeing, then writing it.

At the movies: Attack the Block.

So I was recently approached by a local arts magazine to do a bit of film writing for them, so I did. Let me know your thoughts.