At the movies: Morbius.

 

"They see me like- a brother," the renegade scientist Michael Morbius says, speaking of the giant tube full of bats he keeps in his downtown lab. This despite his having abducted them, muddled with their DNA, and routinely killing several of them in that methodical way that hurts the collective rep of the scientific community. But it illustrates one of the several movie-killing problems at play here, namely an insistence that what is said overrides what is seen. This philosophy is fine for radio drama, but not for cinema. Have a read...

At the movies: Night Teeth.

 

Night Teeth, the new Netflix vampire epic, is visually stunning and socially interesting, and nestled within it is a one-scene wonder performance from Megan Fox like she's auditioning for Selene Gallio whenever the MCU figures their shit out.

At the movies: Breaking Dawn - Part I.

So, this movie you might have heard of opened this weekend.

As you can see above, it's nonstop hot Brazilian honeymoon action. But there are certainly some enjoyably campy facets. Read all about it within...

At the movies: Fright Night.

I remember seeing the original film on a VHS that also had Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce and Armand Mastroianni's The Clairvoyant on it. What can I say, my family's video library had exquisite taste.

But now, it's Fright Night all over again. And I kind of dug it.

At the movies: Eclipse.

My review of the latest Twilight film, courtesy of the Nashville Scene.