While there has been a horror renaissance in Hollywood, Nicholas McCarthy’s new film, The Prodigy, continues 2019’s streak of poor theatrical releases instead of joining its contemporaries as a unique horror experience.
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The Punisher Season 2 Wrap-Up
As Netflix’s Marvel shows dwindle, The Punisher Season 2 shows signs of life with its brutality and character relationships despite its somewhat bloated length. *Minor Spoilers Ahead*
In Theaters Review: Vice
While Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic, Vice, has some good performances from its cast, the film treats its subject matter as a joke and is another tiresome instance of Hollywood poking fun at the Bush administration.
In Theaters Review: Glass
Glass, the followup to M. Night Shyamalan’s successful 2017 film, Split, as well as his 2000 effort, Unbreakable, is a cobbled together mess of ideas that’s overly long, poorly told, and incomprehensible at times.
Is Black Mirror: Bandersnatch groundbreaking or an overrated novelty?
While the idea of an interactive film is definitely interesting, is Black Mirror: Bandersnatch as groundbreaking as some believe or is it just a novelty?
In Theaters Review: Replicas
Jeffrey Nachmanoff’s new film, Replicas, boasts a promising concept that’s bogged down by an all-around horrible film.
Cinema Smack’s Best of 2018
With 2018 in the books, let’s take a look back at our personal favorites from this year!
In Theaters Review: Aquaman
Aquaman is a dumb movie with a horrible script but serves as a step in the right direction for DC as a fun and colorful adventure flick.
In Theaters Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony instills a lot of fun and avoids making any major mistakes with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, their new animated adventure with the webslinger, despite a densely bloated plot.
In Theaters Review: Robin Hood
In a sea of countless films based on the character, Otto Bathurst’s 2018 version of Robin Hood is as average as a film can possibly be.