Bad Times At The El Royale Is A Mostly Good Time
After six years of waiting since his directorial debut project The Cabin in the Woods…
NerdInTheBasement
NerdInTheBasement (A.K.A. Douglas Laman) is a man of cinema, pure and simple. He loves good music, good food, good friends and the vocals of Idina Menzel. He does movie reviews, news pieces, editorials, occasional TV coverage and is well-known for writing like he's running out of time. Douglas Laman also has a Patreon, where you can donate to support his crippling movie-watching habit: https://www.patreon.com/DouglasLaman
Articles:
Bradley Cooper And Especially Lady Gaga Soar In An Emotionally Powerful New Take On A Star Is Born
Living out here in a suburban town in Texas, I’m isolated from any and all…
Audiences Let The Devil In As Venom Blows Away October Box Office Records Like Turds In The Wind And A Star Is Born Has Sensational Bow
I was wrong. I was so very wrong. I was convinced that a Venom movie…
Don’t Get Too Close To Venom, It’s Where Eddie Brock’s Demons Hide…And Also It’s A Dismal & Awkward Movie
Good God, the Venom movie is an outstandingly clumsy exercise in cinematic storytelling. This whole…
Night School Takes Moviegoers To Class As Smallfoot Gets Off To Average Start And Hellfest Burns Down
A new Kevin Hart comedy, Night School, premiered over the weekend and like much of…
Hold the Dark Is A Shallow And Tedious Journey Into The Cold Wilderness
MILD SPOILERS AHEAD I kept waiting and waiting for Hold the Dark to suddenly click…
The House With A Clock In Its Walls Tick Tocks On The Clock, The Party Don’t Stop With Its Great Opening Weekend As Three Other New Releases Bomb
The third weekend of September was led by a newcomer that got off to a…
The Land of Steady Habits Thoughtfully Probes The Long-Term Consequences Of A Persons Actions
Watching Ben Mendelsohn get interviewed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this past Thursday allowed me the…
White Boy Rick Is Frequently Scattered But Also Frequently Engaging
For better and for worse, there’s a whole lot that the crime drama White Boy…
The Predator Finds Time To Bleed During Weak Opening Weekend As A Simple Favor Fares Decently And White Boy Rick Doesn’t Bring In The Dough
In the wake of Deadpool becoming such a massive success and redefining what R-rated films…