Grade: B-
“Thor: The Dark World” is a bit of a mixed bag, but overall, it’s an entertaining movie that might be the best Marvel movie this year. The storyline involving the resurgence...
Grade: A+
Next to sweets and pumpkin-flavored things, the return of nonstop airings of “Hocus Pocus” is the best thing about October. In terms of holiday movies I love the most, “Hocus...
Grade: A
“The Exorcist” first started scaring the crap out audiences in 1973. The amazing feat is that this horror flick still possesses (rimshot) the power to traumatize modern movie watchers....
Grade: A+
I first saw “The Shining” on Halloween a few years ago, and it remains my favorite Halloween classic because I like movies that have a definite creep factor, but aren’t outright...
Grade: F
I can watch horror movies. Gore is not pleasant, but I can handle it. But the first “Child’s Play” movie, released in 1988, is all I had to see of the franchise to decide that...
Grade: B+
Back in the ’90s, made-for-cable movies weren’t plagued by predictable plotlines starring washed-up actors or actresses. The Disney Channel original movie “Halloweentown”...
Grade: A
Sequels are great, and even the occasional trilogy can be good, but are eight related films too much? I don’t think so, at least not when it comes to the “Halloween” franchise....
Grade: D-
Katy Perry is trying to convince me that her new album “Prism” is an honest endeavor as an artist with a lot to say, but I’m not buying it. That’s okay, because millions...
Grade: A
I first caught on to Sainthood Reps through the ever-growing Brand New fandom, but I paid more attention when a band from my hometown opened for the group last fall. Ever since, I’ve been...
Grade: D
Julianne Moore is the only reason I didn’t give this film an F. Her character’s creepiness level lived up to the “horror movie” standard. As for the rest of the movie,...
Grade: A
Beach pop act Best Coast’s newest EP “Fade Away” is, at first glance, formulaic. Produced by Jewel City, “Fade Away” sprouts up between the band’s sophomore...
Grade: D
The second part of Awkward’s season three premiere aired Tuesday, and it was anticlimactic. Within the two weeks preceding the premiere, there were ads everywhere on the Internet about how...
