I saw the trailer for Dark Skies on opening night of Zero Dark Thirty, and since I will watch anything with Keri Russell in it [because she is magnificent to look at] a viewing was inevitable. In all honesty, I actively sought this out-- the theatrical trailer actually made me want to see it. I dig alien abduction flicks. Well, I dig the idea of them, I suppose. It's one of the only sub-genres of horror that actually scares me.…

"Admittedly, I'm not a fan of the horror genre. Typically, horror flicks tend to be poorly directed, written and acted. The few that I enjoy are mostly because of the "fun-factor" and not necessarily for the quality of the film itself."

That was the start of my review of 2008's Let the Right One In, which I also gave 4 stars. When I wrote that pair of sentences at the time, The Evil Dead was one of the films I…

Near perfect. One of the best time-travel films I've seen, in part because of the juxtaposition of its intricate script & the simplicity of its setting. You would never guess that traveling only mere hours back in time would serve for such a compelling narrative, but "Timecrimes" pulls it off with brilliant pacing and a plot woven with intelligent twists, not ones that pander to its audience or insult their intelligence. Karra Elejalde [Hector] delivers a tremendously compelling lead performance[s], and…

Not to lead with the obvious, but this is probably Matthew McConaughey's greatest performance of his newly resurgent career. What he does here is damn near brilliant. So much so that it makes up for the fact that pretty much everyone else, aside from Juno Temple, is quite mediocre in this. The first scene that he and Temple have together is electric and you get a glimpse of where the chemistry will eventually lead. Thomas Haden Church is over-matched in…