Brian Holcomb

Brian Holcomb PopMatters Aug 19, 2019 7/10 Kier grounds the film with his sober and serious presence. Go to Full Review Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth)(The Mind Benders) (1967) 88% 73%

Brian Holcomb Kinetofilm Dec 25, 2012 2.5/5 Cockneys Vs. Zombies delivers exactly what is expected of a film called Cockneys Vs. Zombies. This is a farce first, horror film last. Go to Full Review Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) 78% 45%

Brian Holcomb Kinetofilm Dec 18, 2012 4.5/5 Ai Weiwei is such a laid back, calm and yet mischievous spirit that the film takes on a whole different, almost joyous tone. Go to Full Review Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) 98% 82%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Nov 8, 2012 5/5 One of the great joys of the film is watching the way in which William Holden's naturalistic performance clashes with an actress and performance style from an earlier age. Go to Full Review Sunset Boulevard (1950) 98% 95%

Brian Holcomb Kinetofilm Nov 7, 2012 4.5/5 Supposedly nothing is staged. Truthfully, so much of this film is stranger than fiction, it would require pure writing genius to come up with even a third of what transpires. Go to Full Review The Ambassador (2011) 71% 75%

Brian Holcomb Kinetofilm Oct 14, 2012 2.5/5 The Filmmakers should've consulted one another re: their content-one more segment with a group of A-HOLES carrying on like the cast of JACKASS and my head may have exploded. Go to Full Review V/H/S (2012) 56% 41%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Oct 11, 2012 3/5 There's a lot of college dorm philosophical mumbo jumbo on top but it all really boils down to, "Man seeks his creator/makes contact/discovers he is a total jerk." Go to Full Review Prometheus (2012) 73% 68%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Sep 28, 2012 2.5/5 Made for an audience of no one, Dark Shadows is a mess of campy horror, "fish out of coffin" comedy, and gothic melodrama. Go to Full Review Dark Shadows (2012) 35% 46%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Sep 13, 2012 2.5/5 Believe it or not, no one ever says the game's signature line. So, lets say it here, all together and with enthusiasm, "You sunk my Battleship!" Go to Full Review Battleship (2012) 33% 54%

Brian Holcomb Kinetofilm Jun 26, 2012 2.5/5 The truth about this Game of Shadows and its predecessor is that neither has a story worthy of its hero. The story is not only often improbable, it is often simply impossible to follow. Go to Full Review Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) 60% 77%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend May 1, 2012 4.5 Like his work or not, Ti West's follow up to "The House of the Devil" is another fine piece of craftsmanship. Go to Full Review The Innkeepers (2011) 81% 42%

Brian Holcomb Kinetofilm Dec 3, 2011 3.5/5 This is the kind of movie where the lead character gets involved in a narrative so labyrinthine that he should eventually suspect himself at some point. That said, Alfredson manages to create a nightmarish atmosphere Go to Full Review Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) 84% 65%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Nov 21, 2011 5/5 A film OF the 1970s, The Conversation is rooted in the new American anxiety of the time, the idea that behind every ideal was a rotten, festering truth. Go to Full Review The Conversation (1974) 94% 89%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Jun 27, 2011 1.5/5 A vanity project from successful Hollywood screenwriter Mitch Glazer, this film should really be much funnier than it is. Oh, it's not a comedy, by the way. Not at all. Go to Full Review Passion Play (2010) 3% 17%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Mar 17, 2011 5/5 Birdemic appears to be completely sincere, an attempt by Nguyen to make a serious and moving work of art. So what if it moves us to tears with laughter? Go to Full Review Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010) 19% 27%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Feb 14, 2011 2/5 The film seems to be straining at times for an existentialism way outside of its grasp. This isn't Camus; it's Rod Serling by way of Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter. Go to Full Review The Traveler (2010) - - 14%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Jan 27, 2011 2.5/5 The third and final entry in Stieg Larsson's enormously successful series is perhaps the least thrilling, but it's easily the most satisfying. Go to Full Review The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) 53% 66%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Jan 11, 2011 3.5/5 If you make a film about exorcism, you better be ready to be compared to one of the best films ever made. Surprisingly, the film holds its own in that regard. Go to Full Review The Last Exorcism (2010) 71% 35%

Brian Holcomb Kinetofilm Dec 3, 2010 3/5 Initially BLACK SWAN appears to be a psychological horror film about a ballerina who goes insane. But it's really about a filmmaker who goes insane-in good ways and bad. Go to Full Review Black Swan (2010) 85% 84%

Brian Holcomb CinemaBlend Nov 30, 2010 3.5/5 What first-time director Blakeson does with this very familiar situation is cut it to the bone. Not only is there very little fat on this body, there's barely a skeleton. Go to Full Review The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009) 81% 67%