Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 3/4 Speed Sisters is the type of nonfiction feature that challenges perceptions at a fast and furious clip. Go to Full Review Speed Sisters (2015) 92% 80%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 2.5/4 No better or worse than his subsequent law’n’order flick, 1975’s Brannigan. Go to Full Review McQ (1974) 36% 57%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 3/4 One of the better efforts from John Wayne’s post-True Grit period. Go to Full Review Chisum (1970) 83% 74%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 3.5/4 It isn’t the simplistic piece of propaganda one might have reasonably expected. Go to Full Review They Were Expendable (1945) 90% 73%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 3/4 A moody drama atmospherically shot by Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane). Go to Full Review The Long Voyage Home (1940) 100% 70%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 1.5/4 A movie not worth knowing about, let alone watching. Go to Full Review Knowing (2009) 34% 42%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 2/4 It brings up a fascinating footnote in American history and then largely ignores it in favor of spinning an overly familiar action tale that won’t impress anyone who’s caught The Sands of Iwo Jima or The Naked and the Dead on late-night Turner. Go to Full Review Windtalkers (2002) 33% 50%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 3.5/4 It features crackling dialogue, deliciously subversive humor, confident and competent heroes, and a healthy air of sexual playfulness between its romantic leads. Go to Full Review The Thing from Another World (1951) 87% 73%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 2.5/4 Patty Mullen delivers an eccentric and animated (no pun intended) performance. Go to Full Review Frankenhooker (1990) 60% 58%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 1/4 The title turns out to be the most exploitative — and most entertaining — aspect of a no-frills, no-thrills drama that should bore general audiences and slasher flick fans in equal measure. Go to Full Review The Clown Murders (1976) - - 20%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 3/4 Its worth as a horror flick is surpassed by its merits as a dark comedy. Go to Full Review A Bucket of Blood (1959) 71% 68%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 2.5/4 If Bride of Re-Animator isn’t the equal of its predecessor, it’s also no disgrace. Go to Full Review Bride of Re-Animator (1990) 57% 45%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 26, 2026 1.5/4 Richard Burton delivers one of his dreariest — and stiffest — performances. Go to Full Review Bluebeard (1972) 33% 38%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 22, 2026 3.5/4 The Descent is so expertly made that it more than holds its own as a full-throttle horror flick, yet it’s the decision to provide it with a psychological bent that puts it firmly over the top. Go to Full Review The Descent (2005) 87% 76%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 18, 2026 3/4 25th Hour isn’t centrally about 9/11, yet the specter of that day hangs over the entire film. Go to Full Review 25th Hour (2002) 80% 85%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 18, 2026 3/4 A special treat for theater lovers. Go to Full Review Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) 91% 79%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 18, 2026 1/4 Like other one-star atrocities such as The Love Guru, Freddy Got Fingered, and Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, here’s another movie that can accurately be described as a Chernobyl of comedy. Go to Full Review The Brothers Grimsby (2016) 37% 41%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 18, 2026 3/4 Most Highsmith adaptations have been made into satisfying movies, and this one’s no exception. Go to Full Review The American Friend (1977) 87% 80%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 18, 2026 2/4 A feeble addition to the Norman Bates canon. Go to Full Review Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) 29% 33%

Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 18, 2026 4/4 Hitchcock's audacious masterpiece prefers to explore the recesses of the mind rather than the excesses of the flesh, and in doing so gives us one of the screen’s all-time great characters. Go to Full Review Psycho (1960) 97% 95%