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Meg 2: The Trench - When 'Jumping the Shark' is Actually a Good/Bad Thing

Meg 2: The Trench - When 'Jumping the Shark' is Actually a Good/Bad Thing

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 4, 2023Shark movies, Megalodon, Meg 2: The Trench, Ben Wheatley, Jason Statham, Cliff CurtisComment

In the Earth: Art-house virus thriller plunges into its own variant of Heart of Darkness

In the Earth: Art-house virus thriller plunges into its own variant of Heart of Darkness

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekMay 13, 2021Pandemic movies, Psychopaths in the woods, In the Earth, Ben Wheatley, Kill List, A Field in England, Heart of Darkness, J G Ballard’s High-Rise, Joel Fry, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia, Reece ShearsmithComment

Rebecca: New Take on Classic Daphne du Maurier Tale Haunted by Hitchcock Original

Rebecca: New Take on Classic Daphne du Maurier Tale Haunted by Hitchcock Original

By Liam Lacey

Review, PreviewJim SlotekOctober 20, 2020Daphne Du Maurier, Gothic Romance, Thriller, Armie Hammer, Lily James, Kirstin Scott Thomas, Ben Wheatley, Rebecca, Netflix movies, Ann Dowd, Alfred Hitchcock, RemakeComment