Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) Warren are back again to help a man who is on trial for murder. The man, Arne, is essentially innocent because he was possessed by a demon at the time of the murder. The central question becomes: can Ed and Lorraine find enough evidence to assist Arne’s lawyer in building a defense against the murder charges? They…
It's the new old, re-boot-make-tread Alien movie. That sounds like it was garbage, but it actually had a lot going for it and managed to succeed more than it failed. The plot follows Rain (Caelee Spaeny) and her android "brother" Andy (David Jonsson) living on a mining colony on LV-410. When her indentured work contract is extended without her consent, she takes a risky…
Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) Warren are back as the paranormal duo to investigate a haunted house in England. This time, a grumpy old man refuses to leave the home where he died and torments the single mother and four children who live there. While there is plenty of evidence that this old geezer spirit is attempting to overtake the body of…
Annnnnd I’m not going to be able to sleep for a week. The time period is the early 1970s. A large family moves into a remote farmhouse only to be haunted by demonic spirits that reside there. When it’s clear that something is wrong with the house, the mother, played by Lilly Taylor, seeks help from Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine (Vera Farmiga), the…
It all started with a death in the family. Toni Collette plays Annie, the mother of two kids and the wife of Gabriel Byrne. She makes miniature models for a living in her home workshop. When her mother passes away, she struggles with the loss but lacks grief due to her difficult past relationship. When Annie’s daughter, Charlie, dies in a freak accident, the…
I thought this was a documentary about Conan O’Brien’s life story. How wrong I was. David Dastmalachian is my favorite actor who is just barely memorable. I don’t mean that in a disparaging way. He’s really great, but there is something about him that is hard to remember. Maybe it is his hard-to-pronounce-and-or-spell last name. Maybe it is because he often plays smaller background…
Sydney Sweeney plays Cecilia, an American nun who goes to work at a convent in Italy. While getting settled as the outsider who can't be bothered to learn even basic Italian, she abruptly becomes pregnant without conception. Turns out a geneticist priest uses DNA material from some old metal spike that they think was used in Jesus’ crucifixion. I didn’t think this movie would…
Two brothers become entangled in a frightening demonic take over they can’t possibly understand. The film takes place in Argentina in both rural and urban locations. It’s like The Exorcist, Evil Dead, and Night of the Living Dead rolled into one, but in very subtle ways. There is an ongoing sense of dread and danger. At times, you let your guard down, and that’s…
This Turkish language film follows a group of police officers as they are sucked into a horrific cult world with no escape. There is nice atmospheric tension building as we get to know the five policemen during dinner and story time at a restaurant. On the way out, the officers receive a call to aid another police unit in a nearby town. On the…
I think it should be fairly obvious not to mess with evil spirits. Definitely don't get all hand-holdy with a cursed hand. Since common sense went out the damn door a long time ago, it needs to be stated, like a warning label on a pack of cigarettes: DON'T MESS WITH EVIL SPIRITS, PEOPLE! Mia and her friend Jade are just a couple of…
