Movie Reviews
Film and television reviewed the way I’d want to read them — with a rating that means something, an honest accounting of what works and what doesn’t, and craft notes for writers who want to understand how the machinery operates.
Each review includes a craft notes section for writers — specific observations about structure, character, world-building, and what the film does that you can actually use. Not theory. Technique you can steal.
Monster (4)
May 19, 2026Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
James Whale's sequel where the resurrected creature demands a mate, leading the doctor back to his laboratory.
May 19, 2026Frankenstein (1931)
Boris Karloff plays the creature stitched together from corpses and animated by a scientist who quickly loses control of his creation.
May 19, 2026The Descent (2005)
Neil Marshall directs the story of six women on a caving expedition trapped in unmapped Appalachian caverns inhabited by predators.
May 19, 2026The Wolf Man (1941)
Lon Chaney Jr. plays a man bitten by a werewolf in a Welsh village who transforms during the full moon.