Read @ Joe's reviews Paul Levitz's Marvel Explodes calling it enjoyable yet frustratingly shallow.

Read @ Joe's movie review of the predictable and gory indie slasher movie, Gator Face. Ridiculous but also a grindhouse throwback.

Read @ Joe's reviews It Hunts, a moody, indie supernatural thriller with striking visuals, synthwave music, psychological horror, ghosts, and strong acting.

Undertone is not entirely caught by its own spell, but it is engrossing enough to keep you listening.

Crone is a bewitching, bruising, blood-soaked read.

A low-budget indie that does its best to look and feel like a million bucks. But, a little more crazy could have turned this lonely crowd into a loud one.

The atmosphere is there. The decorations are hung. The electric candles flicker. The soundtrack is playing somewhere in the background. Unfortunately, All Hallows Eve mostly hands out circus peanut…

The truth is still out there. It just needed a better edit.

Haunting, thoughtful, and refreshingly different.

First Chance isn’t a perfect debut but it is an entertaining one. Kasey Lansdale tips her hat to classic detective fiction and dry rubs every chapter with a criminally unique flavor.

This is a mockumentary fueled by caffeine, creative panic, and beautifully awkward energy ultimately producing low-key comedy gold.

Stories like The Resistance remind us to remember the people who made sacrificial victories possible.

Push the Wall is less a retrospective than it is a creative manifesto.

No cheap sentiment. Just heart.

For all its blood in the water, Chum rarely inspires fear.

Like diner coffee that needs a stir, this third outing takes a minute to warm up, but once it hits, Rob Hart’s story barrels forward like it’s late for its own crime scene.

There’s something charming about this chaos.

Seven Snipers hits the bullseye.

To borrow the most corporate criticism possible: this could have been an email. And probably a short one at that.

The result feels less like For All Mankind and more like HBO’s Chernobyl: tense, somber, and beautifully acted. Star City may prove to be more than a clever spin-off. This could become one of Apple…

The movie is charming and entertaining. Yet, it’s also frustratingly lightweight, feeling more like Star Wars cosplay than a grand George Lucas entree.

An entertaining ride that presents plenty of gore and jump scares to satisfy the midnight horror crowds. But the story takes one too many detours, and eases off the gas instead of flooring it towar…

Fast, unsettling, and hard to pin down, this is a genre-blender with real bite. David Liss turns discomfort into momentum and delivers a story that sticks.

Like diner coffee that needs a stir, this third outing takes a minute to warm up, but once it hits, Rob Hart’s story barrels forward like it’s late for its own crime scene.

Where Silence Lies is scrappy, talky, and confidently small. Where sharp dialogue and a tension-full script gives the presentation bite.

Astonishing and compelling. Read it. Just don’t expect to come out clean.

Voices: The Danny Gans Story is a documentary that has a little song, a little dance, a little laughter, a little tears. And, like the man’s Vegas show, is totally worth seeing.

Visually and atmospherically, Hamlet is immersive, even hypnotic. But the play’s the thing, and here, too much has been left in the wings. Aneil Karia’s version is less feast, more tasting menu.…

Astonishing and compelling. Read it. Just don’t expect to come out clean.

You have no doubt seen scarier Mardi Gras floats.

Carry Me To My Grave is a road trip from hell. And yes, it absolutely rips.

This is Better Off Dead if filmed by Oliver Stone.

Beneath the gags lies a surprisingly fun study of paranoia, friendship, and the uneasy space between the two.

Beautiful and immersive.

Welcoming, relatable, and deliciously chaotic.

Beautifully shot and unapologetically experimental, the result is less a story and more a mood.

Compact, urgent, and undeniably affecting

If Monarch keeps its focus on titans, tension, and letting Kurt Russell do what Kurt Russell does best, this could finally be the MonsterVerse series that stomps instead of strolls.

Danny Is My Boyfriend feels like National Lampoon shared a cringy, three martini lunch with Curb Your Enthusiasm. The resulting style is scrappy, original, and chaotic.

Staring Contest is a 99 second animated short that might be brief on run time but is lengthy in topic.

Slightly dark, sharply funny, and just unhinged enough to feel familiar.

Set to the pulse of an 80s PI show, John Michael Riva’s Murphy’s Ranch is a hip, clever short that ends way too soon.

The LeMieurs has a haunting feeling throughout that makes this documentary as compelling as it is transitory.

Cold Storage is a horror comedy that proudly teeters between farce and full body splatter. Enjoyable in the moment but will probably not have a long shelf life, title notwithstanding.