Category REVIEW

Nosferatu is one beautiful puzzle

By TJ REID for the Keizertimes The story behind 1922’s Nosferatu is a fascinating one: as a clear rip-off of Dracula the film lost a lawsuit against Bram Stoker’s estate back in the day and was almost wiped from existence as a result, but luckily…

It’s not a Christmas movie but it’s sweet

By T.J. REID for the KeizertimesI’ve never been interested in participating in the never-ending “is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” discourse. It’s annoying, and when it comes down to it, who really cares?  But for the purpose of this introduction I will put in my…

REVIEW: My Old Ass tells timeless story

By TJ REID for the KeizertimesEveryone wants to be able to tell their younger self something, if only to convince themselves to trust Rufus and get into the mysterious time-traveling phone booth at the Circle-K. Potentially universe-destroying paradoxes aside, it could be quite useful.  One…

REVIEW: Salem’s Lot can’t get out of its own way

By JT REID for the Keizertimes I have never found vampires particularly frightening. Perhaps it is because I have always been a religious person and religious stuff is kryptonite to the bloodsucking undead.  Perhaps it’s because vampires are subject to a bunch of comfortably convenient…

REVIEW: The Uglies filled with missed opportunities

By J.T. REID for the Keizertimes There is no shortage of excuses that people come up with to justify hating one another. Political affiliation, race, class, gender, religion; all can lead to artificial divisions that make the world a worse place to live in.  Uglies,…

Wyatt Earp docu-drama flawed, yet entertaining

By JT REID For the Keizertimes Perhaps no other time in American history has been quite as romanticized as the Wild West era, and that is not surprising. Cowboys are cool; just ask  my 200+ hours logged in Red Dead Redemption 2.  Anybody who knows…

Review Alien: Romulus

The titular beast from the Alien series is one of the most iconic movie monsters of all time, but as with everything, familiarity  breeds—well, not exactly resentment in this case, but it does facilitate a definite  diminishing  return when it comes to scariness.