King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

The Once and Future King gets a reboot

"...amusing (if never truly witty) punch lines and heavy supernatural elements, but utterly fail at conveying … well, the..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rings

Japanese horror franchise reboot falls flat

"...pigs in a frankly baffling attempt to prove the supernatural exists. Or something along those lines. The theory that..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Other Worlds Austin Review: The Axe Murders of Villisca

Austin's Owen Egerton embraces the horror

"...underlying tension of The Axe Murders of Villisca, a supernatural creeper with a surprising dramatic edge...."

Dec. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Witch

Madness, mayhem, and witchcraft beset a family in 1630s New England

"...the wilderness (both geographic and spiritual), but an apparent supernatural threat. Eldest daughter Thomasin (Taylor-Joy) is watching her infant..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Forest

Supernatural thriller is set in Japan's Aokigahara Forest

"...as scary as it gets in The Forest, a supernatural horror movie afraid of its own shadow. That’s too..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Crimson Peak

Guillermo del Toro goes Gothic, but falls short

"...Allerdale Hall holds a cackling clawful of ghastly secrets. Supernatural melodramatics, and Wasikowska’s seemingly endless blond coif, prevail...."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

As Above/So Below

There are things in the catacombs beneath Paris that should remain underground.

"...blends the subterranean torment of The Descent with the supernatural guilt-trip of Event Horizon, with characters meeting their own..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Playback: Smiling Your Way to Heaven

Supernatural advice by West Texas sage Tommy Hancock, tears from Billy Gibbons, and Casual Strangers coupling

"...dangerously witty and casually enlightened 85-year-old patriarch of the Supernatural Family Band. He hit the V.A. hospital, fielded another..."

July 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

R.I.P.D.

The Rest in Peace Department of undead police officers is joined by a recently slain cop.

"...series), so marked are the onscreen similarities in these supernatural buddy-cop movies...."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Conjuring

This supernatural thriller from the director of Saw could be mistaken for The Amityville Exorcist.

"...demonic cackling, levitating chairs. The seen-it-all-before elements of this supernatural thriller directed by the filmmaker who gave us Saw,..."

July 19, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dark Shadows

Sometimes it might be best to let sleeping vampires lie.

"...is not an out-and-out comedy, nor is it a supernatural spooker: It can’t out-camp the original and it doesn’t..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beneath the Darkness

This thriller starring Dennis Quaid was filmed in Smithville and Bastrop.

"...his friend and confidante. Despite the intimations of the supernatural (the kids declare the mortuary "haunted" as they voyeuristically..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paranormal Activity 3

Turns out that the third time is the charm: This one delivers the jolts with subtlety and brio.

"...money. This third outing in the faux documentary/found footage, supernatural shocker series finally gets things right by smoothing out..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Change-Up

In this body-switcheroo movie, Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman star as pals each a little envious of the other's life.

"...it's best not to linger too long on the supernatural hoo-ha required in a body-swap movie to get two..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Insidious

Insidious, from the original Saw team, lacks thrills and originality.

"...that has lured young son Dalton (Simpkins) into a supernatural coma. Insidious is littered with elements of genre classics..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drive Angry

Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.

"...character that doesn't drive angry? Yeesh. This is a supernatural chase film in which Cage's John Milton and (arrgh!)..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paranormal Activity 2

Although this follow-up is considerably spookier than the original, there are only so many gotcha moments that can transpire without feeling wholly contrived.

"...security apparatus and nanny cams. That's the pitch, really: Supernatural stuff happens, and the audience gets to view it..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Is Anybody There?

Michael Caine stars as a magician who's come to live in a retirement home when his mental faculties start to fail.

"...itself. For Clarence, a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic toward all things supernatural and paranormal (not counting the magician's trickery, mind you),..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Yes Man

Jim Carrey plays a guy who just can't say no, a predicament which creates more a collection of humorous set-pieces than a satisfying movie.

"...which his character compulsively tells the truth, even though supernatural intervention is the cause. In contrast, Yes Man believes..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Theresa Everline

Over Her Dead Body

In this DOA romantic comedy, Eva Longoria Parker plays a ghost who haunts her former fiancé-to-be when it's time for him to move on.

"...her fiancé-in-mourning, Henry (Rudd, cashing in), and to wreak supernatural havoc on an attractive psychic (Bell) who’s using her..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Halloween

Michael Myers is back in this "reimagining," courtesy of Rob Zombie.

"...level of pedestrian and banal, fodder not for Samhain-centric supernatural lunacy but for criminal-psychology texts. It's remarkable, actually, to..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Watch

The second in a Russian science-fiction trilogy is a fantastic sight to behold, but don't try explaining the plot.

"...the plot is less coherent and weighted with more supernatural folderol than the original. There's something about the Chalk..."

June 15, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

A wickedly entertaining postmodern take on the hallowed, Eighties-era slasher flicks.

"...us entrée into the inner workings of the allegedly supernatural serial killer's mind, motivation, and technique. The latter comes..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hitcher

This remake of Robert Harmon's original 1986 horror semiclassic serves as a primer in how not to generate suspense.

"...only lead to more bad juju. Is Ryder some supernatural force beyond the laws of physics, as much of..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Return

Sarah Michelle Gellar plays a woman who keeps seeing a dead murder victim in her dreams, so of course she must get to the bottom of this mystery.

"...good use in the locally filmed The Return, a supernatural thriller in which she plays a young woman living..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Lake House

This tale of magical realism has potential for delightful originality, but the Sandra Bullock-Keanu Reeves love story lacks heat and the science fiction premise spirals into senselessness.

"...capacity for rational thought. The Lake House is a supernatural romance working on the premise that the laws of..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Darna Zaroori Hai

Unusual Bollywood film is an anthology horror film with segments directed by seven different directors.

"...like its predecessor, it's another series of six minor supernatural and suspense shorts with a wraparound story involving a..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Night Watch

Russia's highest box-office grosser (until the release of its sequel) is a stylish sci-fi thriller that's filled with adrenaline-fueled pacing, an abundance of gory effects, a death metal soundtrack, and a convoluted narrative that puts The Matrix to shame.

"...1992, where the battle is still being fought by supernatural humans called the Others, who are divided into camps..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Marebito

Although long on style and concept, this film lacks the primal urgency of Shimizu’s 2003 J-horror blockbuster Ju-on.

"...about the permeable boundaries between the mundane and the supernatural worlds – with an old-school fright-flick ethic. Here, Shimuzu..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Serenity

Joss Whedon’s Western/sci-fi hybrid (which was canceled from TV but greenlighted for the movies) evinces the kind of swashbuckling bonhomie that made so many of us fall in love with the original Star Wars films.

"...and Angel series: quip-happy, with a fixation on the supernatural or otherworldly, and a salty ensemble cast of characters..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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