The sequel to 2019’s “Ready or Not,” while keeping up the bloody body count of the first movie, seems a bit flat to me. While it attempts to match the dark humour of its predecessor, I found it lacking in that respect. It not only has the same strong female protagonist, but it even doubles down by adding a sister to the mix. You may like it a bit better than I did, though I thought it somewhat enjoyable.
Horror movie The Monkey’s gore is occasionally inventive, but seldom funny. Which is odd, because it advertises as a horror movie but tries to be a funny horror movie. Save your money and watch on TV.
For his last column of 2024, Steve takes a look at a science fiction “invasion” movie from 1998, directed by Robert Rodriguez, noted for working with Quentin Tarantino and for his “Mexico Trilogy” with Antonio Banderas, among other things. See how he does with this particular movie.
Fans had been waiting for the third Dirk Gently novel for over a decade when Douglas Adams passed away with the novel still unfinished. All we have are precious fragments of what might have been.
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