Author: Matt Paprocki
Matt Paprocki has critiqued home media and video games for 20 years across outlets like Washington Post, Variety, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Playboy, Polygon, Paste, and others. His current passion project is the technically minded
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Liam Neeson fights corrupt feds in the routine but capable action thriller Honest Thief that delivers competent characters.
Even at 77-minutes, Giant from the Unknown tests the patience of any '50s monster fan.
While overburdened with schmaltz and coated nostalgic, Cinema Paradiso finds new meaning amid a changing movie marketplace.
Chuck Connors steals the show as a telekinetic killer, and it's a shame Tourist Trap never scored a sequel to join slasher movie legends.
Guncrazy loses itself in violence, ruining attempt to humanize two murderers on a rampage out west.
Unrelenting in exposing Japan's social ills, Black Rain looks at not only the physical tragedy of Hiroshima, but the mental and isolation terrors too.
A comedy horror masterpiece, Tremors' creative streak is ceaseless, even when leaning on familiar tropes.
Killing Them Loudly There’s a morally reprehensible angle to Vigilante. Not only this film, but others of its brethren too, although Vigilante acts with a forthrightness. Fred Williamson exits …
Plain and predictable, The Opening Act finds a charming lead in Jimmy Yang if not a memorable story for his character.
Inventive in execution, Tenet tells a classic story filled with familiar themes, but visually dressing them in wild sci-fi theories.
While basing itself on endless tropes, Wolf of Snow Hollow finds a clever way to use standard horror for comedy and reality.
Total Recall sells a wild, space-faring fantasy, but makes its star almost secondary to the heroics as he saves the world.