Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man is back!  Which one?  I don’t blame you for being confused, what with so many Spider-People swinging around these days.  There were three Spider-Men in the previous Spider-Man movie, the live-action No Way Home.  2018’s animated Into the Spider-Verse had seven of them.  Across the Spider-Verse, a sequel to that film, includes so many Spider-People that your head will spin trying to count them all.  (Don’t worry, someone on Wikipedia is on the job.)  The key arachnids in this year’s Spider-Movie are Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), who stepped into the role when his Earth’s Spider-Man was killed by the Kingpin, and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), who is Spider-Gwen on her Earth.

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The Boogeyman

The Boogeyman

As far as horror movie cold openings go, The Boogeyman has a brief yet effective one.  A toddler is crying in her crib while something that sounds like a wet bag of bones lets itself into her room.  A few seconds later, there’s a slashing sound, a spray of blood and the child is silent.  (The movie is rated PG-13, so nothing graphic is depicted throughout the movie.)  Who, or what, killed the child?  The answer to that question arrives soon enough, and to nobody’s surprise it is The Boogeyman.  

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The Sinner Season 4

The Sinner – Season 4 (2021)

In the fourth and final season of The Sinner, newly-retired Detective Harry Ambrose (Bill Pullman) and his girlfriend Sonya (Jessica Hecht) are vacationing in Hanover Island, Maine.  While she has been able to put the traumatic events of the previous season behind her, Harry has not.  He still feels guilty over killing Jamie (Matt Bomer), even though Harry did what he needed to do to protect his son Eli and Sonya.  Harry feels he should have taken a different course of action that would have resulted in a non-lethal outcome.  His nagging doubt makes it difficult for him to move on, even though he’s no longer an active law enforcement officer. 

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Nefarious Movie 2023

Nefarious

I want to sue the people behind Nefarious for fraud. This is not because something in the trailer wasn’t in the movie. No, Nefarious is fraudulent because the advertising campaign behind it implies that it is a horror movie, and it is not. At least not in the literal sense. The movie is actually a Christian pro-life diatribe in the guise of a horror movie. Maybe people who fall into that category believe in their hearts and minds that the topics discussed in this movie are horrific. If that’s true, then I guess there will be plenty of opportunities for them to shout “alleluia” and “amen” while they watch this movie. If the intent of the filmmakers behind Nefarious was to convert the unwashed, it fails completely due to the disgusting shots it takes at the other side. I don’t know what appeal this movie would have to those who consider themselves righteous, since it basically preaches to the already enraptured choir. While Nefarious is a well-made movie that features decent acting, competent direction and realistic sets, the argument it makes is pure lunacy, at least in the viewpoint of this lapsed Catholic. As if that weren’t enough, the movie features a shocking cameo at the end of the movie by a fringe media figure that left my jaw agape with utter disbelief. (As much as I want to, I refuse to spoil it. I have movie critic principles to uphold.) Not Recommended. Unless you’re morbidly curious, then have at it. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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