Movie reviews of The Massie Twins

Room Taken is quite efficient and effective during its brief runtime. It also helps that stars Adewusi and Brennan are first-rate, emoting effortlessly through expressions and idiosyncrasies rather than needlessly wordy dialogue. Review

It’s exceptionally well-designed, consistently engaging, and quite the adventure – a wonderful feat for a project whose top three billings are for apes. Review

The acting is exceptional (lead Lorena also wrote and directed), which greatly elevates the picture’s modest production values. Review

Despite the femme fatales, the drugs, the dead bodies, and the excitement of chases and showdowns, the bulk of the picture is about highlighting stunts and the people involved in making them look good. Review

It’s a swift, engaging watch, boosted by excellent sound effects, camerawork, lighting, and music; competent technical aspects certainly aid in what could have been a far more forgettable glance at Norwegian housing policies. Review

The acting is first-rate and the cinematography is crisp; the production values definitely help “Grandma Bruce” to be a capably-made picture, veiling the shoe-string budget, even if the parting-shot resonance is a touch wobbly. Review

Many of the action shots are genuinely exciting. But since everyone is comedic and insincere, suspense and consequences are terribly fleeting. Review

It’s a clever concept for a short subject, aided by convincing acting and excellent visual effects, blending computer-animated components with endearingly old-fashioned makeup. Review

The realism is extraordinary. Writer/director Alex Garland is occasionally preoccupied with capturing fragility, futility, and the viciousness of humankind in alternately shocking and beautiful cinematographic frames, which nicely complement striking character arcs. Review

The artistic distortions grow so hallucinatory and distracting at times that it feels as if watching the film while being waterboarded. In the end, the vengeance is engaging, but the exposition is dull – and they’re not dispensed in the proportions viewers will want. Review

As with many of these kinds of low-budget horror flicks, the humans are so uninspired, unintelligent, and unlikeable (and blandly written) that audiences will surely just be rooting for the monster. Review

Virtually every spoken line is redundant narration or explanations of evident visuals, or the plain verbalizing of intentions and feelings and plans that are completely obvious. Review

It’s nevertheless amusing to see the old cast yet again (perhaps more so for anyone who has forgotten Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which did the same thing), bringing back familiar faces and tech and tunes, along with the good-natured, fun-loving feel of ghost-chasers not having to worry about anything particularly creepy or upsetting. Review

Despite all of the reasons Kung Fu Panda 4 didn’t need to be made – chiefly with its safe, predictable, unchanging storytelling routines – this breezy, swift sequel is exceptionally lighthearted and easygoing. Review

Love Lies Bleeding tries much too hard to be edgy and weird, its efforts to appear intense and different merely cause it to feel routine and uncreative – and with a notably inconsistent entertainment value. Review

Though Eric’s story isn’t extraordinary – it is, in fact, a rather routine representation of an immigrant’s mission and plight – it’s nonetheless touching... Review

It’s a bleakly realistic, topical exposé on faith, as flames are fanned to warp and corrupt outcomes and pawns. It takes far too long, excising a couple of details that might have been revelatory for the personas, and adding a few that absolutely didn’t need to be included. Review

As the premise departs more and more from sensibility, it continues to offer very little innovation. Review

It’s an amusing concept, but its potential for compelling commentary or lingering pathos essentially stops when the running time does. Review

Killing and torture and brainwashing have little effect on these broadly-drawn stereotypes, while flashbacks to mere seconds prior seem to taunt viewers with the impression that they’re abnormally forgetful, requiring extra prodding to understand pitiful cliches. Just when it seems as if it can’t get any stupider, it absolutely does. Review

This short documentary isn’t without charm, even if it doesn’t go far enough into the minutia of Blink’s obsession. Review

With horror movie sound effects, the conflicts are nerve-wracking, though there tends to be more waiting and hiding than stalking and killing. Nevertheless, the limited number of players, the shifting allegiances, the careful deception, and the predicaments of survival beyond just avoiding death at the hands of one another prove to be quite engaging. Review

Expertly directed and staged by Alex Lora, this is excellent material for a short film. Review

It’s simple and stupid yet mostly entertaining, fueled by Statham’s comfort in roles that dole out executions upon hordes of special forces soldiers, some quirky bee factoids, and the distinct demarcation of good versus evil. Review