Caro the Movie Critic

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. Traditional horror films, nowadays, are basically targeting audiences who enjoy the aspect of a pole going right through a person's chest or torso, or a knife stabbed on the head. People just love gore. I am not the kind of guy that really enjoys gory horror films, but they have to have creativity, entertainment and some sort of unpredictable scare and originality. As for this movie, this does not a lot of gore, but a lot of unexpected scares and that's why I considered this to be a truly terrific horror movie. It is one that people will watch during a Halloween season or when a girlfriend wants to "watch" it with her boyfriend. In 1971, The Perron family move into a farmhouse in Rhode Island. Everything is normal with the family and everyone is happy, I mean, what's the worst that can happen? The family dog, Sadie, refuses to enter the house for an odd reason and one of the daughters find a closed entrance to the cellar. Hmm...

Here are the movie reviews that are coming soon on the week 10/28-11/3: 12 Years A Slave Ender's Game Last Vegas Monster's University (DVD)

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as Jesse and Celine. The Before  trilogy is basically complete. A romantic drama between two people can get so boring and trite because of so much stupid dialogue and unattractive chemistry. The journey between two characters in love has to be detailed and realistic in such ways that many people can relate to while going through certain periods of life. Nowadays, I think people are afraid of long-term commitment whether if it is marriage or a normal dating relationship. After the conclusion of Before Sunset , Jesse and Celine (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) reunite nine years later and they are parents to twin girls, which they were conceived during their relationship in the second movie. While they are happily communicating with one another, they both have issues in their own personal lives. Jesse struggles to have a good relationship with his son, Hank, who lives with his ex-wife in Chicago. After he spends some time with Jesse on the peninsula in ...

Bullock and McCarthy in a pretty messed-up situation. A buddy-cop action comedy is one of the most formulaic genres in the book of cinema. I mean, Lethal Weapon  and 48 Hrs.  are considered primal cop-buddy movies with a lot of chemistry between two opposite and different characters. Now, when a director and writer create their own story of the genre, it now depends on the plot, characters, style, dialogue, timing, and of course, action sequences. If it does not work, it will turn out to be a waste of time. In this movie, although it is not as great as Bridesmaids and not perfect, it is a pretty entertaining and enjoyable time, thanks to two funny performances. FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is one of the most dedicated investigators on the forces despite being treated unfairly by her fellow agents for being condescending and trite. Hale, her boss, tells Ashburn to Boston to investigate a drug kingpin named Larkin (Taran Killam). If she successfully acc...

Here are the movies I will be reviewing on the week of 10/21-10/27. There are a lot: The Counselor The Way, Way Back (DVD) The Conjuring (DVD) Before Midnight (DVD)

Julianne Moore watching Chloe Grace Moretz getting ready for the prom. Mostly, everybody I know has seen the original movie from 1976 by Brian De Palma. Sissy Spacek as the title character did a great job conveying her shyness and inability to fight off against the bullies in the beginning. I felt sorry for her, but there is more that meets the eye. But, Piper Laurie really had a great performance as the overprotective, Catholic mother who is fond of her religious beliefs. With this remake, do the filmmakers have the skills and discipline to create a better movie than the original? You all know the story if you have seen the original. The movie starts out with Carrie (Chloe Grace Moretz), a high school senior with three months left of the year who is showering in the gym and she sees blood down her legs relevant to her menstrual period. She does not know what menstruation means and she thinks she is dying. Because of that, the girls in their underwear throw napkins and tampons at...

Halloween is around the corner. So for anyone who wants to just stay in during the halloween season and watch a scary movie at night with your friends, boyfriend/girlfriend, spouse, siblings, etc...here are the movies I recommend. (There are 18 movies on this list...) The Exorcist Saw Scream The Silence of the Lambs Rosemary's Baby The Shining Halloween The Omen Psycho Black Swan  The Conjuring  Carrie (the original) Alien  A Nightmare on Elm Street  Insidious The Sixth Sense Shutter Island The Birds Hocus Pocus It Follows The Babadook