Daily Archives: July 8, 2023

The Three Songs of “Insidious: The Red Door”

The first tune that grabs your attention in this horror film, directed by and starring Patrick Wilson, is a re-recorded Kevin Cronin cover of REO Speedwagon’s “Roll with the Changes.” The second is a peculiar little flourish playing on the … Continue reading

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Movie Review — “Insidious: The Red Door”

Patrick Wilson has become something of the poster boy for “When Good Actors Do Horror.” One thing you can be sure of, when Wilson does an “Annabelle,” “Insidious” or “Conjuring” movie, when something that can’t be happening starts happening, he’s … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: Bujold and Douglas wonder why Dr. Widmark’s so happy to put a patient into a “Coma” (1978)

The cognescenti burn a lot of electrons typing out odes to the adored, enduring superhero of science fiction, Philip K. Dick. But the ongoing appeal of a writer who arrived on the scene right after the author of “Do Androids … Continue reading

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