Rating: 3/4 It could have only happened once; In this singular place; At that special time. However, the event isn’t unique. Said tagline has opened other music…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: ‘Echo in the Canyon:’ Recounts a Singular Period in Music”

Rating: 3.5/4 Modern Polish art and media seem to be steeped in the abyss almost as a default. Surrealist artists and sculptors like Zdzisław Beksiński and Stanisław…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: [Cinepocalypse] The Mute: A Beautifully Grim Cultural Artifact”

Rating: 3.5/4 “Elevated horror” is bullshit. Like art, a pervading delineation between high and low exists in horror. Coincidentally, the subject of art and the sacrifice required…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: [Cinepocalypse] ‘Bliss:’ A Bloody Amazing Fever Dream”

Rating: 0/4 Let it never be said Glenn Danzig does anything half-assed. From The Misfits, to Samhain, to Danzig, to his Verotik comic label, he goes all…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: [Cinepocalypse] ‘VEROTIKA:’ WHY?”

Rating: 4/4 A current Hollywood truism: franchises and studios can’t leave well-enough alone, especially Disney. In 2019, Disney’s output amounts to mediocre releases of Aladdin, Dumbo, and…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: ‘Toy Story 4:’ Reaches for the Skies”

Returning for a third year, Cinepocalypse reclaims the title as one of the best and most important genre festivals in the country. Founded in 2017, the festival…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: Cinepocalypse 2019: Preview”

Rating: 1.5/4 “Recognizable as only déjà vu, and dismissed just as quickly,” pretty much summarizes the newest installment in the interminable Men in Black franchise. Continuing the…… Read more “New from Robert Daniels on 812 Film Reviews: ‘Men in Black:’ International – Neuralyze Your Brain and Forget this Exists”