Eric D. Snider, Author at Crooked Marquee

10/05/201801/12/2019inMovies, Reviewsby Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Spider-Man Spinoff Venom

Iron Man, Captain America, and the others in the Marvel Cinematic Universe would probably like to make it clear that Venom isn’t […]

10/02/201801/15/2019inMovies, Film Fests, Reviewsby Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Tales from the Hood 2: Like If Spike Lee Made Creepshow (Fantasia Festival)

(Screened at the 2018 Fantasia Festival; now available on VOD and Blu-ray.) I never saw Tales from the Hood, but if […]

09/29/201801/12/2019inMovies, Reviewsby Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Slasher Flick Hell Fest

The rare slasher film that’s not a sequel to or remake of a previous one, Hell Fest exploits the premise of a […]

09/29/201808/22/2019inMovies, Film Fests, On the Marqueeby Eric D. Snider

A Report from Fantastic Fest 2.0

After last year’s bumpy edition of Fantastic Fest, roiled by revelations that its founder had continued working with employees and associates […]

09/28/201801/12/2019inMovies, Reviewsby Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Kevin Hart Comedy Night School

The premise of Night School, an overlong, under-funny comedy starring Kevin Hart, is that a 35-year-old high school dropout named Teddy […]

09/28/201801/12/2019inMovies, Reviewsby Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Animated Adventure Comedy Smallfoot

Smallfoot is a light animated adventure set in a remote Himalayan village occupied by yetis, aka Abominable Snowmen (and Snowwomen), who have […]

09/28/201801/12/2019inMovies, Film Fests, Reviewsby Eric D. Snider

Fantastic Fest Review: Violent Drama Hold the Dark

(Screened at Fantastic Fest; now streaming on Netflix) Continuing the Wind River cycle of movies about outsiders going to cold, sad Indian reservations […]

09/28/201801/12/2019inMovies, Film Fests, Reviewsby Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Robert Redford Shines As One of the Title Characters in The Old Man & the Gun

David Lowery’s last movie, A Ghost Story, was about a ghost but wasn’t a horror film. His new one, The Old […]

09/26/201801/12/2019inMovies, Film Fests, Reviewsby Eric D. Snider

Fantastic Fest Review: Unclassifiable Thing Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure His Heart

(Screened at Fantastic Fest; U.S. release TBA) We have Velvet Underground to thank for the title Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure […]

09/26/201801/12/2019inMovies, Film Fests, Reviewsby Eric D. Snider

Fantastic Fest Review: French Drama Savage

(Screened at Fantastic Fest; U.S. release TBA; opens in France in January) Coming-of-age metaphors collide messily in Savage (Les Fauves), a weak-willed French […]