Peterson Hill, Author at Psycho Drive-In

January 31, 2019 0 15

They Shall Not Grow Old is a painstaking restoration of footage from World War One to create a documentary that is without politics or propaganda.

Advance Review: Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

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Movies

January 30, 2019 0 15

To work, Velvet Buzzsaw needed to be 50% wilder and out of control.

Advance Review: Serenity (2019)

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Movies

January 24, 2019 0 19

So, what are we to make of Steven Knight’s newest film, Serenity?

Advance Review: Glass (2018)

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Movies

January 17, 2019 0 11

Just two years later, we now have the arrival of Glass, which works simultaneously as a sequel to both Unbreakable and Split.

You Were Never Really Here (2018)

Peterson Hill

Movies

December 14, 2018 0 9

You Were Never Really Here takes the body of a story and whittles it down till there is barely a skeleton left.

Widows (2018)

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Movies

December 10, 2018 0 43

Thrillers can follow a type of rigorous formality sometimes, even the finest ones rarely stray from the preordained path.

Outlaw King (2018)

Peterson Hill

Movies

November 9, 2018 0 18

The opening shot to Outlaw King promises something that the script isn’t ready to provide.

Suspiria (2018) – Take Two

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Movies

November 6, 2018 0 12

Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria is a confrontation, a bold and unsettling film that ultimately concaves upon itself by its own pretensions.

Apostle (2018)

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Movies

October 26, 2018 0 18

With his latest, Apostle, Evans keeps the practical effects and buries them in a sadistic occult update of the type if film that flourished in the 1970s.

Hold the Dark (2018)

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TV

October 16, 2018 0 29

In Jeremy Saulnier’s newest film Hold the Dark, Alaska exists as a force that has been embedded within the psyche of all the characters.

The Haunting of Hill House (2018)

Peterson Hill

TV

October 12, 2018 0 15

The Haunting of Hill House is a bold and exciting foray into madness, family estrangement, and extended personal struggles that feels like the singular vision of Mike Flanagan.

Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)

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Movies

October 25, 2017 1 11

Brawl in Cell Block 99 is a bruising feast of depravity that has a core of hope to it.

Wheelman (2017)

Peterson Hill

Movies

October 24, 2017 1 14

Wheelman is the kind of B-movie that used to come on late night HBO.

Riverdale 2.01 “Chapter Fourteen: A Kiss Before Dying”

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TV

October 17, 2017 0 11

This second season of the hit CW show, Riverdale, picks up almost exactly where season one left off.

Mindhunter 1.01-1.02

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TV

October 16, 2017 0 13

Like Zodiac, Mindhunter has a nasty and bitter sense of humor to it.

Gerald’s Game (2017)

Peterson Hill

Movies

October 2, 2017 0 23

Gerald’s Game is a perfect match of filmmaker to material.

Riverdale: The Complete First Season DVD Review

Peterson Hill

DVD/Blu-ray

August 24, 2017 0 10

In an age of what seems like unlimited prestige TV, the prospect of the contemporary updating of an outdated comic like Archie seems to be a precarious choice at the outset.

Christopher Nolan Film Ranking – Worst to Best

Peterson Hill

We Got Lists

July 24, 2017 1 6

Christopher Nolan’s filmography is one of the most consistent and evocative canons in contemporary American cinema.

Prelude to War: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Peterson Hill

Shot for Shot

July 13, 2017 0 10

The opening shot of Matt Reeves’ Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a close-up of Caesar’s face that slowly pans out to reveal the life the apes have created for themselves.