Nicholas Braun

The Watch (2012)

The Watch (2012)
Rating: ★★
Aug 3, 2012Neighbourhood Watch vs Alien Invaders Comedy
An uninspired comedy about a neighbourhood watch encountering alien invaders that falls somewhere between Ghostbusters and The ‘Burbs. The film's virtues lie less in the weak premise than in the director allowing the stars to freely improvise with occasionally funny results
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Poltergeist (2015)

Poltergeist (2015)
Rating: ★★
May 30, 2015Haunting
It has become an overused phrase in this site's critical arsenal to say "yet another 70s/80s remake that is inferior to the original". The 1982 Poltergeist was one of the great ghost stories of the era; this hits all the beats and with bigger effects but fails to find any of the haunted mood of the original
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Dream Scenario (2023)

Dream Scenario (2023)
Rating: ★★★★
Jan 20, 2024Man Appears in People’s Dreams
A film in which Nicolas Cage keeps appearing in other people’s dreams. This goes from an initial wild absurdism to something that becomes bitingly satiric as it takes on instant celebrity and Cancel Culture
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