Bates Motel Pulled Off What Most Horror Prequels Couldn’t: Refusing to Play by the Rules
Bates Motel's 5-part psychological thriller refuses prequel continuity, daringly reimagining Norman Bates' youth.
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Tag: Vera Farmiga
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Seven Years On, Annabelle Comes Home Still Plays It Safe — and Gets Away With It
A haunted doll breaks free of its glass prison, unleashing spirits upon a house and a child threatened by unseen forces.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
Up in the Air Review: George Clooney, Jason Reitman, and the Miles That Don’t Add Up
Up in the Air review: George Clooney fires people for a living, Jason Reitman makes you like him anyway. Cast, real layoffs, and the ending that still lands.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Liam Neeson’s Train Ride Runs Out of Track
A review of The Commuter (2018), the Liam Neeson train thriller from Jaume Collet-Serra, co-starring Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson.
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The Adoption Horror Movie That Made a Twist Out of a Woman’s Grief
A review of Orphan (2009), Jaume Collet-Serra's psychological horror film starring Vera Farmiga, scoring 4.2/10 for wasted talent and a weak twist.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
A Murder Defense Blames a Demon, and the Warrens Take the Case
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It puts a demon on trial but forgets the trial — a review of the 2021 Warren case film and its missed courtroom story.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Holocaust Drama That Lets Viewers Off the Hook
A review of Mark Herman's 2008 Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, starring Asa Butterfield and Vera Farmiga, and why its central fable fails.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Horror hit that launched a franchise still holds up after 13 years
Review of James Wan's The Conjuring (2013) with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson: a strong restrained first half, a weaker final act.