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Review: ‘Strays’ might be the funniest, raunchiest movie ever made abut a dog’s quest to destroy his owner’s penis
If it hadn’t been so funny, I might feel a little scarred.
John W. Allman
John W. Allman has spent more than half his life as a professional journalist and/or writer, but he’s loved movies for as long as he can remember. Good movies, awful movies, movies that are so gloriously bad you can’t help but champion them. In 2009, he started a review column dedicated to the genre films that often get overlooked and interviews with cult cinema favorites like George A. Romero, Bruce Campbell and Dee Wallace. In 2016, he began reviewing films for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.
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Review: There’s little to recommend about ‘Blue Beetle’ except for its vibrant Mexican heritage
And, surprisingly, George Lopez (I know, we can’t believe it either)
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Review: Possessed horror debut ‘Talk to Me’ creates a terrifying new reality
The practical effects are stellar, but it’s the story that really hooks you.
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Review: Super-sucky vampire tale ‘The Last Voyage of Demeter’ lacks bite
It just fails to generate any sense of genuine dread.
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Review: It’s official, ‘Haunted Mansion’ is the worst movie you will see this summer
It’s criminally unfunny.
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Review: Tom Cruise saves the summer movie season, again, with ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One’
I can’t wait for ‘Dead Reckoning, Part Two.’
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Review: We can all breathe easier knowing ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ doesn’t suck
Nostalgia can be a curious and tricky thing.
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‘The Blackening’ isn’t scary or funny enough to justify paying for a theater ticket
It’s a horror movie that isn’t particularly scary; a slasher that isn’t particularly gory; and a comedy that isn’t particularly funny.
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Review: DC’s ‘The Flash’ stalls except for Michael Keaton’s triumphant return
It’s far from the greatest superhero movie ever.
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‘Fast X’ goes nowhere quick on an empty tank
And there are still TWO MORE installments yet to come.
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For ‘Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 3,’ James Gunn sticks the landing, and brings all the feels
When the tally on comic book movies is eventually counted, this trilogy deserves to be near the top of the pack.
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Review: ‘Misery’ is a sparse and electrifying new production at Jobsite Theater
Tampa couple Summer Bohnenkamp and David Jenkins breathe fresh life into two of Stephen King’s most iconic characters
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Meet ‘M3gan,’ your cute, sassy and killer new best friend
The movie is a blast of AI God complex run amok that’s sure to delight horror fans and terrify parents around the globe.
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‘Violent Night’ is the goofiest cult classic you didn’t know you needed until now
It is exactly the goofy balm we need right now to help us push aside the anger and division that have become our norm.
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Halloween Horror Nights scares up a killer playlist of original haunted houses for its 31st annual celebration
Come for The Weeknd, but definitely don’t miss Bugs: Eaten Alive
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‘Black Adam’ marks a low point for Warner Bros., as its DC Comics empire continues to crumble
Only second behind ‘Shazam.’
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‘Halloween Ends’ on a divisive note, but that shouldn’t stop us from celebrating 44 years that changed the ‘Shape’ of horror
Maybe instead of bitching online, we should all go back and rewatch John Carpenter’s original one more time, to say a small blessing of thanks.
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‘Werewolf by Night,’ ‘Hellraiser,’ and all the other best new horror movies you can stream right now
Christmas came early.