Articles by Laura Di Girolamo

'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' Tones Down Its Paranormal Adventures

Directed by André Øvredal

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2019

When the announcement came that the André Øvredal and Guillermo del Toro-helmed film adaptation of Alvin Schwartz's classic kid's book seri...

'Midsommar' Lays Humanity Bare at a Swedish Hippie Festival

Directed by Ari Aster

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2019

There's a scene early on in Midsommar where our central cast of blissfully unaware tourists are driving to a once-in-a-century Scandanavian...

'Annabelle Comes Home' Has Fun with Its Closet of Horrors

Directed by Gary Dauberman

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2019

Annabelle Comes Home isn't much more than spooky funhouse nonsense, but that's all it needs to be — and for the third film in a spinoff fra...

'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' Co-Star Thomas Middleditch on Family Drama, Monster Fights and Striving for an Environmental Message

PUBLISHED May 30, 2019

Everyone's favourite Japanese dinosaur, Godzilla, since his 1954 debut, has represented society's fears about apocalyptic destruction as a...

'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' Nods to Climate Crisis, But Thrives on Monster Carnage

Directed by Michael Dougherty

PUBLISHED May 29, 2019

Everyone's favourite giant Japanese lizard, Godzilla has always represented, since his 1954 debut, society's fears about apocalyptic destru...

'Thriller' Wastes Its Opportunity to Tell a Different Slasher Story

Directed by Dallas Jackson

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2019

Thriller's cool grindhouse-inspired poster and predominantly black cast could hint towards a sly sendup of a formulaic genre, a revisionist...

'The Amityville Murders' Has No New Tale to Tell

Directed by Daniel Farrands

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2019

At this point, it may be safe to say that there are enough Amityville movies.   While it's possible to revive a long-dead franchise with a...

'Glass' Struggles to Connect to 'Unbreakable' and 'Split'

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2019

Glass is one fractured movie.   Bad puns aside, Glass is often frustrating, in that all the pieces of a good film are here: decent pacing (...