Mysterious movements in the shadows, flocks of birds drawn to a house, and whispering and rustling in the night are just a few of the classic horror movie tropes on display in the new trailer for “The Conjuring,” centered around real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
In the movie, the Warrens, portrayed by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, are called to the home of a woman played by Lili Taylor… Continue reading 'The Conjuring' Trailer: 'Something Awful Happened Here'

I’ve read that one of the worst things in life is wasted talent. Not true. The worst thing in life is the movie Home Alone, John Hugh’s love letter to child abuse and groin-punching. The film stars McCauley Culkin as Kevin, a spoiled brat who, after being abandoned by his narcissistic parents on Christmas, devises elegant and ingenious ways to inflict emotional and physical torture onto…
I remember the stars. I was 10 years old. I had just taken the field during the final stretch of a Little League baseball playoff game, but my mind had drifted to earlier in that day when Jenny Cutalo had rejected one of my romantic overtures. “Timing,” she had said, in the same way a doctor might arrive at a diagnosis.