Josh Lasser

By on • Out now on Blu-ray and digital is the bloody good, “Renfield.”  A look at Dracula and his familiar in present day New Orleans, the film manages to create a sort of hybrid monster-superhero-crime-comedy thing and it works. Sadly though, “Renfield” is only a bloody good film, not a bloody great one. There are bits that work, bits that don’t, and some stuff to really sink your teeth into. Click below and listen as we detail it all. As always, don’t forget to subscribe.

Movies need not succeed on all fronts to be successful overall. Having enough laughs in a comedy might make up for a lack of interesting characters. Give us truly great chemistry between the leads and a romance can spin its wheels for a couple of hours. Blow something up really well and an action movie can otherwise trod well-worn ground. It is, of course, better to a have movie that does everything brilliantly, it’s just not essential for the overall experience.

There are two distinct reviews one could write of “Fast X,” the newest entry in the “Fast & Furious” franchise. Neither review would be untrue, but they still would seemingly be at odds with one another. The first of the reviews would explain how the plot doesn’t make any sense. It would describe a series of story threads that are left dangling, perhaps for the sequel or perhaps simply forgotten. It would explain the inane physics on display in the movie.