Casey Chong – Fiction Horizon https://fictionhorizon.com Your go-to place for everything movies, TV shows, comics, anime, and games related. Wed, 06 Sep 2023 04:34:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://fictionhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fiction-horizon-favicon-150x150.png Casey Chong – Fiction Horizon https://fictionhorizon.com 32 32 ‘The Nun II’ Review: A Disappointing Sequel That Fails to Capitalize the Fan-Favorite Valak Character https://fictionhorizon.com/the-nun-ii-review/ https://fictionhorizon.com/the-nun-ii-review/#respond Tue, 05 Sep 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://fictionhorizon.com/?p=194543 Corin Hardy, who previously directed the first ‘Nun’ in 2018, didn’t return for the sequel. His replacement? Michael Chaves. The same director who helmed the mediocre ‘Conjuring’ universe films ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ in 2019 and ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ in 2021. The latter was mainly a huge disappointment and...]]> https://fictionhorizon.com/the-nun-ii-review/feed/ 0 THE NUN II | OFFICIAL TRAILER nonadult ‘The Equalizer 3’ Review: Denzel Washington’s Engaging Performance Can’t Mask the Same Old Tedious Retread of the First Two Movies https://fictionhorizon.com/the-equalizer-3-review/ https://fictionhorizon.com/the-equalizer-3-review/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:00:54 +0000 https://fictionhorizon.com/?p=194042 The first thing I noticed about ‘The Equalizer 3’ is its shorter duration, clocking less than two hours long. By comparison, the first two movies released in 2014 and 2018 ran longer than they should, with a protracted runtime. As much as I enjoyed watching Denzel Washington’s engrossing performance and some of the unapologetically violent...]]> https://fictionhorizon.com/the-equalizer-3-review/feed/ 0 THE EQUALIZER 3 - Official Red Band Trailer (HD) nonadult ‘Death Notice’ Review: Ludicrous Twist Botches Herman Yau’s Otherwise Promising Mystery Action-Thriller https://fictionhorizon.com/death-notice-review/ https://fictionhorizon.com/death-notice-review/#respond Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:41:35 +0000 https://fictionhorizon.com/?p=193097 The long-delayed ‘Death Notice,’ which was originally scheduled for 2021 release, has finally arrived after being postponed twice. The mystery action-thriller marks Herman Yau’s second movie in a row in 2023 after last month’s ‘The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell’. Based on Zhou Haohui’s 2009 mystery novel of the same name, the movie begins...]]> https://fictionhorizon.com/death-notice-review/feed/ 0 《暗殺風暴 Death Notice》- 正式預告 Regular Trailer nonadult ‘Bad Things’ Review: Gayle Rankin Excels in a Queer Spin of ‘The Shining’-like Psychological Horror-Drama https://fictionhorizon.com/bad-things-review/ https://fictionhorizon.com/bad-things-review/#respond Fri, 18 Aug 2023 14:58:02 +0000 https://fictionhorizon.com/?p=193078 It’s ‘The Shining’ revisited. But instead of the grand Overlook Hotel, it’s more of an inn called Comley Suites. And with a queer, female-led twist. In ‘Bad Things,’ writer-director Stewart Thorndike’s sophomore feature (2014’s ‘Lyle’) follows Ruthie (Gayle Rankin), who inherited the hotel from her late grandmother. The hotel has been long isolated, and Ruthie...]]> https://fictionhorizon.com/bad-things-review/feed/ 0 Bad Things | Official Trailer | Shudder nonadult ‘Concrete Utopia’ Review: An Intriguing Disaster Movie That Skilfully Blends Black Comedy and Psychological Thriller https://fictionhorizon.com/concrete-utopia-review/ https://fictionhorizon.com/concrete-utopia-review/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:17:33 +0000 https://fictionhorizon.com/?p=192968 South Korean cinema has its fair share of disaster movies, from ‘Ashfall’ to others like ‘Emergency Declaration,’ ‘Pandora’ and ‘Tidal Wave.’ Joining the list of ever-growing disaster movies is ‘Concrete Utopia.’ Based on the second part of Kim Soongnyung’s webtoon ‘Pleasant Bullying,’ the movie opens with a bang – both literally and figuratively. An establishing...]]> https://fictionhorizon.com/concrete-utopia-review/feed/ 0 Concrete Utopia | Official Main Trailer | INTL nonadult ‘The Communion Girl’ Review: A Familiar but Effective Spanish-Language Ghost Story https://fictionhorizon.com/the-communion-girl-review/ https://fictionhorizon.com/the-communion-girl-review/#respond Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:21:39 +0000 https://fictionhorizon.com/?p=192520 First premiered at last year’s Sitges Film Festival before arriving online exclusively on Shudder, ‘The Communion Girl’ – originally titled ‘La niña de la comunión’ – gets off to a brief but promising start with a violent opening scene. The movie jumps four years later, on May 1987, set in the small town of Tarragona,...]]> https://fictionhorizon.com/the-communion-girl-review/feed/ 0 The Communion Girl Official Trailer | Shudder nonadult ‘The Moon’ Review: A Decent Visual Showcase of a Space Survival Drama but Can’t Overcome Its Bloated Storyline https://fictionhorizon.com/the-moon-review/ https://fictionhorizon.com/the-moon-review/#respond Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:29:52 +0000 https://fictionhorizon.com/?p=192366 Hollywood is no stranger to big-screen stories about lunar exploration. We have seen them in notable movies like ‘A Trip to the Moon’ (1902), ‘Apollo 13’ (1995), ‘Moon’ (2009), and ‘First Man’ (2018). But in the case of South Korean cinema, ‘The Moon’ marks the first time the country has finally landed its own lunar-related...]]> https://fictionhorizon.com/the-moon-review/feed/ 0 THE MOON Official Int'l Teaser Trailer nonadult ‘Gran Turismo’ Review: A Visceral and Entertaining Pedal to the Metal Racing Movie https://fictionhorizon.com/gran-turismo-review/ https://fictionhorizon.com/gran-turismo-review/#respond Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:29:52 +0000 https://fictionhorizon.com/?p=192224 Once upon a time, ‘Tron: Legacy’ and ‘Oblivion’ director Joseph Kosinski was tapped to direct the big-screen adaptation of Sony PlayStation’s popular racing-simulation video game, ‘Gran Turismo.’ His past two movies at the time proved he has an eye for stunning and kinetic visuals, making him the right man for the job for ‘Gran Turismo.’...]]> https://fictionhorizon.com/gran-turismo-review/feed/ 0 GRAN TURISMO - Official Trailer 2 (HD) nonadult ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ Review: Ben Wheatley’s Guilty-Pleasure Shark Sequel Lacks Bite https://fictionhorizon.com/meg-2-the-trench-review/ https://fictionhorizon.com/meg-2-the-trench-review/#respond Thu, 03 Aug 2023 07:54:05 +0000 https://fictionhorizon.com/?p=191761 Of all the big-budget sequels that are shown in this year’s summer movie season, I have zero expectations for ‘Meg 2: The Trench’. The first movie in 2018 was a decent fun-while-it-lasts kind of shark-centric blockbuster. It made an unexpectedly sizable chunk of money at the worldwide box office, swallowing a $530.2 million total against...]]> https://fictionhorizon.com/meg-2-the-trench-review/feed/ 0 MEG 2: THE TRENCH - OFFICIAL TRAILER nonadult ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ Review: A Fresh and Lively, Return-To-Form Animated Reboot https://fictionhorizon.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-review/ https://fictionhorizon.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-review/#respond Wed, 02 Aug 2023 04:24:47 +0000 https://fictionhorizon.com/?p=191687 Another ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (‘TMNT’), another reboot. And the last time the franchise got rebooted was the ill-fated Michael Bay-produced live-action/CGI hybrid released in 2014 and 2016. After all these decades have passed with different reincarnations of ‘TMNT,’ the beloved 1987-1996 animated TV series and the 1990 feature-length film remain the quintessential versions of...]]> https://fictionhorizon.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-review/feed/ 0 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Final Trailer (2023 Movie) - Seth Rogen nonadult