Caillou Pettis Movie Reviews

05/11/2020

HIS HOUSE may not reach its full potential, but its excellent direction, powerful themes, and strong performances make it a thrilling delight.

His House may not reach its full potential, but its excellent direction, powerful themes, and strong performances make it a thrilling delight.

04/11/2020

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES offers a nice change with a new location and added mythos, but it’s still devoid of impressive scares and characters that are interesting.

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones offers changes with a new location and added mythos, but it's still devoid of scares and good characters.

03/11/2020

COME PLAY may suffer from a slow pace, but its greatest strengths lie within its themes of family and love, as well as its lead performances.

Come Play may suffer from a slow pace, but its greatest strengths lie within its themes of family and love, as well as its lead performances.

02/11/2020

HOLIDATE may be extremely corny and sappy, but its lead performances from Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey as well as its sense of humor make this rom-com worth watching.

Holidate may be extremely corny and sappy, but its lead performances as well as its sense of humor make this rom-com worth watching.

01/11/2020

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 may offer an excellent performance from Kathryn Newton, but it suffers from an uneventful plot, cheap scares, and bland writing.

Paranormal Activity 4 may offer a great performance from Kathryn Newton but it suffers from an boring plot, cheap scares, and weak writing.

31/10/2020

With its outstanding lead performance from Jamie Lee Curtis and its excellent direction, John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN is a tension-filled horror masterpiece.

With its great lead performance from Jamie Lee Curtis and its eerie direction, John Carpenter's Halloween is a horror masterpiece.

31/10/2020

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE is an unrelentingly brutal and scarily plausible horror masterpiece from legendary director Tobe Hooper.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is an unrelentingly brutal and scarily plausible horror masterpiece from legendary director Tobe Hooper.

30/10/2020

'The Marshal' excellently thrusts viewers back into the chaotic and magical world within THE MANDALORIAN thanks to great writing and visual effects.

The Marshal thrusts viewers back into the chaotic and magical world within The Mandalorian thanks to great writing and visual effects.

29/10/2020

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 had the potential to tell an interesting and creepy origin story for the franchise but instead ends up being yet another woefully boring and generic disaster.

Paranormal Activity 3 had the potential to tell a creepy origin story for the franchise but instead ends up being another boring disaster.

27/10/2020

SELFIE FROM HELL is a hilariously awful and ridiculously silly horror film that takes itself far too seriously despite its wacky concept.

Selfie from Hell is a hilariously awful and ridiculously silly horror film that takes itself far too seriously despite its wacky concept.

26/10/2020

Although its star-studded cast is fun and energetic, FRIENDSGIVING is a drastically unfunny film with cringy jokes and flat characters.

Although its star-studded cast is fun and energetic, Friendsgiving is a drastically unfunny film with cringy jokes and flat characters.

25/10/2020

At its core, ON THE ROCKS is a poetic and meditative movie that is incredibly enjoyable, even if it may be far too simplistic for some viewers to get truly invested in.

On the Rocks is a poetic and meditative movie that's enjoyable even if it may be too simplistic for some viewers to get truly invested in.

24/10/2020

Great success! BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM is an absolutely chaotic and hilarious sequel thanks to Sacha Baron Cohen's great performance and its impressive script.

Great success! Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is an absolutely chaotic and hilarious sequel thanks to Sacha Baron Cohen's great performance.

23/10/2020

THE WITCHES is a magnificently fun, albeit over-the-top and campy, adventure for the whole family and a return to form for director Robert Zemeckis.

The Witches is a fun, albeit over-the-top and campy, adventure for the whole family and a return to form for director Robert Zemeckis.

22/10/2020

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 is a massive improvement upon the original that greatly depicts the breaking down of a family, even if the film as a whole isn’t scary.

Paranormal Activity 2 is an improvement upon the first that greatly depicts the breaking down of a family, even if it's still not scary.

21/10/2020

Although it uses its incredibly small budget in impressive ways, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY simply falls flat when it comes to delivering chilling scares.

Although it uses its small budget in impressive ways, Paranormal Activity simply falls flat when it comes to delivering chilling scares.

21/10/2020

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA is an insanely goofy, over-the-top dose of fun for the whole family, even if it can suffer from poor humor and a thin plot.

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Hotel Transylvania is an insanely goofy, over-the-top dose of fun for the family, even if it can suffer from poor humor and a thin plot.

19/10/2020

IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS is a mammoth of a psychological horror-thriller with its mind-bending Twilight Zone-esque storytelling and its incredible lead performance from Sam Neill.

In the Mouth of Madness is a mammoth of a psychological horror with its mind-bending storytelling and its incredible lead performance.

18/10/2020

CLOUDS is an utterly heartbreaking and emotionally powerful teen drama with extraordinary lead performances and a touching message at its core.

Clouds is a heartbreaking and emotionally powerful teen drama with extraordinary lead performances and a touching message at its core.

16/10/2020

HAUNTING OF THE MARY CELESTE is a commendable effort from director Shana Betz and offers some bloody goodness, but it fails to deliver an engrossing story with fleshed out characters.

Haunting of the Mary Celeste is a commendable effort and offers some bloody goodness, but it fails to deliver an engrossing story.

15/10/2020

Thanks to its wildly eccentric and remarkably hilarious lead performance from Sacha Baron Cohen, BORAT is a non-stop laugh riot and one of the best comedies ever.

Thanks to its eccentric and hilarious performance from Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat is a non-stop laugh riot and one of the best comedies ever.

14/10/2020

NOCTURNE starts off somewhat slow but eventually transforms into an enthralling psychological thrill-ride further boosted by its magnificent lead performance from Sydney Sweeney.

Nocturne starts off slow but eventually transforms into an enthralling thrill-ride further boosted by its lead performance.

13/10/2020

MONSTER HOUSE manages to be a delightfully atmospheric and endearing children’s horror adventure that has plenty of thrills and laughs to keep viewers of all ages entertained.

Monster House is an atmospheric and endearing children's horror story that has plenty of thrills and laughs to keep viewers entertained.

12/10/2020

Steve Martin and John Candy are a comedic dream team in PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES, an incredibly hilarious and brilliantly written comedy masterpiece.

Steve Martin and John Candy are a comedic dream team in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, a hilarious and brilliantly written masterpiece.

11/10/2020

With its hilarious script, funny characters, great voice acting, and excellent animation, TOY STORY will forever remain an animated classic.

With its hilarious script, funny characters, great voice acting, and excellent animation, Toy Story will forever remain an animated classic.

10/10/2020

YELLOW ROSE is a hugely enjoyable movie filled with plenty of catchy and well-written songs to cheer you up boasted by a great lead performance from Eva Noblezada.

Yellow Rose is an enjoyable movie filled with catchy and well-written songs to cheer you up boasted by a great lead performance.

09/10/2020

THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW is an excellent and gritty psychological horror-comedy with an engrossing script and a fantastic lead performance from Jim Cummings.

The Wolf of Snow Hollow is an excellent and gritty psychological horror-comedy with a great script and a fantastic lead performance.

08/10/2020

HOCUS POCUS is a magnificently heartfelt and surprisingly atmospheric blast from beginning to end thanks to its endearing story and eccentric lead performances.

Hocus Pocus is a heartfelt and surprisingly atmospheric blast from beginning to end thanks to its endearing story and lead performances.

07/10/2020

HUBIE HALLOWEEN gives us a goofy and fun Adam Sandler performance, but it still suffers tremendously from an awful script full of bad jokes and flat characters.

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Hubie Halloween gives us a goofy Adam Sandler performance, but it still suffers from an awful script full of bad jokes and flat characters.

06/10/2020

RETURN TO HALLOWEENTOWN is not only borderline disrespectful to its predecessors, but it’s also a dreadfully boring and far too campy conclusion to the franchise.

Return to Halloweentown is not only disrespectful to its predecessors, but it's also a boring and far too campy conclusion to the franchise.

05/10/2020

Although the performances in HALLOWEENTOWN HIGH are fun and charming, the film suffers greatly from a tired and uninspired script that runs out of ideas quickly.

Although the performances in Halloweentown High are charming, the film suffers from an uninspired script that runs out of ideas quickly.

04/10/2020

HALLOWEENTOWN II: KALABAR'S REVENGE is a sequel that improves upon the original thanks to its wonderfully charming performances and delightfully creepy atmosphere.

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge is a sequel that improves upon the original thanks to its wonderfully charming performances.

03/10/2020

LET IT SNOW is a bitingly dark descent into madness thanks to its lead performance from Ivanna Sakhno and its moments of genuine tension along the way.

Let It Snow is a bitingly dark descent into madness thanks to its lead performance from Ivanna Sakhno and its moments of tension.

02/10/2020

DEATH OF ME is quite possibly the worst mainstream horror movie of the year so far. Its script is devoid of thrills and it wastes the talents of many actors such as Maggie Q and Luke Hemsworth.

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01/10/2020

HALLOWEENTOWN is a wonderfully endearing children’s story filled with tons of heart and is sure to put families all around the world in the Halloween spirit.

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30/09/2020

MINIONS may entertain small children, but others are going to find it an extremely annoying and hugely flat animated story with no real substance behind it.

Minions may entertain children, but others are going to find it an annoying and hugely flat animated story with no real substance behind it.

29/09/2020

CHRISTMAS PERFECTION is an incredibly cheesy and trope-filled holiday disaster with weak acting, a poor and familiar screenplay, and awful editing.

Christmas Perfection is a cheesy and trope-filled holiday disaster with weak acting, a poor and familiar screenplay, and awful editing.

28/09/2020

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI is an uplifting food documentary injected with tons of heart and passion thanks to the wonderful story of its title chef.

Jiro Dreams of Sushi is an uplifting food documentary injected with heart and passion thanks to the wonderful story of its title chef.

27/09/2020

CHRONICLE is an immensely entertaining science-fiction thriller that puts a unique spin on the found-footage trope thanks to wonderful special effects and nuanced performances.

Chronicle is an entertaining thriller that puts a unique spin on the found-footage trope thanks to its special effects and performances.

26/09/2020

PARANORMAL ATTRACTION is an unintentionally hilarious, painfully unscary, and poorly acted disaster with virtually no surprises up its sleeves.

Paranormal Attraction is an unintentionally funny, painfully unscary, and poorly acted disaster with virtually no surprises up its sleeves.