Mercy: A Nonsensical, Unoriginal Real-Time Thriller (4K)
The Film: Making a film that takes place in real time is always a remarkably delicate tightrope walk. Not only does the continuity have to be strictly on point, but before you even get there, you have to make sure that the story itself is one that can withstand the pressure of being told in such a specific fashion. That is to ask, is it engaging & compelling enough to keep the audience's attention or will seeing every detail across every minute of its telling merely bore them
The Dark Half: An Intriguing Premise Receives Poor Execution (Blu-ray)
The Film: As we've seen with the multitude of Stephen King adaptations over the years, it's usually the very best ones that will be brought up in discussion over and over again, like "The Shining," "Misery," "The Green Mile," etc., but then there are ones that no one seems to mention, like horror maestro George A. Romero's 1993 adaptation of King's 1989 novel "The Dark Half." Naturally, one's inclination would be that it must not be very good, especially after seeing the rath