Bob Grimm

There's nothing wrong with a straight-up horror film without humor, but that's not what one expects from an Evil Dead movie. If expectations need to be tossed asunder for something new and different for the franchise, there needs to be a little meat on the bone—and a sense of purpose. Instead,

There’s nothing wrong with a straight-up horror film without humor, but that’s not what one expects from an Evil Dead movie.

The movie is funny from start to end. It doesn't hurt that Rogen—an underrated comic and dramatic actor if there ever was one—is at the center, holding it all together. His Joe runs the complete emotional gauntlet in this movie, and Rogen shines.

The movie is funny from start to end. It doesn’t hurt that Seth Rogen—an underrated comic and dramatic actor if there ever was one—is at the center, holding it all together.

Olivia Wilde's “The Invite” traps Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Ed Norton in one San Francisco dinner party—and delivers her best, funniest film yet.

Olivia Wilde’s “The Invite” traps Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Ed Norton in one San Francisco dinner party—and delivers her best, funniest film yet.

Matt Damon is a spectacle as Odysseus, the Greek legend who is just trying to get his ass home after war—looking like a badass in everything from those furry Greek battle helmets to a big, shaggy gray beard. He's like Griffin Dunne in Martin Scorsese's

Matt Damon is a spectacle as Odysseus, the Greek legend who is just trying to get his ass home after war—looking like a badass in everything from those furry Greek battle helmets to a big, shaggy g…

Evil Dead Burn trades the franchise's wild humor for grim, joyless horror, leaving thin characters and slow pacing as the series lurches toward an even darker future.

Evil Dead Burn trades the franchise's wild humor for grim, joyless horror, leaving thin characters and slow pacing as the series lurches toward an even darker f...