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Douglas Davidson

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Biography:

Douglas is a Matthews, NC-based writer who enjoys using his geekdom in the pursuit of understanding and analyzing film. He is the founder of film review site Elements of Madness, member of three critics groups, and co-host of podcast The Cine-Men.

Reviews

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All the President's Men (1976) 95% EDIT “... highlights who we could be and continues to show us the way, even if we know it’s all designed to do so.” – Elements of Madness Feb 17, 2026 Full Review Cloud (2024) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “"Cloud" has a pointed edge that cuts those unprepared for the cognitive reorientation Kurosawa thinks we need.” – Elements of Madness Feb 17, 2026 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% 3.5/5 EDIT “Viewed through the lens of good intentions, "Rental Family" is a bit like a warm hug from a beloved friend: inviting, consolable, and heartfelt.” – Elements of Madness Feb 16, 2026 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “All of this coalesces into an absolute thrill-ride that one wants to experience immediately after it’s over.” – Elements of Madness Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Scarlet (2025) 73% 4/5 EDIT “... utilizes the Shakespearean framework to view the concept of revenge through a different lens, questioning the validity of such a course of action and its impact on both the person charged with the mission and the world at large.” – Elements of Madness Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Cold Storage (2026) 77% 3.5/5 EDIT “Offering up ghastly gore and hilarious dark comedy, "Cold Storage" plays out exactly like it says on the box providing the kind of easy entertainment that makes for a pleasurable midnight creature feature even in the middle of the day.” – Elements of Madness Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Mockbuster (2025) 4/5 EDIT “... not only takes audiences to get a look behind the curtain at how The Asylum churns out their collection of titles, it’s also a general reminder that one should never feel guilty about the things you enjoy or even love.” – Elements of Madness Feb 7, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 83% 5/5 EDIT “... may be the most amalgamation of 2026 we’ll get and absolutely the one we need: catharsis and all.” – Elements of Madness Feb 1, 2026 Full Review Shelter (2026) 63% 3/5 EDIT “... is going to give you exactly what you expect from this sort of action thriller: some cool stunts, a few thrills, and attempted emotional propulsion.” – Elements of Madness Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Cookie Queens (2026) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Charming and sweet without being saccharine, "Cookie Queens" is a surprisingly eye-opening experience as the curtain is pulled-back on a period that so many find delightful without realizing the toll it takes on the young sellers.” – Elements of Madness Jan 27, 2026 Full Review House Party (1990) 94% EDIT “Reevaluation not only affords new audiences to be born, it empowers old audiences to consider a work through a different lens.” – Elements of Madness Jan 27, 2026 Full Review King of Beggars (1992) EDIT “... features a big cast of established HK actors in roles big and small, incorporates multiple tones regardless of the overall tone of the project, features impressive stunt sequences, and incorporates the politics of the time.” – Elements of Madness Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Untitled Home Invasion Romance (2025) 77% 3.5/5 EDIT “... uses comedy, drama, and horror to examine the false perceptions of romance and what it really means to love someone fully.” – Elements of Madness Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Who Killed Alex Odeh? (2026) 4/5 EDIT “These are the seeds of hatred and their fruits are flourishing, which should enrage anyone who comes to realize it.” – Elements of Madness Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant (2026) 93% 4/5 EDIT “... goopy, gory, and gunky — all the things that folks don’t talk about regarding pregnancy and the ways in which agency is often revoked from the pregnant by the sheer act of taking on a parasite.” – Elements of Madness Jan 24, 2026 Full Review In Cold Light (2025) 50% 3.5/5 EDIT “Frustration abounds at first, however, given space to sit with it, this does feel, to a degree, the intention of Giroux all along, to move us as he moves Ava toward a disquieting truth: to heal, we must first forgive ourselves.” – Elements of Madness Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% 3.5/5 EDIT “What Cooper effectively does do is remind those who forget that all of us come from somewhere and we carry that with us regardless of whether we’re a music legend or Joe Schmoe trying to get by ...” – Elements of Madness Jan 20, 2026 Full Review Dead Man (1995) 69% EDIT “... once more utilizing a collection of actors he’s worked with prior, is as fascinating a watch now as it was upon release between its anachronistic score from Nell Young (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), it’s dreamlike flow, and fatalistic energy.” – Elements of Madness Jan 19, 2026 Full Review On the Run (1988) EDIT “... a solid crime thriller whose ramping violence crescendos with exacting viciousness.” – Elements of Madness Jan 17, 2026 Full Review SHEEPDOG (2025) 77% 2.5/5 EDIT “Even when the performances from the main cast keep one engaged, the structure and execution of the narrative results in the audience feeling like the characters are hitting required manufactured beats ...” – Elements of Madness Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Night Patrol (2025) 57% 3.5/5 EDIT “... often cold and extremely cruel, is gearing up to advance into cinemas, bringing with it an agenda of violence from which none will remain unscathed.” – Elements of Madness Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) 70% EDIT “... comes across as mere preparation for "The Last 49 Days," thereby diminishing the connection to Ja-hong’s journey, which is setup as our focus.” – Elements of Madness Jan 12, 2026 Full Review The Old Woman with the Knife (2025) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “... that it seeks to go deeper, to demonstrate the ripples caused by violence and how that stunts one’s ability to see beyond the cruelty one causes and one can cause.” – Elements of Madness Jan 12, 2026 Full Review Daniela Forever (2024) 65% 4/5 EDIT “... things get truly interesting as the expectation of the story and Vigalondo’s intention collide into something simultaneously whimsical and soul-crushingly dark.” – Elements of Madness Jan 9, 2026 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 88% 4/5 EDIT “By the time the end credits appear and silence fills the screen, Lanthimos makes the title (via its meaning) quite clear and provocative in the way audiences have come to expect.” – Elements of Madness Jan 7, 2026 Full Review
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