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The Terrors of Suburbia Dark Skies (Rated R) by HEATHER GRIFFITHS they don't, because that makes too This one's rough. I do the math much sense. Instead, they stay in in my head and it keeps coming to a house that is clearly zero every time. On being affected by somethe plus side, there thing otherworldly and are some genuinely even manage to sleep unsettling bits in there night after night. Dark Skies (97 minThe variety and strength utes). On the minus of the pharmaceuticals side, the female lead that would be required has a stupid name for me to do that haven't and the oldest son been invented yet. has a Beiber haircut. Especially when you conAt first there is a sider that Lacy walks in strong female lead, on a presence standing but then in the last over her son's bed that 20 minutes she loses immediately disappears, it. There is sudden, apparently taking Sam shocking blood and with it. Don't worry! He awesomely weird shows up again! facial contortions, but there is no Strange events begin bleeding follow-through on several important over into the daylight hours. The plot points. J.K. Simmons shows up, children have seizures and slip into but then fails to bring the rage he waking nightmares. Then, a few is usually so good at bringing. The flocks of birds take a break from build-up was nice, the ending was stupid. All in all I think it's fair to pooping on freshly washed cars to say it wasn't awful, but writer direcfling themselves at the house, and tor Scott Stewart has a history of still the Barretts refuse to leave. rotten eggs in his past (see: Legion Things get even more sinister and Priest. But don't actually go and when the children develop bruises see either of them, they both suck). and brands that the police should The set-up occurs in the first 15 really should be following up on minutes or so. The Barrett fammore aggressively, but given the ily is pretty typical, affected by the underfunded nature of the typical economic downturn, financially Department of Social Services, peroverextended, and trying to keep haps that is more realistic than not. up appearances. While the youngAnyway, about this time the "exest, (Kadan Rockett) is doing a pert" so typical in this sort of film fairly good job of adapting, Jesse appears, Pollard (J.K. Simmons). (Dakota Goyo) is hanging out with He basically tells them they are the wrong crowd. Meanwhile, Lacy doomed, so that was helpful. Lacy and Daniel (Keri Russell and Josh and Daniel batten down the hatches, Hamilton) are at each other throats. then do pretty much the opposite of It seems that Daniel got laid off, what Pollard told them to do. Tip: which caused him to lose his mawhen the expert tells you to stick chismo while Lacy is stressed from together, your first move should not shouldering the burden of propbe to split the family up into three ping up her husband in addition to different rooms. bringing home the bacon. Overall, I am getting a real So, when the weird stuff starts Insidious/Sinister vibe, and, happening it is easy to blame it on oddly enough, shades of the Tobe the family dynamic. For example, Hooper classic, Poltergeist. Just like when a bizarrely intricate construcPoltergeist, Dark Skies uses the idea tion of kitchen utensils and food that suburbia itself is a terrifying appears in the kitchen, naturally place to good effect, as well as the the police accuse the children of idea that most the things that make being super-geniuses with six arms us feel secure in our little enclaves and the ability to complete complex of conformity (security systems, the architectural projects in moments. police) cannot really protect us. Because the police have no interNow showing at Wynnsong 7, est in investigating the possibilCarmike 12 and Carmike Market ity of neighborhood pranksters or Fair 15. stalkers, they call it a day. Then, the Barrett's go stay with friends. At least, that's what I would do after someone repeatedly HEATHER GRIFFITHS, Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upandbroke into my house. But comingweekly.com. 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