“The House with a Clock in its Walls” – Tick, tick, boom! [MOVIE REVIEW]
Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) with a collection of objects that aren’t quite what they seem in “The House With A Clock in Its Walls,” the spine-tingling, magical adventure of a boy who goes to live with his eccentric uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Based on the first volume in the beloved children’s series of books, the film is directed by master frightener Eli Roth. Never has such a delightful, family-friendly film come along that boasts what seems to be a counterintuitive creative team. Maybe that’s just another of the terrific surprises associated with this flat-out wonderful movie. From this point on, if you expect anything remotely negative about “The House with a Clock in its Walls,” then stop reading now, because I loved everything about it. Eli Roth, most famous for his gory slasher B-movies (and that’s being generous) directed this film with a light, humorous touch injecting it with enough thrills and chills to keep the audience slightly off balance and paying attention. And attention must be paid because Roth with his equally counterintuitive writer, Eric Kripke, best known as the creator of supernatural television series (including the…
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