Socially Distant, self isolated and sheltered in place.
I’ve discussed my reverence for the Scream franchise when reviewing 5cream and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. When I buy my ticket to a Scream I expect … Continue Reading Scream VI (2023) March 13th, 2023
40 years ago a group of young filmmakers in New York City shot a film about an rollerskating urban ninja vigilante but never finished it. The reels sat in a … Continue Reading New York Ninja (2021) February 13th, 2023
Making a record of the films I consumed during the pandemic lockdowns was this blog’s original purpose. Simulating talking to my friends and family about movies during a time when … Continue Reading The General (1926) February 12th, 2023
A farfetched historical farce akin to Forrest Gump and Big Fish, Little Big Man follows Dustin Hoffman’s titular character through a comical and harrowing coming of old-age story. Little Big … Continue Reading Little Big Man (1970) February 4th, 2023
The privilege of watching a movie without outside influence is essential to keeping the experience and analysis as objective as possible. It’s also a rarity. If the film comes with … Continue Reading Crosscut (1995) January 29th, 2023
Chadwick Boseman’s death significantly disrupted Marvel Studio’s plans and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever respectfully dedicates a significant portion of its plot and screen time to his passing. In Black Panther: … Continue Reading Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) December 27th, 2022
When it comes to the traditional Christmas experience you can keep your eggnog, prime rib, and assorted cookies. I prefer treating my seasonal-indulgence-disorder with a BAD light… that’s just the … Continue Reading A Maple Valley Christmas (2022) December 18th, 2022
This Halloween we filled our evening with a Leone-esq film trifecta. The Classic (The Exorcist), The Difficult-to-Find-on-Home-Release (Near Dark), and The Garbage (Nightmare Sisters). You can tell by the cover, … Continue Reading Nightmare Sisters (1988) October 31st, 2022
Our annual October Horror Marathon was truncated this year due to our move. We made up as much time as possible by committing all Halloween day to horror movies. My … Continue Reading The Exorcist (1973) October 31st, 2022
Famous for playing Sherlock Holmes in different shows at the same time, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller took that novelty to the next level in their stage production of … Continue Reading Frankenstein (2011) October 25th, 2022
Hocus Pocus feels like required reading for my cohort. Something about that wacky oddity of a film terrified me as a kid and charms me as an adult. My wife … Continue Reading Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) October 19th, 2022
House of Usher is padded with 45 extraneous minutes of repetitive dialogue and faux dramatic tension. Vincent Price reluctantly welcomes his sister’s suitor into their gothic estate and spends half … Continue Reading House of Usher (1960) October 10th, 2022
I took an English class in college focusing on The Great American Novel. The Great American Novel is a superlative bestowed on only the most exemplary works of American Fiction … Continue Reading Paper Moon (1973) October 2nd, 2022
I’ve wanted another rewatchable Predator film since my first exposure to the original classic but each sequel (and I’ve seen them all) has been a repugnant failure on every level. … Continue Reading Prey (2022) August 10th, 2022
Unfortunately for Director Taika Waititi great falls come from great heights. The expectations that his newest movie Thor: Love and Thunder would be good came from experience. He starred in … Continue Reading Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) July 10th, 2022
Jurassic Park brought colorful dinosaurs to life on screen and used them to camouflage a poignant science fiction morality tale. 30 years later Jurassic World: Dominion is a Jurassic Park … Continue Reading Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) June 12th, 2022
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