October 2, 2020

It Comes at Night

This will be quick. “It Comes at Night?” No it doesn’t. Some confusing mess about a family, a scary virus, ominous music and scared people, none of whom you ever care about. Then a second family shows up, who you also don’t care about. 99% of it happens in a cabin in the woods. Stupid ending. They kill the dog.

September 25, 2020

The Killing of the Sacred Deer

Rating: 2/4 creepy teens The plot was very thin, important plot points unexplained, and the music. Oh the music. One of those “creepy” movies that has ominous music when people are drinking ovaltine, yet none of their heads explode.

September 15, 2020

First Reformed

Rating: 5/5 psychotic anti-heros A fascinating, paced drama, a little reminiscent of Taxi Driver, which I found out after viewing, had the same Writer. Ethan Hawk is really amazing. Wonderful cinematography, intense and well written. No one will remain seated during the last 15 minutes. Yikes.

August 26, 2020

Columbiana

Rating: 3.5 /5 shell casings
With Zoe Saldana from 2011. A mostly predictable action revenge flick, and aside from some not-gratuitous-enough shower scenes, overall, enjoyable.

August 24, 2020

The Old Guard

I’d watch Charlize Theron eat potato chips, and love it. But, this was good. Interesting story, good action, lots of Charlize.

August 22, 2020

Dick

Rating: 4 of 5 Dicks
A 1999 comedy about 2 teenagers who end up walking Nixon’s dog. Very cute, fun soundtrack, and so many actors who later made it big. It’s silly, and gets sillier, but with politics, pandemic, and my state burning up, I needed something very light.

August 18, 2020

Hereditary

Just watched Hereditary with Toni Collette and Gabriel Byrne. Holy fucking duckballs. Scared the crap out of both of us. Totally unexpected, nothing went as you expected, absolutely terrifying, and wrapped it all up so by the end you actually understood the whole story. But, fuck, save something funny to “wind down” after this. Scariest original flick I’ve seen since Us. Fuckity fuck fuck fuck.

June 30, 2020

The Lodge

Rating: 3/4 Cabins in the woods Summary: A good atmospheric horror flick. A couple unnecessary audio shockers, and unsympathetic character development bring it down a notch.

June 27, 2020

Doctor Sleep

Rating: 5 of 5 axes
Holy crap. 2-1/2 hours of tension. I’m exhausted. Loved it.

June 20, 2020

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Rating: 3/4 blunts Watched the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot last night. About what I expected. Fun cast, uneven story. Definitely a film for the fans. I give it 3 blunts. One whole blunt because Jason Mewes has gone through a lot of hard times.