Movies The Skeleton Key (2005) Rating: 3-1/2 out of 4 Sarsgaards Great atmospheric thriller/horror. Good acting from world-class actors (including John Hurt), great cinematography of Louisiana, never quite sure who to be watching out for. A couple lazy plot points, but pretty solid story.
Movies Darkness Falls Rating: Zero out of Four wisdom teeth Ooo, is that Anya from Buffy? Why yes it is! The first 30 minutes were really good. Demon tooth fairy. This concept could work. But it soon lost all semblance of plot, actors came and went, logic
Movies Hush (2016) Rating: 3/4 plunging knife wounds Found this on Netflix. I assumed a “terrorized alone in a house in the woods” flick could bring nothing new to the oversaturated genre. I was wrong. Well written and acted, very few “why are you hiding behind
Movies Call of the Wild Rating: 2/4 computer generated canines Slightly better than my very low expectations. Disney Mousewashes a brilliant Jack London story, but still kills a couple of people in the process. Jack London would have despised it.
Movies The Night Eats The World Rating: 3 / 4 George Romeros This did not suck at all. It's a Zombie flick, and totally believable. Really good use of not ominous, but uncomfortable music. Also very good use of music in other forms. A smart main character (be still my heart!
Movies The Invisible Man Rating: 1/2 of 4 sad remakes I wish this movie was invisible. What is it with these horrible soundtracks totally overreaching a mediocre and boring slog? If the music turns ominous or creepy, relax. When the music turns boring, and especially if it
Movies Fantasy Island Rating: 0 Fantasies / who really cares? I knew this was panned by critics and civilians, and wasn't expecting much. Wow, still wasn't expecting this mess. So, the first acts... For the most part, 2nd rate actors from 3rd rate films. And Michael Pena. But,
Movies The Island Rating: 3/4 Sean Beans A more-or-less by the book dystopian future, that borrows from a lot of better stories. A really great cast, pretty good acting, pretty flat writing. Lots and lots of action, mostly gratuitous, but still technically well executed. Ending isn't
Movies Girl in the Spider's Web Rating: 🐉🐉 / 🐉🐉🐉🐉 Looks like the second in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series. Haven't watched the first yet. Decent action flick, nothing surprising, but not boring. Silly tech bits though.
Movies It Comes at Night 0/10,000,000 Killer Virus Spores 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
Movies 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.
Movies 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
Movies 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.
Movies The Old Guard Review 4.5/5 Women who can kick my ass I'd watch Charlize Theron eat potato chips, and love it. But, this was good. Interesting story, good action, lots of Charlize.
Movies Dick Rating: 4/4 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
Movies Hereditary Review: 5 / 5 Severed heads 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
Movies 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.
Movies 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
Movies The Good Liar Rating 4 / 4 Nazis hunters Damn. Best movie I think I've seen this year. I knew nothing about it, except the legend (wait for it...) ary actors, which was perfect.
Movies Knives Out Rating: None, didn't make it though We tried Knives Out. It just never caught our fancy. After an hour, we gave up. Was good to see so many of our favorite actors though.
Movies It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Rating 3/4 Lady Aberlains Excellent. Especially because it wasn’t just another Fred Rodgers retelling, we have a great one of those already. It’s more about how Fred’s very nature of caring, facing even really hard issues as part of life,