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A ★★★★★ review of Blue Velvet (1986)
“I don’t know if you’re a detective or a pervert.” This film had a somewhat troubled period of pre-production. After making The Elephant Man, David Lynch met with producer Richard Roth over coffee, with the latter expressing some admiration of Lynch's script for Ronnie Rocket, but didn't feel...
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A ★ review of Teen Wolf Too (1987)
“What’s going on here? Frog fighting in my lab?” It's always a good sign when a sequel can't even get the original star to come back. In this case, Michael J. Fox refused to return, having only done the original because he had a sudden gap in his filming schedule with Family Ties. Instead, they...
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A ★★★½ review of Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
“Look at that. I was right. Note the lack of surprise.” Depending on how far back you go, this film either had a somewhat long pre-production history...or a VERY long pre-production history. The idea for a Sonic film in general first came about around 1993, when the Adventures of Sonic the...
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Nosferatu (2025) at the theater
in 1922, film makers were unable to get the rights to Dracula (or didn't really try) and made their own rip off, "Nosferatu". Happily, court orders were ignored that the film be destroyed. Since then, Klaus Kinski did his own version in 1979. In 2000, Willem Dafoe played the actor, Max Schreck (German for "Fright") playing Count Orlock as they make the 1922 movie, but he's really a vampire.
So now we have this. Just when you thought vampires couldn't be scary anymore as it has been done to death, this comes along with writer/director Robert Egger's typical super atmospheric style and does just that again. Scary, engrossing, gorgeous to look at. Pretty much covers the beats of the OG while at it.
9/10.
in 1922, film makers were unable to get the rights to Dracula (or didn't really try) and made their own rip off, "Nosferatu". Happily, court orders were ignored that the film be destroyed. Since then, Klaus Kinski did his own version in 1979. In 2000, Willem Dafoe played the actor, Max Schreck (German for "Fright") playing Count Orlock as they make the 1922 movie, but he's really a vampire.
So now we have this. Just when you thought vampires couldn't be scary anymore as it has been done to death, this comes along with writer/director Robert Egger's typical super atmospheric style and does just that again. Scary, engrossing, gorgeous to look at. Pretty much covers the beats of the OG while at it.
9/10.
A ★ review of Children of the Corn (2020)
“Don’t worry, Eden. Nothing really dies in the corn.” This film is actually not really a remake of the 1984 film, or the 2009 film, despite sharing the name. Instead, it was confirmed from the outset that this film would have "almost nothing to do with" either version of the film, according to...
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I have now covered the entire series. Thankfully, because I'm not sure I could handle another one.
The Green Inferno, 2/10
This was picked as a stinker for my movie club, and it's a proper one. It's a cannibal film by Eli Roth about a group of student activists who go to the Amazon for protest reasons, and end up captured by a cannibal tribe. You can figure out the rest. It's really fucking boring. For a cannibal movie from a director who's built his brand on being edgy, non-PC and hardcore, this is shockingly tame in every respect. If anything, my problem with it was that it wasn't obnoxious, mean-spirited and nasty enough. The cannibal stuff starts only at around 50 minutes, and even there the spectacle is limited to just one sole setpiece that's shot so frantically you can't even appreciate the details or the effects. The characters are clearly meant to be hatable, obnoxious student protester dipshits, but they're not nearly annoying enough to enjoy see getting killed. The film flirts with genuinely revolting stuff (like female genital mutilation, yay) but doesn't have the nads to commit to the bit. In some scenes I was left legitimately confused as to what was supposed to be happening because the editing was so haphazard. This overall lack of willingness to go all out is best demonstrated by a scene where a character gets diarrhea. It's played as a joke, and it's literally nothing but sound effects. There's not even a shot of a stain spreading on the character's pants. Like, what kind of film did Eli Roth think he was making?
The film's only about 90 minutes long, but has enough plot for maybe 40. The rest is spent on irrelevant tangents, scenes that go nowhere and just filler footage. There's just very little to talk about. It's not funny, it's not particularly gory for a supposed gore film, it's not exciting, it's not scary, it's just boring. There's one very brief moment where a character commits suicide that's genuinely shocking and dark out of context, and even manages to be effective in context. There is also some merit to its production: for a movie made for only $5 million, it looks many times its budget. It was shot on location in Peru, which lends it a lot of legitimacy. There are some occasional nice landscape shots and it's overall shot decently well, so it's not a total wash. Just 95% a total wash. There's no need to watch this, ever. For gore there's way better. Jesus, I'm willing to bet that even from Eli Roth there's way better.
This was picked as a stinker for my movie club, and it's a proper one. It's a cannibal film by Eli Roth about a group of student activists who go to the Amazon for protest reasons, and end up captured by a cannibal tribe. You can figure out the rest. It's really fucking boring. For a cannibal movie from a director who's built his brand on being edgy, non-PC and hardcore, this is shockingly tame in every respect. If anything, my problem with it was that it wasn't obnoxious, mean-spirited and nasty enough. The cannibal stuff starts only at around 50 minutes, and even there the spectacle is limited to just one sole setpiece that's shot so frantically you can't even appreciate the details or the effects. The characters are clearly meant to be hatable, obnoxious student protester dipshits, but they're not nearly annoying enough to enjoy see getting killed. The film flirts with genuinely revolting stuff (like female genital mutilation, yay) but doesn't have the nads to commit to the bit. In some scenes I was left legitimately confused as to what was supposed to be happening because the editing was so haphazard. This overall lack of willingness to go all out is best demonstrated by a scene where a character gets diarrhea. It's played as a joke, and it's literally nothing but sound effects. There's not even a shot of a stain spreading on the character's pants. Like, what kind of film did Eli Roth think he was making?
The film's only about 90 minutes long, but has enough plot for maybe 40. The rest is spent on irrelevant tangents, scenes that go nowhere and just filler footage. There's just very little to talk about. It's not funny, it's not particularly gory for a supposed gore film, it's not exciting, it's not scary, it's just boring. There's one very brief moment where a character commits suicide that's genuinely shocking and dark out of context, and even manages to be effective in context. There is also some merit to its production: for a movie made for only $5 million, it looks many times its budget. It was shot on location in Peru, which lends it a lot of legitimacy. There are some occasional nice landscape shots and it's overall shot decently well, so it's not a total wash. Just 95% a total wash. There's no need to watch this, ever. For gore there's way better. Jesus, I'm willing to bet that even from Eli Roth there's way better.
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A ★★★ review of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
“Am I going to regret taking you?” “Um...yeah. Probably.” While a sequel to Ghost Rider was considered pretty much as soon as the first one wrapped up, it wasn't until 2008 when Nicolas Cage mentioned meeting with executives in regards to the sequel, and 2009 when David S. Goyer was announced to...
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Thank you. Other than a weaker Satan, I actually enjoyed all of the characters. This is still my favorite Ghosrider movie. I actually like this over both Crank movies. I love how SoV has this subtle ash color grading with orange/blue (sometimes green) contrast. Works in the film's favor.@BrawlMan
A ★★★ review of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
“Am I going to regret taking you?” “Um...yeah. Probably.” While a sequel to Ghost Rider was considered pretty much as soon as the first one wrapped up, it wasn't until 2008 when Nicolas Cage mentioned meeting with executives in regards to the sequel, and 2009 when David S. Goyer was announced to...
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Had a blast watching this movie. It was exciting and a lot of fun from the get go, and then it was super funny, and then it was super sad. Everything Sean Baker does always feels so naturalistic yet specific. This is probably his most 'structured' movie too so the 2 hours 20 minutes were a breeze.
Had a blast watching this movie. It was exciting and a lot of fun from the get go, and then it was super funny, and then it was super sad. Everything Sean Baker does always feels so naturalistic yet specific. This is probably his most 'structured' movie too so the 2 hours 20 minutes were a breeze.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
There was a recent TV show adaptation of this novel from the 50's but wife and I decided to watch the Matt Damon movie first as I had never seen it and she is a Damon fan so it was a re-watch for her.
And yeah it's pretty good- I didn't realize it would be a weird homoerotic obsession story. Since it was written in the way-back it does ultimately truck in a few disappointing tropes but that's gotta be expected I guess. I also ended up hating every character because they're rich and entitled but maybe that was kinda the point, like the Great Gatsby? For some reason I've been kind of obsessed lately with the American public's love/hate relationship with our wealthy aristrocratic/bourgeouise.
There was a recent TV show adaptation of this novel from the 50's but wife and I decided to watch the Matt Damon movie first as I had never seen it and she is a Damon fan so it was a re-watch for her.
And yeah it's pretty good- I didn't realize it would be a weird homoerotic obsession story. Since it was written in the way-back it does ultimately truck in a few disappointing tropes but that's gotta be expected I guess. I also ended up hating every character because they're rich and entitled but maybe that was kinda the point, like the Great Gatsby? For some reason I've been kind of obsessed lately with the American public's love/hate relationship with our wealthy aristrocratic/bourgeouise.
Accidental gay double feature!
Am I Ok?
Coming out mumblecore dramedy directed by Tig Notaro and her wife. Dakota Johnson's wishy-washy loosey-goosey state of being is upset when two things happen: her BFF announces she's moving to London, and she realizes she's actually into ladies. The movie is about her gearing towards an existence without her co-dependent bestie while dipping her toes into the lesbian scene. Dakota's mildly autistic, awkward shtick is a lot of fun and her dynamic with Sonoya Mizuno (the gynoid that shreds the dance floor with Oscar Isaac in Ex Machina) is perfectly charming. My only problem with this movie is that I feel like I've seen a million different variations of it already, and there's some character stuff that swings a little too wildly to make total sense.
Venom: The Last Dance
Tom Hardy and the alien that lives up his ass go on one last uuuuuh dance. If you were excited about the multiverse cliffhanger from No Way Home pack it up, Eddie Brock gets immediately plucked back to his home planet for keepsies and the plot is him basically running from a space crab. I guess he's trying to get back to NYC so he can clear his name but the whole movie is essentially this space crab distraction, intermingled with scenes of astonishing banality in Area 51, where the rest of the cast comments on the plot.
I never like the Venom voice. Not only does it sound too much like what it is - something that was dubbed in later - the sound mixing is all wrong, and makes Venom feel almost like a voiceover narrator who exists just outside the narrative.
Am I Ok?
Coming out mumblecore dramedy directed by Tig Notaro and her wife. Dakota Johnson's wishy-washy loosey-goosey state of being is upset when two things happen: her BFF announces she's moving to London, and she realizes she's actually into ladies. The movie is about her gearing towards an existence without her co-dependent bestie while dipping her toes into the lesbian scene. Dakota's mildly autistic, awkward shtick is a lot of fun and her dynamic with Sonoya Mizuno (the gynoid that shreds the dance floor with Oscar Isaac in Ex Machina) is perfectly charming. My only problem with this movie is that I feel like I've seen a million different variations of it already, and there's some character stuff that swings a little too wildly to make total sense.
Venom: The Last Dance
Tom Hardy and the alien that lives up his ass go on one last uuuuuh dance. If you were excited about the multiverse cliffhanger from No Way Home pack it up, Eddie Brock gets immediately plucked back to his home planet for keepsies and the plot is him basically running from a space crab. I guess he's trying to get back to NYC so he can clear his name but the whole movie is essentially this space crab distraction, intermingled with scenes of astonishing banality in Area 51, where the rest of the cast comments on the plot.
I never like the Venom voice. Not only does it sound too much like what it is - something that was dubbed in later - the sound mixing is all wrong, and makes Venom feel almost like a voiceover narrator who exists just outside the narrative.
A ★★★★ review of The Rock (1996)
“Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.” This film did not have the smoothest pre-production or production. For the former, there was a big kerfuffle when it came time to credit people for the script. You see, a man named Jonathan Hensleigh did...
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A ★★★½ review of Malum (2023)
“John Malum is dead.” “Is he? Have you ever seen a tarantula molt? Shed the dead, baby. Shed the dead.” This film is technically a remake of the movie Last Shift, released in 2014. However, it is a rare example of a remake being done by the original director, so it might be more accurate to call...
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A ★★★★½ review of The Beyond (1981)
“Woe be unto him who opens one of the seven gateways to Hell, because through that gateway, evil will invade the world.” This film is the second in a spiritual trilogy of films called the "Gates of Hell Trilogy", all directed by Lucio Fulci and consisting of City of the Living Dead, this film...
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Did you get to Zombie/Zombi 2 yet?A ★★★★½ review of The Beyond (1981)
“Woe be unto him who opens one of the seven gateways to Hell, because through that gateway, evil will invade the world.” This film is the second in a spiritual trilogy of films called the "Gates of Hell Trilogy", all directed by Lucio Fulci and consisting of City of the Living Dead, this film...
I have watched it, just haven't reviewed it. If I had to sum up my thoughts on it: one of the best zombie movies ever made, and out of the 4 films of his I've seen, the best Fulci has delivered.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
I spotted a poster for Iconoclasts in Billy's room. I thought, that's a weird deep cut. If you want to telegraph that a kid is a gamer you would usually place something like Assassin's Creed or Fortnite. I looked it up and go figure, Joakim Sandberg, the lone dev behind Iconoclasts (he worked on it for like 8 years), is the younger brother of David F. Sandberg, director of Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation and the two Shazam movies. Isn't that cute!
I spotted a poster for Iconoclasts in Billy's room. I thought, that's a weird deep cut. If you want to telegraph that a kid is a gamer you would usually place something like Assassin's Creed or Fortnite. I looked it up and go figure, Joakim Sandberg, the lone dev behind Iconoclasts (he worked on it for like 8 years), is the younger brother of David F. Sandberg, director of Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation and the two Shazam movies. Isn't that cute!