Michael Mays

Michael Mays

Favorite films

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Star Wars
  • Jaws
  • Ghostbusters

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  • Freeway

    ★★

  • A Christmas Carol

    ★★★★★

  • Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation

  • The Brain

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  • Blood Machines

    Blood Machines

    Blood Machines is a science fiction romp with stunning visuals and a banger of a score by French darksynth artist Carpenter Brut, marred by a nonsensical story and horrible acting.

  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    ★★★

    Indiana Jones returns for one final adventure. James Mangold has taken over for Steven Spielberg, and while he directs with a workman-like effeciancy he fails to elicit the thrills and charm that Spielberg effortlessly brought to the previous entries. It's great to see Harrison Ford back in the Fedora one last time, but at times it seems like weaker takes were used, rendering his overall performance as one that seems to not quite have the enthusiasm he showed in the…

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  • Scrooge

    Scrooge

    ★★

    As a life-long fan of A Christmas Carol, I always enjoy watching the various adaptations and seeing how they differ while basically telling the same story. This 1935 British production is the very first sound version of the Charles Dickens story, so I was excited to catch it on Turner Classic Movies. This is a severely truncated version, with many characters and aspects from the novel omitted. It devotes more time to the first half of the story, giving audiences…

  • Mad Max: Fury Road

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    ★★★★★

    After thirty years (of which the movie spent about the last fourteen in various states of development), action icon Mad Max finally returns to the big screen. Yes, a new actor is playing Max, but this isn't a reboot. It's definitely a sequel. Think of it as a relaunch; it reintroduces Max for a new generation in a way that stays connected to what came before, but paves the way for future films.

    Sticking to what worked the first time…