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Black Christmas 1974

★★★ Watched 19 Dec 2018

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A while back I watched the original Suspiria and was bored by it. Visually it was stunning, but plot-wise it was uninteresting, incoherent, and barely suspenseful. Just finished Black Christmas and it was great. Classic 70s paranoia-horror with a twist ending.
Margot Kidder was great... and it's funny how she can't spell anything as the famous writer, Lois Lane, but can easily spell out the word "fellatio" for a clueless police officer.
If you're looking for some holiday horror, Black Christmas might just be the gift you've been asking for!
The Void 2016

★★½ Watched 09 Nov 2018

Event Horizon in a small town hospital... but also not as frightening.

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Eighth Grade 2018

★★★★ Watched 02 Nov 2018

This film gave me hope and broke my heart. I taught 7th and 8th graders for many years and still work in a middle school (even though I don't have my own class of students anymore). I haven't checked out any "making of" or "behind the scenes" info related to this movie, but Burnham clearly knows middle school kids or has some he consulted quite a bit for this movie.
As I watched, I found myself sometimes simultaneously smiling and…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017

★★★★ Watched 14 Dec 2017

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I really enjoyed The Last Jedi. I've read so many negative reviews by viewers in the last few days, but I disagree with all of them hands down. No movie is without its flaws, but this is not the "ruining" of Star Wars that some have proclaimed.
When I saw The Force Awakens, it was the first time since 1983 that I was watching a Star Wars movie that held surprises for me. This film…

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