Well, I feel like I should have really enjoyed Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula more than I did. What I really loved was the highly stylized cinematography and fantastic production design, what I really didn't was the incredibly muddled plot and the structural narrative choices.

What other reviewers seem to harp on is Keanu Reeves' performance, and while it isn't very good it is never distractingly bad. My main issues come with the narrative that often has two, three, or even…

And now, I've finally watched The Avengers, probably the most ubiquitous popular film of recent years that I haven't seen. Given the high praise of the film and the underwhelming state of my run through the MCU's Phase 1 so far I actually was fairly cautious going into this film. Thankfully, or perhaps even surprisingly, I really enjoyed The Avengers!

It's easily the best of the Phase 1 movies, and Joss Whedon does a great job bringing all the characters…

Film 1/31 of March 2017 Scavenger Hunt
Task #6: A film in theaters
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I really don't want to overhype Logan for anyone, but for me this film absolutely lived up to what I hoped it could be. This is the first superhero movie I've ever seen that had more authentic seeming drama and action than it did the typical things you'd expect from the genre. Logan really feels like it is telling its own stories about characters that happen…

Just got back from the movie theater and this was intense. Wow. Don't Breathe is a film that easily lives up to the positive buzz and the hype, it is a masterclass in suspense and atmosphere.

Fede Alvarez's effectively tense and horrifying direction adds to the terrifying performance of Stephen Lang as the blind man who fights back against a trio of young adults who break into his home in search of some cash to make a better life for…