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Favorite films

  • Cocoon
  • The Natural
  • The Thing
  • Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

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  • kid 90

    ★★★★½

  • Megalomaniac

    ★★★

  • Ran

    ★★★★½

  • BlacKkKlansman

    ★★★★★

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  • The Boogens

    The Boogens

    ★★

    HoopTober 8.0 (Film 5 of 34)
    - From 1981 (1 of 4)
    - Decades: 1980s (2 of 8)

    A haiku review:

    Boy, they got shafted
    Some miner difficulties
    Life ore death struggles

    Can confirm that I am indeed a dad, so I am licensed to make puns like that. Regarding this film, I had low expectations since the only way i had ever heard of it was on a Trailer Trauma compilation a couple years ago. Never pinged my radar…

  • Seconds

    Seconds

    ★★★★★

    The Podcast Macabre 2021 Horror Challenge (Film 49 of 52)
    #21 - From Edgar Wright’s 100 Favorite Horror Films of All Time list. 

    Second viewing of this, and it holds up just as strong. I can’t top my first review and the fact that Edgar Wright asked me how I liked it after mentioning on Twitter I had watched it because of his list. (You can find my original review here.)

    (On blu-ray)

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  • kid 90

    kid 90

    ★★★★½

    As Gen Xer, this felt like the most accurate and honest time capsule of that era that I’ve ever seen. Excluding the fame and celebrity aspects, this was 1000% relatable to what my friends and I were doing and dealing with at that time. Truly heartbreaking at times, but I do wish there had been more. 72 minutes was tight and got the job done quite well, and I can respect that with how personal this project was for Soleil Moon Frye that she didn’t want to stretch it out more than she felt was necessary. 

    (On Hulu)

  • Megalomaniac

    Megalomaniac

    ★★★

    On paper, I should absolutely love this one. But in reality, it looked great but just didn’t click with me. 

    (On Amazon VOD)

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  • Antrum

    Antrum

    ★★★★½

    Alternative titles:

    - A Boy And His Dog . . . And The Devil
    - Not All Dogs Go To Heaven
    - Hansel & Gretel Go Grindhouse
    - The Blair Ditch Project

    I've got a strong feeling this is a late contender to be in my top ten horror films of 2019. Highly recommended!

  • The Woman in Black

    The Woman in Black

    ★★★★

    This is a great lesson in atmospheric horror. Nice, slow building tension with mysterious happenings. Frequent moments of "did you just see that thing move?" and "Behind you, Harry Potter!!" spookiness. I jumped a few times and had goosebumps at least once. I know it was based on a stage play per other people's posts, and I'd love to see it. All in all, an excellent return of Hammer Studios.