Before I start publishing my best and worst of 2019 lists, here's that time of year again to get excited about what's coming in next year. There's so many wonderful movies on the horizon, including several very anticipated sequels. And my top pick already feels like potential best Christmas gift ever. Here we go:
Monday, December 30, 2019
Most anticipated movies in 2020
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Monday, December 30, 2019 |
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articles, Birds of Prey, Black Widow, Dune, Eternals, lists, Morbius, Tenet, The Conjuring 3, The Many Saints of Newark, Venom 2, Wonder Woman 1984 | 30 Comments |
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Soundtrack Wednesday - Watchmen (2019)
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Wednesday, December 25, 2019 |
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Soundtrack Wednesday, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Watchmen | 11 Comments |

Saturday, December 21, 2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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fantasy, J.J. Abrams, movies, review, sci-fi, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Rise of Skywalker | 14 Comments |


I never thought that I will see something more embarrassing when it comes to ruining the franchise than 1. WB handing the keys to DC kingdom to Zack Snyder and giving him three tries to make a movie then on the third try going "oh, fuck no!" and firing him mid-making of the film 2. Dumb and Dumber wrecking Game of Thrones so bad that the early seasons are now unwatchable because you know it is all heading towards explosive diarrhea.
Enter whoever was in charge of Disney's Star Wars trilogy (do we blame just Kennedy? Surely more people were involved in making final decisions?). Because whoever made the calls here just wrecked 40+ years worth of a franchise.
Sunday, December 15, 2019
Marriage Story
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Sunday, December 15, 2019 |
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2019, drama, M, Marriage Story, movies, Noah Baumbach, review | 22 Comments |


Sunday, December 8, 2019
Gal Gadot returns as Wonder Woman in stunning first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984
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Sunday, December 8, 2019 |
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trailers, Wonder Woman 1984 | 16 Comments |

It's finally here! The long awaited trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 just landed online and it offers the first look at Diana using her new powers, Steve being back from the dead, Pedro Pascal's villain Maxwell Lord and Kristen Wig's Barbara Minerva. It's a gorgeous, very well made trailer that is not making it easier to wait for the movie, which is going to be released on June 5th 2020.
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Visual Parallels: The Cabin in the Woods + Ready or Not
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Sunday, November 24, 2019 |
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Ready or Not, The Cabin in the Woods, Visual parallels | 23 Comments |

Sunday, November 17, 2019
Screaming Sunday - Doctor Sleep
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Sunday, November 17, 2019 |
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Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan, Screaming Sunday | 14 Comments |
Plot: Years following the events of "The Shining," a now-adult Dan Torrance meets a young girl with similar powers as he tries to protect her from a cult known as The True Knot who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
The heroes: Grown up Danny Torrance and a capable little girl named Abra.
The antagonists: Child murderers led by Rose the Hat, played by amazing Rebecca Ferguson.
What makes it so great? While I didn't like this movie as much as a lot of people did, this is definitely the most competently made Stephen King's adaption in 2019. In the Tall Grass was awful, Pet Semetery was dumb as hell and, while very entertaining, It: Chapter Two is a chaotic mess. But this right here is a proper movie, with decent script, character work and editing.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Joker
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Sunday, November 10, 2019 |
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2019, drama, J, Joker, movies, review, thriller, Todd Phillips | 25 Comments |


I wasn't going to write a review for this because 1. the last thing I want is insecure "men" who identify with the lead character writing nonsense in my comment section 2. this movie doesn't actually deserve my - or anyone's - words, but this is entirely too long for my letterboxd so here we go. Call me a c*nt, you ain't getting published, honey.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Soundtrack Wednesday - Succession
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019 |
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Nicholas Britell, Soundtrack Wednesday, Succession | 8 Comments |

Sunday, October 27, 2019
Screaming Sunday - Eli
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Sunday, October 27, 2019 |
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Eli, Screaming Sunday | 10 Comments |
Plot: A boy receiving treatment for his auto-immune disorder discovers that the house he's living in isn't as safe as he thought.
The heroes: Eli, a boy who may be on his way to getting cured...or murdered.
The antagonists: Ghosts? Doctors? His parents?
Best scene: The last 15 minutes, which are very surprising.
Oh-oh something's not right line: The decontamination chamber is our only way in or out.
What makes it so great? This had the advantage of me watching it directly after Wounds, another horror film that landed on Netflix last Friday. While Wounds was terrible, Eli is quite a decent horror flick with really crazy last act and I always love it when films are at its strongest just before the ending. It also has pretty great cast - Kelly Reilly and Lili Taylor are here, along with Sadie Sink who plays Max on Stranger Things. Sink plays the character here exactly the same way she plays Max, but it's cool to see her outside the show. The film is nothing tremendously unique but it is worth watching for the last few scenes alone.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Screaming Sunday - Ready or Not
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Sunday, October 20, 2019 |
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Ready or Not, Screaming Sunday | 20 Comments |
Plot: A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.
The heroes: One very unlucky but brave and capable bride.
The antagonists: Her in-laws.
Best scene: The ending.
Oh-oh something's not right line: You'll have to hide better than that.
What makes it so great? Boy, between this, Us and Parasite the rich are really getting quite the beating this year, huh? This is the most entertaining and creative horror film since The Cabin in the Woods and the most surprising horror script since Get Out. It's hilarious, twisted and so much fun. At 90 minutes run time it's a really engaging movie and Samara Weaving's Grace is a fantastic heroine - resourceful, brave, funny and relatable.
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019 |
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2019, Breaking Bad, drama, E, El Camino, movies, review, Vince Gilligan | 8 Comments |


(spoilers!)
6 years after the finale of Breaking Bad we got the sequel focusing on Jesse Pinkman. I was worried how it will turn out, given how perfect the last shot of Jesse in the series' finale was. A lot of people are complaining that El Camino wasn't necessary. No, it wasn't. But that didn't make it any less enjoyable.
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Screaming Sunday - Crawl
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Sunday, October 13, 2019 |
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Alexandre Aja, Crawl, Screaming Sunday | 18 Comments |
Plot: Against all logic, the competitive swimmer, Haley (Kaya Scodelario), drives into the mouth of a furiously destructive Category 5 hurricane on a collision course with her hometown of Florida, to check in on her estranged father, Dave (Berry Pepper). There, in their weather-beaten house amid a rapidly sinking and alligator-infested town, Haley and her father find themselves trapped in the labyrinthine mess of their flooded crawl space, where a merciless pair of six-metre predators is silently stalking them. Now--as Haley and Dave are gasping for air in the claustrophobic basement--only their will to survive can help them stand a chance against the scaly adversaries' powerful jaws. Can they escape without getting eaten alive?
The heroes: A girl, her father and his dog.
The antagonists: Bloodthirsty alligators. And seriously, the Hargans and Pennywise have nothing on those toothy motherfuckers. They are savage.
Best scene: Honestly the whole movie is a bit over 80 minutes long and it's a series of exciting and very well done scenes.
Oh-oh something's not right line: There's two of them!
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Saturday TV Special: 20 best moments in Breaking Bad
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Saturday, October 5, 2019 |
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Breaking Bad, lists, Saturday TV Special | 12 Comments |

Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Visual Parallels: The Witch + Midsommar
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019 |
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Midsommar, The Witch, Visual parallels | 23 Comments |

Sunday, September 22, 2019
My TV Alphabet
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Sunday, September 22, 2019 |
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blogathons | 26 Comments |
The lovely Getter over at MettelRay has made a wonderful TV alphabet and encouraged us to participate. So....let's do it.
And make as much as possible of it about Bill.
Saturday, September 7, 2019
It: Chapter Two
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Saturday, September 7, 2019 |
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2019, Andy Muschietti, drama, Horror, I, It: Chapter Two, movies, review, thriller | 22 Comments |


It Chapter One premiered two years ago and was a massive success - it got positive reviews from critics, the audience fell in love with the film and it managed to become the highest grossing horror movie of all time. As entertaining as that movie was it had a lot of problems and now in Chapter Two the same problems return. But so does the fun, the emotions and of course, Pennywise.
Sunday, September 1, 2019
5 best things I watched this year (so far)
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Sunday, September 1, 2019 |
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articles, Avengers: Endgame, Barry, John Wick: Chapter 3, lists, Midsommar, Stranger Things | 20 Comments |
It's August already (what the fuck, right?). While the Oscar season is not yet here I gotta say I don't really care about it this year since my last anticipated movie of the year premieres in 5 days and there's no way in hell Academy nominates anyone from a horror movie. Anyways, there's still 4 months till my end of the year list is completed. I'm sure there's still many interesting movies and TV series to be released this year, but it looks like a sure bet that the three movies I'm about to talk about here will be in my top 10 of 2019. And I also have to feature TV categories in my awards this year, because as you are about to read, TV is officially better than movies this year.
Monday, August 26, 2019
Against the Crowd 2019
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Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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blogathons | 18 Comments |
Dell is hosting his annual Against the Crowd blogathon, so I just had to join to complain again. Here are the rules:
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019 |
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2019, Action, Adventure, David Leitch, H, Hobbs & Shaw, movies, review | 14 Comments |


(cast spoilers!)
The audience and critics alike loved the chemistry between Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in The Fast and the Furious films so much that the studio decided to green light a spin-off featuring both of them. And now it has finally arrived. I myself only started watching the series when Statham joined it and as far as dumb action movies go, they are really good. And this spin-off has the added bonus of Vin Diesel, the black hole of charisma that actually sucks out the charm of surrounding actors, being nowhere in sight.
Sunday, August 4, 2019
5 reasons I'm really hyped for "It: Chapter Two"
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Sunday, August 4, 2019 |
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articles, It: Chapter Two, Screaming Sunday | 24 Comments |

Tuesday, July 30, 2019
It's time for Tarantino to go away
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019 |
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articles, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 18 Comments |

Sunday, July 21, 2019
10 best scenes in Stranger Things 3
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Sunday, July 21, 2019 |
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lists, Stranger Things | 17 Comments |

Thursday, July 18, 2019
Pennywise returns in brand new trailer for "It: Chapter Two"!
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 |
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It: Chapter Two, trailers | 10 Comments |

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Top 5: Male characters I love the most
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019 |
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Aquaman, John Wick, lists, Logan, Someone Like You, Stranger Things | 35 Comments |
Because I'm bored and I'm shallow I decided to make a list today. Going through all of my crushes would be impossible so I decided to narrow things down. Today, my lovely readers who I judge only a little bit for reading this website to begin with, we are not going to focus on the actors I love. No, we are going to focus on the characters I love (that also happen to be played by the actors I love).
Monday, July 15, 2019
The Beach Bum
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Monday, July 15, 2019 |
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2019, B, Comedy, Harmony Korine, movies, review, The Beach Bum | 8 Comments |


McConaughey, who had his career comeback a while back, had less luck in the last few years appearing in a bunch of movies that were either unsuccessful, underseen or complete box office and critical flops. Just few months ago we watched him in utterly insane Serenity, but even there you gotta admit while the film was an incomprehensible disaster McConauyghey's entertaining performance still made it a lot of fun to watch.
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Midsommar
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Sunday, July 7, 2019 |
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2019, Ari Aster, drama, Horror, M, Midsommar, movies, review, thriller | 19 Comments |


Last year Hereditary profoundly scared some and infuriated the others, but one thing cannot be denied - it definitely got people talking. Now its director, Ari Aster, is back with another nightmare and unlike Jordan Peele and his frankly embarrassing script for Us, he avoids sophomore slump. While Hereditary may be a more entertaining and accessible movie, Midsommar feels like a movie made by someone who is more sure of their skill. There were some parts of Hereditary that I felt didn't fit the movie in a natural way and took me out of it, but Midsommar doesn't have that problem. It's a more mature movie.
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Saturday TV Special - Stranger Things (season 3)
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Saturday, July 6, 2019 |
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Saturday TV Special, Stranger Things | 12 Comments |

Tuesday, July 2, 2019
10 best scenes in Stranger Things
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Tuesday, July 2, 2019 |
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lists, Stranger Things | 17 Comments |

After rewatching the entire series last week, just in time for season 3 which arrives the day after tomorrow, I decided to comply the list of 10 best moments on the show so far. It wasn't easy as this series has so many fantastic sequences but somehow, I managed. Here we go!:
Monday, July 1, 2019
Rising Stars: Florence Pugh
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Monday, July 1, 2019 |
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Rising Stars | 17 Comments |
Ever since watching Lady Macbeth last year I have been a huge fan of Florence Pugh. Along with Eliza Scanlen she is, for me, the most exciting and talented young actress out there - and how wonderful that they will share the screen very soon in Little Women.
Florence was born in 1996. She grew up in Oxford in a creative family, one of four children. Her dad owns a handful of restaurants in the city, her mother was a dancer and her older brother, Toby Sebastian, who is also an actor played the Dornish prince on Game of Thrones.
Florence was born in 1996. She grew up in Oxford in a creative family, one of four children. Her dad owns a handful of restaurants in the city, her mother was a dancer and her older brother, Toby Sebastian, who is also an actor played the Dornish prince on Game of Thrones.
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Screaming Sunday - Child's Play
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Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
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Child's Play, Lars Klevberg, Screaming Sunday | 8 Comments |
Movie rating: 52/100
Plot: A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.
The heroes: The kids, because it's the cool thing these days to have the children battle the horror antagonist. After all, It is the most successful horror film in history.
The antagonists: That one disgruntled employee.
Best scene: The reveal of what Chucky did to the world's crappiest boyfriend.
Oh-oh something's not right line: Did you say Chucky?
What makes it so great? This is not a great movie but it's much better than I expected it to be after its lazy, disgusting and quite frankly hugely unprofessional marketing campaign with Chucky murdering Toy Story characters. The film is much more fun than other recent horror films - I am looking at you, Brightburn - and it is surprisingly emotional. Granted I always feel for CGI characters, but I was genuinely surprised how much I empathized with Chucky, This whole situation happened because of someone messing up his programming and all he wanted was to be a good friend. There's also plenty of humor here and the actors do a really great job - Aubrey Plaza somehow sells being somebody's mom, Gabriel Bateman is really good as Andy and Brian Tyree Henry provides a lot of comic relief.
Plot: A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.
The heroes: The kids, because it's the cool thing these days to have the children battle the horror antagonist. After all, It is the most successful horror film in history.
The antagonists: That one disgruntled employee.
Best scene: The reveal of what Chucky did to the world's crappiest boyfriend.
Oh-oh something's not right line: Did you say Chucky?
What makes it so great? This is not a great movie but it's much better than I expected it to be after its lazy, disgusting and quite frankly hugely unprofessional marketing campaign with Chucky murdering Toy Story characters. The film is much more fun than other recent horror films - I am looking at you, Brightburn - and it is surprisingly emotional. Granted I always feel for CGI characters, but I was genuinely surprised how much I empathized with Chucky, This whole situation happened because of someone messing up his programming and all he wanted was to be a good friend. There's also plenty of humor here and the actors do a really great job - Aubrey Plaza somehow sells being somebody's mom, Gabriel Bateman is really good as Andy and Brian Tyree Henry provides a lot of comic relief.
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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Tuesday, June 25, 2019 |
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2019, Action, Adventure, fantasy, G, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Michael Dougherty, movies, review, sci-fi | 14 Comments |


At WB.
So you knew shit will get dicey fast.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Soundtrack Wednesday - Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019 |
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Bear McCreary, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Soundtrack Wednesday | 10 Comments |

Sunday, June 16, 2019
Dark Phoenix
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Sunday, June 16, 2019 |
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2019, Action, Adventure, D, Dark Phoenix, movies, review, sci-fi, Simon Kinberg | 20 Comments |


Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Soundtrack Wednesday - The Matrix Trilogy
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019 |
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Soundtrack Wednesday, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions | 16 Comments |

Sunday, June 9, 2019
Screaming Sunday - Ma
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Sunday, June 9, 2019 |
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Ma, Screaming Sunday, Tate Taylor | 21 Comments |
Movie rating: 72 /100
Plot: A lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
The heroes: A bunch of teenagers who just want to drink and party.
The antagonists: Ma, played flawlessly by the great Octavia Spencer.
Best scene: It's hard to choose because every single time Ma is on the screen the film is so much fun.
Oh-oh something's not right line: Strip.
What makes it so great? This is trashy, pulpy fun. The script is absolutely atrocious - at various points the teenagers are like "we are not going there anymore" and the very next scene is them partying at Ma's house - but Octavia Spencer's delicious performance makes it worth watching. While the gore is never too crazy and the teenage characters are quite bland, Juliette Lewis, Luke Evans and Allison Janney (in cameo performance) deliver pretty great work. But the movie belongs to Spencer, which is only fitting, since even though she got her Oscar years ago, this is her first leading role.
Plot: A lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
The heroes: A bunch of teenagers who just want to drink and party.
The antagonists: Ma, played flawlessly by the great Octavia Spencer.
Best scene: It's hard to choose because every single time Ma is on the screen the film is so much fun.
Oh-oh something's not right line: Strip.
What makes it so great? This is trashy, pulpy fun. The script is absolutely atrocious - at various points the teenagers are like "we are not going there anymore" and the very next scene is them partying at Ma's house - but Octavia Spencer's delicious performance makes it worth watching. While the gore is never too crazy and the teenage characters are quite bland, Juliette Lewis, Luke Evans and Allison Janney (in cameo performance) deliver pretty great work. But the movie belongs to Spencer, which is only fitting, since even though she got her Oscar years ago, this is her first leading role.
Sunday, June 2, 2019
10 best moments in John Wick films
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Sunday, June 2, 2019 |
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John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3, lists | 24 Comments |

That's John Wick franchise.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019 |
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2019, Action, Chad Stahelski, J, John Wick: Chapter 3, movies, review, thriller | 14 Comments |


Sunday, May 26, 2019
Screaming Sunday: The Perfection
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Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
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Screaming Sunday, The Perfection | 8 Comments |
Movie rating: 73/100
Plot: When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte (Allison Williams) seeks out Elizabeth (Logan Browning), the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
The heroes: Here's the thing with this movie - the heroes change as the film progresses....
The antagonists: ....and it's the same with the antagonists.
Best scene: The chilling, gruesome ending. I love when a horror/thriller film ends either with an earned twist or macabre ending and this one was a very cool example of the latter.
Oh-oh something's not right line: Not a line, but when you see Charlotte briefly turn into her younger self and she is screaming in the very first scene of the movie.
Plot: When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte (Allison Williams) seeks out Elizabeth (Logan Browning), the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
The heroes: Here's the thing with this movie - the heroes change as the film progresses....
The antagonists: ....and it's the same with the antagonists.
Best scene: The chilling, gruesome ending. I love when a horror/thriller film ends either with an earned twist or macabre ending and this one was a very cool example of the latter.
Oh-oh something's not right line: Not a line, but when you see Charlotte briefly turn into her younger self and she is screaming in the very first scene of the movie.
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Soundtrack Wednesday - John Wick
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 |
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John Wick, Soundtrack Wednesday, Tyler Bates | 10 Comments |

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Let the festivites begin in new trailer for Ari Aster's Midsommar
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019 |
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Ari Aster, Midsommar, trailers | 13 Comments |

Sunday, May 12, 2019
Screaming Sunday: It: Chapter One
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Sunday, May 12, 2019 |
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Andres Muschietti, It: Chapter One, Screaming Sunday | 14 Comments |

Plot: In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.
The heroes: A group of adorable children.
The antagonists: An evil entity that takes many forms.
Best scene: The opening sequence.
Oh-oh something's not right line: Take it, Georgie.
What makes it so great? While the film doesn't blend the two genres too well - one being a story about kids growing up in a terrible town, the other a horror movie - it is one of the most entertaining horror films released in the last few years. The film went on to earn an incredible 700 million dollars worldwide, making it the highest grossing horror movie of all time and I have no doubt that Chapter Two, to be released in less than 4 months from now, is going to do even better than that, especially given its amazing first trailer that was released this week.
Thursday, May 9, 2019
The first trailer for "It: Chapter Two" finally dropped!
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Thursday, May 9, 2019 |
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It: Chapter Two, trailers | 6 Comments |

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