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The aesthetic is beautiful. The music/score ia so incredible that it also feels like a crutch. Invading too many scenes, making it feel so overly dramatic and uneven. Though the irish folk music was a surprise. Its trying to say a lot of things. A good handful not really landing for me. A mix of tones and genres not really committing to anything. With the ending feeling not only rushed, but messy. But Its got a style that you can't help be drawn too. Selfish, horror me wanted a little more of a vampire story. Which I think was falsely d. But the practical effects and blood were also great. And the ominous whispering of "cornbread" is an all timer. And thanks for color-coding the Michael B. Jordans. That helped a lot lol. And the Native American Vampire Hunters never showed back up :( lame

Idris Elba as Chief Bogo was great.

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are great in these roles. You can feel the love. Enjoyed how they mixed it up a bit with the witchcraft. And this just brings the vibes. Not quite scary like the first two. But definitely makes up for it with the witchy mystery. Oh and the guy from Fringe! Nice.

They really went all in on the Entity and end of the world stuff. But damn did Cruise and company pull it off. Everyone played this so seriously and overly dramatic. But I loved every minute of it. Could have been silly/gimmick, but there's so much craft here that locks you in. The pacing was phenomenal. Hardly did i feel that runtime as this thing is just barreling forward.

And my goodness, that underwater scene. Tom filling up that chamber and the aspect ratio changing in sync. What beautiful, beautiful stuff. And then its what feels like 15 minutes of almost no dialouge. Just underwater struggles. I live for this.

Damn near had a heart attack at the end of this one. Some intense stuff. A proper use of nostalgia, and a nice little ending.

Happy Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 2 Day for those who celebrate. Couldn't be more excited about going to see a movie (at least since Furiosa came out).

You can feel the runtime on this one and the plot is a tad convoluted. But its such a well put together film. Feels so grand that its a delight to just sit back and be taken away by these. The entirety of the Venice club scene absolute rips.

This was a lot of fun. Love the creatures effects, throwback style stop motion. Michael Moriarty is a strange guy, and plays unlikable extremely well. David Carradine is always playing it cool. And I mean, what's not fun about people getting picked off from high rises by a giant winged serpent?

An all around great villain origin story. Acting and writing good enough to actually care about these boys. Dane DeHaan plays it a little too good. Guy still creeps me out at times lol. But its fun, funny, and knows when to get dark. Plus I enjoy they never really use the term superhero. They're just some boys who obtained some mysterious abilities in a mysterious way. Always an easy watch.

It just doesn't get any better than this. Transcends action films. Transcends friendship. The heaviest of all M:I films, and earns every bit of it. Still in awe of that last 30 minutes or so. A perfect action film with an absolutely perfect ending.

Makes all other musical biography pictures feel boring as fuck. Why should I watch or care about any other musicians life if its not going to be presented like this? Engaging. Personal. Beyond creative. And it makes it all so emotional. The way this grabs you is unlike any other. Always in need of a good cry.

Gets better and better with every rewatch. I don't think I fully "got" this one on my first couple watches. But I'm there now. Some of the most incredible/tense scenes in the franchise. I still get chills after that mask reveal. So good.

The absolute most fun way to do a sort of legacy sequel/spin-off(?). Whatever it is, its awesome. Takes everything up a notch. We still get plenty of Rube Goldberg machines of death. But this one is all about having fun. A Lighthearted feeling, yet heavily gross and gory. Cgi gory, but it all looked great. The humor lands. And this film doesn't give a heck about nothing. What an ending. The best Final Destination ending, and probably my favorite most recent horror ending. How on earth can an ending like that make you die of laughter? Completely unexpected and brilliant 👏

Been way behind on logging things. But I guess this was okay? Brendan is great and holds the whole thing together. But my goodness how needlessly depressing it is. Tryhard. The worst daughter performance. And other one-dimensional characters. I love a good bleak film. But this was just annoyingly sad. And maybe thats the point? But I'm just not vibing with it.

Light the gd fuse. Even with Jeremy Renner among the cast, this film just rips. The pace is constant and the action is great. The Run in the sandstorm 👌🏻

Too clean to be truly Midwestern. But this was lots of unexpected fun. The plot is mediocre as heck. But its all well executed by some great direction, some fun gory kills, and a cast that all play their parts pretty wonderfully. No one overly annoying. Some good acting. And self aware enough to make it fun. Big ups to the casting department. Frendo(s) is cool. I do kind of like the whole "greater good" concept (what feels pulled directly from Hot Fuzz). And they have a parade that features two large corn displays entirely made out of balloons. I loved that detail lol. And Kevin Durand was there. Love that guy.

Gonna hold with my three and a half stars. But there's just really so much i love about this one. Philip Seymour Hoffman. The Run. The cast of spies/teamwork/friendship. You can see the series starts to find its groove here. The foundation, if you will. Just kind of ugly in parts. But still all around watchable and lovable.

Just a ridiculous amount of fun. That hair. That wind. The car spin. The melodrama. The more I watch, the more I love.

The countdown is heavily ticking away. The fuse is burning. No time to lose in showing this to my wife. Having fun rewatching myself. Prime 90s stuff. But all around fun. A long runtime that does not feel so long once things get going. Silly but easily rewatchable.

Heck. Yes. Did not think this was going to play in theaters. So im glad I got to go see it. Feels kind of like a mash of other action films. But what this one has that the others don't, is a blonde Josh Hartnett wearing a strawberry milk t-shirt covered in blood.

Lots of fun. The action is awesomely choreographed. Hartnett is believable in both the action and the comedy. And all this lands for me. I'm glad they didn't go completely cartoonish with it. A plane full of deadly assassins could've gotten a lot more silly than this. So im thankful. The toad venom trip was executed wonderfully. And we all love a chainsaw on a plane. Great stuff here. Everything I could've asked for. Oh and to end with "Career Opportunities" by The Clash was perfect 👌🏻

Wanted to watch solely because of how cool that poster is. And it turned out to be a lot of fun. Eric Roberts and that mullet. The ambulance is scary as heck. Love the lighting. James Earl Jones is a man. And some other great characters. The humor lands. And an explosive ending. Loved it.

Great, cheesy fun! Awesome use of space (that shopping cart POV) and environment. Fun camera shots and angles galore. No characters overly annoying. Sam Raimi, Ted Raimi (who knew not one damn thing about what was going on), and Bruce Campbell at the end. Gory fun deaths. And as someone who worked retail for 5 years, using a baler every single day, I always thought that would be a nasty way to go. And here it was in Intruder (1989) all this time. How great.

An absolute blast. For being a revenge/thriller/action/comedy it excels in every category. Bringing the brutality. The emotion. The balance between finding meaning, and the nihilism the comes from facing tragedy. It's all about the courage it takes to move forward. The performances here are amazing. And again, Mads is the greatest.

Mads has got to be one of the greatest of all time. The range he puts on here is so captivating. On top of the chemistry these boys have, its just all around brilliant. Life ing you by. Grasping for just a bit of that youthful spirit, and the damage that comes with it. Equal parts depressing and uplifting. Mads got the moves.

I think I'm done with Fridat the 13th for the next few years. Worst characters in all Friday the 13th movies combined into this film right here. Just some of the most awful stuff. But I do like seeing Ben Feldman in things. I appreciate the more realistic approach. A more human Jason. And he runs! How scary. But this is just so dragged down by how trashy it is. Not even in a fun way. By the end I just don't care.

Definitely biased as I grew up with this one as well. But its a vibe. The police station dream sequence. Well, most of the dream sequences rock. Obviously filled with horrible early aughts dialouge and characters. But there's plenty of fun to be had. Robert Englund charms and really holds this one together. And one of my favorite horror characters ever Chris Marquette as Linderman. The dude was true to himself and told those bullies off. Best scream as well. A hero in my book.

The Friday the 13th franchise lives and dies by the amount of shitty/disposable characters that inhabit it. The kills are cool. But without memorable characters, there's nothing that lingers or makes it stand out. Now, I grew up with Jason X. I that VHS copy sitting on my shelf. So there's some nostalgia at play.

But this goes into bozo territory in a memorable way. It still holds up. And the characters, maybe disposable, have character. It's self aware. The dialouge, awful. But the characters play it well. The kills are great. The face smash. The screw. Sure its stupid, but we can all have fun with it. Uber Jason is what sets this apart from any other movie in space. An unkillable being now Uber unkillable. They're having fun with it, and so am I.

I got nothing for this one. Just pure, unadulterated crap. Never to rewatch.

The first one to die once Jason makes his way downstream and boards the boat is J.J.? J.J. who all she wanted to do was find cool place on the ship to shred her electric guitar and get some good video? Shes the first to die? Then we're just stuck with more unlikable and shit characters. Give me a gd break. J.J. was pure rock n roll. The most innocent and level headed. And killing her off first is the exact definition of un-rock n roll. How incredibly, supremely lame. Just like the rest of the film. Bogus.

The telekinesis in this sounds absurd, but it really works for me. And Kane Hodder as Jason is superb. The biggest, baddest, and meanest he's been. Hodder was meant for the role. I could watch him trudge through the woods all fiscal day. Plus more people getting thrown out of windows. The sci-fi writer nerd is great. The kills are fun. Plus Jason getting hit with a telekinesisly thrown potted plant containing a severed head. Good stuff all around.

The worst kills in the franchise. And the most obnoxious, unlikable characters. Reggie the Reckless is cool. But turning Tommy into this anxiety-ridden dweeb (who apparently still hits the gym, beefcake Tommy over here) who barely says a word the entire film. Its not even about him. They just threw him in to make some uninspired slop. And im not here for it.

One thing I love about this franchise is the amount of people being thrown threw windows. Into windows. Out of windows. Jumping on their on accord out of windows. To include a dog. A dog so scared by the sight of Jason that he jumps right through a closed window. Gotta respect it. I will never tire of people being thrown through windows.

But the rest is trash. Ted is garbage. Oh you just randomly stumble across two smoking hot twins in the woods wearing matching outfits, who skinny dip, and then just go back to the house with yall? No backstory. No nothing. What terribleness of characters. Crispin Glover dancing is good though. And Corey Feldman shaving his head in mere seconds then going freak mode is superb.

The way this series so actively disregards continuity and any care for its characters is frustrating. But this one is a blast.

This just feels like it has a bit more purpose. Where you can feel the direction a little bit better. Steve Miner really shines with this one. And the incorporated 3-D elements are just fun as heck, even without glasses. Finally picks up the hockey mask. And there's just some really good stuff going on. The pitchforks. The spear. All great.

Shame on me for not watching this sooner. Just like Charles Bronson's character, Bishop, this film is cold, meticulous, and mean. Man, that opening scene is just enthralling. Couldn't take my eyes off the screen. And the ending shootout in Italy. Boat explosions. Multiple car explosions. Car flying off cliffs. Dudes flying off cliffs. Pure awesomeness. And what an absolute perfect ending. Good stuff.

An improvement over the first. More likable characters. Vickie and Mark were cute and did not deserve that. Though the wheelchair down the steps was most heinous. These had great final girls, but either killed/wrote them off. How lame. But the score is awesome.

Never been the biggest fan of the series. Bland and boring (except for Kevin Bacon) characters getting neatly done in by an old woman. Some of the kills are fun. But I just don't vibe with it as much as I want to. Though I will rewatch them every so often to see if that changes. Easy to watch and sit through. But it just feels so bland.

Watched on Thursday April 24, 2025.

Hands down the best Friday the 13th. Not taking anything too seriously, you can see they're having fun with this one. As its also the most self aware in the series. And my favorite deaths as well. The RV scene is an absolute all timer. And he kills like what, 9 or 10 people in the first 30 minutes? Brutal. Love this one.

"Why wouldn't you just get another burrito, Todd?"

Hilarious. Don't know why it's been so long for a rewatch. Throws the boundaries out the window, and compels you to laugh at, and through these traumas. Class warfare, definitely at its most funniest. And its strengths lie in its uncomfortable and awkward/taboo approach. Sure its stupider than hell, but man does it have some good bits (obviously not for everyone). To include the absolute most rockin tune, "Everything Louder Than Everything Else" by the late and great Meat Loaf.

The minds behind Meg 2: The Trench forgot Jason Statham is our Last Action Hero, and throws him into fighting goons who are dumping toxic waste in our beautiful ocean. We got classic Statham hand to hand combat in the first 5 minutes, hell yeah.

And then they just proceed to throw all logic and reason out the window for this one. I respect it. Doning deep-sea armor suits while evading Megalodon and other sea creatures, hell yeah ×2. Megalodon death by harpoon, hell yeah ×3. Megalodon death by helicopter blade, hell yeah ×4. A kraken, hell yeah ×5. Dinosaurs, hell yeah ×6. The list goes on.

It's all silly stuff. But its a lot of hell yeah silly stuff. And I appreciate the darker, underwater tone of the first half.

Director's Cut

Continues what it did with the first part with it's brutality and gore. Heads are obliterated and blood is everywhere. The action in the back half is just absolutely spectacular. The casting is perfect. Sofia Boutella is supremely badass, and they all work well together. Again, you get a little more of this one with the inclusion of mythology surrounding Issa. Sadly, I don't think we'll get a part 3. But for a Netflix funded action/sci-fi, displaying vision and craft from its director, its wholly special. Love the tone. Love these characters. And as always, love the slowmo.

The Unbearably Long Director's Cut

Even with this being over 3 hours, its still a fun ride. Takes it time getting the band together. We get a little more backstory here and there. Gives us some more insight on characters motivations. Plus Robo Jimmy gets a little more/different screen time. And what i love about this is how it dives a tad bit more into the Issa mythology.
And this is how I like my sci-fi intergalactic conflicts. Mean and bloody. At times feels mean just to be mean. And the blood is all cgi, but it looks good. And the action is superb. It's all my jam.

**mini rant** If you don't like this, thats fine. But to see it dragged through the mud just because its popular to hate Zack Snyder is just wrong. And that this film has the same or lower rating than trash movies like Electric State or even Atlas is unforgivable lol.

Easters

Absolutely bonkers. Lovely throwback style thats heavily influenced by a bunch of stuff but retains its own individuality. A great, small cast all turning out unique performances. Love seeing horror queens Jocelin Donahue, Alex Essoe, and Barbara Crampton in the same movie. Brings an effective tension. And an all-timer of a standoff. And it ends on a rather sad note which I respect. Crime just does not pay. Great little flick. Oh! And I love the cut off when the movie title is about to be said. Awesome.

This film just rips. As sad as it is brutal. As mean as it is gritty. And there are few better to play this role than Kevin Bacon. Him on the floor of the convenience store, crying out for help, holding his son. Scene stays with you. His transformation into an absolute monster.

With this coming out after Saw and Dead Silence, we still get that saturation. We still get that Saw-esque score that i love with all my heart. And action with all the brutality of a horror film. Its a run of mill action movie story, but so damn elevated in the hands of James Wan, Leigh Whannell, and Kevin Bacon. An absolute gem of movie.

The cherry on top is the shitty, choppy buzzcut. It means fucking business. It means there is nothing left to lose. It means absolute war. I love it.

I cannot focus much on new or unseen flicks at the moment. And this has become a comfort of sorts while I'm stuck in Kansas. You'll see a few more logs probably. Please ignore lol

Some really cool and dry, desert vibe noir. Val Kilmer was one of the best to do it. Michael Madsen, also cool, but a real sob. Classic noir vibes with the murder, femme fatale, our down on his luck hero, gullible, even explosions. Set in Reno, NV. Very nice. Everyone plays it great, and there are quite a few thrilling moments and unexpected turns. Loved.

"Hello, cutie pie."

Hands down most annoying kid in a movie ever. I will not entertain any opposition. At the same time its the most blue collar American movie ever. I mean, a truck driving, arm wrestling, delinquent dad named Lincoln Hawk trying to make amends with his son and ultimately gain custody WHILE ALSO winning the Las Vegas Arm Wrestling Championship with a grand prize of a brand new semi truck and 100k. Thats what its all about, baby. I won't lie, something about this movie gets me jacked up. Wanting to turn my baseball cap backwards and say bad words.

"I always wanted to be a milkshake."

I loved this so much when it came out that I read the book and everything. But the older I get I see just how cheap feeling this is. It's watchable and there's some stuff to like about it, but it feels pretty hollow.

However the penthouse fight is an all timer and the last 20 minutes or so are pretty fun. But all in all, its going to be a while before I rewatch this one again.

"You smell the wood burning, Bodine?"

Oh how I never tire of watching Statham knock the shit out of James Franco.

Watched on Sunday April 13, 2025.

Movies I have sitting on my shelf.

• Cobra
• AC/DC: Let There Be Rock
• Hell House LLC
• Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel
• Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire
• Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor
• Halloween
• Halloween II
• Halloween III: Season of the Witch
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

...plus 1089 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
2. Black Bag
3. In the Lost Lands
4. A Working Man
5. Fight or Flight
6. Final Destination Bloodlines
7. Wolf Man
8. The Assessment
9. The Monkey
10. Sinners

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Coraline
2. The Boxtrolls
3. ParaNorman
4. Kubo and the Two Strings
5. Missing Link

On-going list of 'house' films and my attempt to watch. Either in the title, haunted, set inside, or revolving around. Any suggestions appreciated. There's no place like house.

• House on Haunted Hill
• House on Haunted Hill
• House of Wax
• House of Wax
• 13 Ghosts
• Thir13en Ghosts
• House
• House
• Monster House
• Silent House

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Down the Scott Adkins rabbit hole. Will add upon watch. Judgements based mostly on rewatchability and personal enjoyment. In Scott Adkins we trust.

1. Avengement
2. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
3. Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
4. Boyka: Undisputed IV
5. The Debt Collector
6. One More Shot
7. One Shot
8. Undisputed III: Redemption
9. Savage Dog
10. Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Visiting San Francisco with my friend at the age of 14. We go into a video rental store. There's an entire JCVD section (more like shrine. JCVD is worshipped in SF and rightfully so). We rent Bloodsport and my life is changed forever. JCVD was my introduction into cheesy 80s/90s action films and I am forever grateful.

Judgements based off pure bias and enjoyment.

1. Hard Target
2. Sudden Death
3. Timecop
4. Bloodsport
5. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

   Putting this high on the list for its quality on how well JCVD plays the antagonist.

6. Universal Soldier: Regeneration
7. Double Team
8. Wake of Death
9. Knock Off
10. The Bouncer

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2. Godzilla × Kong: The New Empire
3. Smile 2
4. Strange Darling
5. Longlegs
6. Terrifier 3
7. A Real Pain
8. Nosferatu
9. The Beekeeper
10. Late Night with the Devil

...plus 45 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Wrath of Man
2. Crank
3. Transporter 2
4. Homefront
5. Safe
6. The Expendables
7. The Beekeeper
8. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
9. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
10. The Mechanic

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

No particular order

• Pumpkinhead
• Highlander
• Cobra
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Thing
• Suspiria
• Hatchet
• Se7en
• The Evil Dead
• Night of the Creeps

...plus 59 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.