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Bureaucracy  is the real monster.

Watched on Thursday May 8, 2025.

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George Lucas knew what was coming.

I actually prefer the prolonged walking sequences over listening to these dumb college kids.

Thank God(zilla) for Dan Stevens.

There’s a movie buried here about the power of imagination, creative expression, and self-acceptance. But those deeper thematic mines go untapped. It is entertaining, Jack Black and Jason Momoa are a lot of fun, and there’s even traces of Hess’ offbeat Napoleon Dynamite like humor. Unfortunately, it doesn’t live up to its potential.

Snow White and My Seven New Sleep Paralysis Demons.

It was enjoyable, I don't think I've seen the first in its entirety, but I the songs were better.

Just delightful.

Rewatched for a book and movie club and damn this is such a beautifully shot film, to the point it feels like a period epic. Despite condensing the novel into two hours, it still manages to capture its spirit. Also some absolutely marvelous performances.

Glen Powell

Fun film, great performances from Kathryn Newton and Vince Vaughn.

Watched on Saturday January 18, 2025.

Watched on Friday January 17, 2025.

Watched on Monday January 6, 2025.

I never caught this in theaters because it seemed like a Superbad ripoff, which it very much was. But the concept was interesting and the final act was entertaining and bold enough for me to appreciate how far the movie lets its chaotic climax go before it ends.

Dull, lifeless, and uninteresting. Felt like Universal was trying to cash in on the Game of Thrones popularity at the time and chose the medieval backstory of Dracula from their catalog of IPs.

Quite possibly the definitive adaptation of Dracula. The performances, atmosphere, and visuals create an absolutely wicked nightmare of a film.

The best Godzilla I've seen since the original, and what I would call its definitive sequel.

That was a very generous depiction of Independence, Missouri.

At times it felt like it was exploring its themes with depth, sincerity, and comion. Unfortunately, I didn't feel that depth consistently throughout the film, some moments feel too convenient. Still, it is a movie trying to say something important.

Watched on Friday November 29, 2024.

I dug its gothic Christmas vibe and the visual style works well with the material.

Illumination’s How Gru Stole Christmas

Took me straight back to 2002.

A lot better than I ed, not as fun as Part One, but honestly the kids’ chapters in the novel are the better parts. It also feels a little overproduced, but the performances are fantastic and easily outweigh most of the film’s problems.

Midnight Mass did it better.

Watched on Friday September 13, 2024.

It’s comforting to know when I’m feeling anxious it’s just a little orange Maya Hawke goblin thing going crazy in my head.

I actually preferred this one to the first, and despite my annoyance with Pixar’s focus on sequels and franchises I’m glad to see they’re still making films that speak to kids and not down to them.

It’s probably the best Alien film since Aliens thanks to a simplified plot focusing on its characters and their interactions and motivations. The visuals and sound design create a haunting and claustrophobic atmosphere that stirs up tension before the xenomorphs even show up. It doesn’t really bring anything new thematically to the franchise, but the third act pushes the body horror elements to a new level.

I loved the style of this. Comedy specials always have a smooth and clean look and feel to them, while here the camera feels like an audience member fidgeting in their seat. Sandler’s set is a shortened version of his I Missed You tour, which is pretty funny, especially the musical bits. In short, it’s a funny special with a unique style thanks to Josh Safdie’s direction.

It’s a solid thriller. Some moments are a little too convenient to be plausible, but it has some good suspenseful scenes.

Concerts are stressful.

It is funny, Reynolds and Jackman work well together, and there are some great cameos. Unfortunately, it doesn't really amount to much as a whole.

I haven’t had a visceral reaction to a movie in a long time, but this one got under my skin.

A fun throwback to classic giallo thrillers like Deep Red, the third entry in the X Trilogy is an ambitious examination of the Hollywood machine, and fame itself. The cast is incredible; Mia Goth, Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Debicki, and Giancarlo Esposito especially shine, but everyone puts in a good performance. The third act appropriately goes off the rails, and the film as a whole is much more exaggerated in tone and violence compared to the more grounded X, but I appreciate it for being its own film first and a part of something bigger second.

Watched on Saturday May 4, 2024.

Watched on Friday May 17, 2024.

Tweens are so mean

Watched on Thursday March 28, 2024.

Watched on Thursday March 21, 2024.

Watched on Tuesday March 19, 2024.

Watched on Thursday March 7, 2024.

Having been on the retail end of Black Friday sales, this was pretty cathartic.

Just like the first film, everything hits just right. The cast, the score, the visuals are all outstanding. Above everything else, the screenplay does something extraordinary. It conveys the abstract concepts of the novel’s second half, which has never been adapted well, in a way that is not only more captivating than Dune: Part One, but maybe even the novel itself.

Also, Zendaya gives one her best, if not the best, performances of her career.

Watched on Saturday January 6, 2024.

Uhhh no?

This is one you have to lower your expectations for and embrace the goofiness of it.

Watched on Saturday December 2, 2023.

Watched on Friday December 22, 2023.

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Nosferatu
3. Longlegs
4. Inside Out 2
5. Abigail
6. MaXXXine
7. Trap
8. Deadpool & Wolverine
9. It Ends with Us

1. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
2. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
3. Friday the 13th Part III
4. Friday the 13th Part 2
5. Friday the 13th
6. Freddy vs. Jason
7. Friday the 13th
8. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
9. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
10. Jason X

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• Mission: Impossible
• Mission: Impossible II
• Mission: Impossible III
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
• Mission: Impossible – Fallout
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

• Shin Godzilla
• Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
• Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
• Godzilla: The Planet Eater
• Godzilla Minus One

• Saboteur
• Shadow of a Doubt
• The Trouble with Harry
• The Man Who Knew Too Much
• The Killing
• Vertigo
• Marnie
• Torn Curtain
• Topaz
• Frenzy

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. X2
2. Logan
3. X-Men
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past
5. Deadpool
6. X-Men: First Class
7. Deadpool & Wolverine
8. X-Men: Apocalypse
9. X-Men: The Last Stand
10. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Iron Man
4. Captain America: Civil War
5. Avengers: Endgame
6. The Avengers
7. Avengers: Infinity War
8. Spider-Man: No Way Home
9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
10. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Triangle of Sadness
• Titane
• Parasite
• Shoplifters
• The Image Book
• The Square
• I, Daniel Blake
• Dheepan
• Winter Sleep
• Blue Is the Warmest Color

...plus 55 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Work in progress

1. Barbie
2. Talk to Me
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
5. Huesera: The Bone Woman
6. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
7. Leo
8. Evil Dead Rise
9. Elemental
10. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

1. Raging Bull
2. GoodFellas
3. Taxi Driver
4. The Aviator
5. Killers of the Flower Moon
6. Casino
7. The Departed
8. The King of Comedy
9. Gangs of New York
10. Silence

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Who's That Knocking at My Door
• Boxcar Bertha
• Mean Streets
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
• Taxi Driver
• New York, New York
• The Last Waltz
• Raging Bull
• The King of Comedy
• After Hours

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Dunkirk
2. The Prestige
3. Memento
4. Batman Begins
5. Insomnia
6. The Dark Knight
7. Following
8. The Dark Knight Rises
9. Inception
10. Interstellar

• The Exorcist
• The Exorcist III
• The Exorcist: Believer
• Exorcist: The Beginning

1. Nope
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. The Northman
4. Glass Onion
5. The Batman
6. X
7. Avatar: The Way of Water
8. Skinamarink
9. Turning Red
10. Halloween Ends

1. Toy Story
2. WALL·E
3. Ratatouille
4. Monsters, Inc.
5. Finding Nemo
6. The Incredibles
7. Coco
8. Soul
9. Toy Story 2
10. Turning Red

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

• Iron Man
• The Incredible Hulk
• Iron Man 2
• Thor
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• The Avengers
• Iron Man 3
• Thor: The Dark World
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Guardians of the Galaxy

...plus 30 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Toy Story
• A Bug's Life
• Toy Story 2
• Monsters, Inc.
• Finding Nemo
• The Incredibles
• Cars
• Ratatouille
• WALL·E
• Up

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Heavenly Creatures
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• King Kong
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• The Frighteners
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

• Paranormal Activity
• Paranormal Activity 2
• Paranormal Activity 3
• Paranormal Activity 4
• Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
• Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
• Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

1. Spider-Man 2
2. The Batman
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
4. Guardians of the Galaxy
5. Batman Returns
6. X2
7. Batman Begins
8. Logan
9. The Dark Knight
10. Spider-Man

1. Evil Dead II
2. The Evil Dead
3. Evil Dead Rise
4. Army of Darkness
5. Evil Dead

1. The Green Knight
2. Dune
3. The Mitchells vs. the Machines
4. Nightmare Alley
5. The Matrix Resurrections
6. The Black Phone
7. Fear Street: 1978
8. Raya and the Last Dragon
9. Candyman
10. The Spine of Night

• Spider-Man 2
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• X2
• Logan
• Spider-Man
• Hulk
• X-Men
• X-Men: Days of Future Past
• Deadpool
• X-Men: First Class

1. Apocalypse Now
2. The Godfather Part II
3. The Godfather
4. The Conversation
5. Bram Stoker's Dracula
6. One from the Heart
7. The Outsiders
8. Twixt
9. Jack

1. Spirited Away
2. My Neighbor Totoro
3. Princess Mononoke
4. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
5. Kiki's Delivery Service
6. Howl's Moving Castle
7. The Wind Rises
8. Ponyo

1. Blue Velvet
2. Mulholland Drive
3. Twin Peaks: The Return
4. Twin Peaks
5. The Elephant Man
6. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
7. Dune

1. Scream
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street
3. New Nightmare
4. Scream 2
5. Scream 4
6. Red Eye
7. The People Under the Stairs
8. Scream 3

1. Halloween
2. The Thing
3. The Fog
4. Escape from New York
5. Christine
6. Big Trouble in Little China
7. Vampires

1. Possessor
2. Soul
3. The Invisible Man
4. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
5. In Search of Darkness: Part II
6. Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
7. Archive
8. Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
9. Host
10. A Quiet Place Part II

A ranking of theatrically released Star Wars films.

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Solo: A Star Wars Story
8. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
9. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
10. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

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1. Spider-Man 2
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3. Spider-Man
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home
5. Spider-Man: Homecoming
6. Spider-Man 3
7. Spider-Man: Far From Home
8. The Amazing Spider-Man
9. The Amazing Spider-Man 2

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
10. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

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• The Conjuring
• Annabelle
• The Conjuring 2
• Annabelle: Creation
• The Nun
• Annabelle Comes Home
• The Curse of La Llorona
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
• The Nun II

1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
5. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
7. Texas Chainsaw 3D

1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Prometheus
4. Alien: Covenant

• Jurassic Park
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• Jurassic World
• Jurassic World Dominion
• Jurassic Park III
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Theatrical Releases.

1. The Batman
2. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
3. Batman Returns
4. Batman Begins
5. The Dark Knight
6. The Lego Batman Movie
7. Batman
8. The Dark Knight Rises
9. Batman
10. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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1. Halloween
2. Halloween Ends
3. Halloween
4. Halloween Kills
5. Halloween II
6. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
7. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
8. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
9. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
10. Halloween

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1. WALL·E
2. The Wrestler
3. Doubt
4. Man on Wire
5. Let the Right One In
6. Hunger
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. Milk
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. The Dark Knight

• Predator
• Predator 2
• AVP: Alien vs. Predator
• Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
• Predators
• The Predator
• Prey

1. Superman Returns
2. Superman
3. Zack Snyder's Justice League
4. Man of Steel
5. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Every film mentioned in the documentary "Woodlands Dark and Days Betwitched: A History of Folk Horror", organized in order of appearance/mention! Films included are only those spoken of directly by interviewees or films shown with onscreen mention of title/director/release year.

Part 1 - The Unholy Trinity (Witchfinder General, The Blood on Satan's Claw, The Wicker Man)
#1 - 8

Part 2 - Who is This, Who is Coming? - Signposts of British Folk Horror
#9 - 46
Discussed but not on Letterboxd: Escape into Night (Richard Bramall, 1972), Century Falls (1993), Bagpuss (1974)

Part 3 - We Don't Go Back - Paganism and Witchcraft
#47 - 58

Part 4 - Call Me From the Valley - American Folk Horror
#59 - 116
Discussed but not on Letterboxd: Puritan ions (Frank Tuttle, 1923), Sweet Sounds: The Music of the Arkansas Ozarks (Carles Romine, 1954), The Waltons: "The Grandchild" (Ralph Senesky, 1977), The Twilight Zone: "Jess-Belle" (Buzz Kulik, 1963), The Fugitive: "The Witch" (Andrew McCullough, 1963), Thriller: "Papa Benjamin" (Ted Post, 1961), Aaunga (?)

Part 5 - All the Horrors Be Ours - Folk Horror Around the World
#117 - 194

Part 6 - Folk Horror Revival
#194 - 212

1. Witchfinder General
2. The Blood on Satan's Claw
3. The Wicker Man
4. Do You Vietnam
5. The Dirty Dozen
6. The Wild Bunch
7. Mark of the Devil
8. Witchhammer
9. Whistle and I'll Come to You
10. The Stalls of Barchester

...plus 202 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Good Time
2. Get Out
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
4. Dunkirk
5. Blade Runner 2049
6. The Shape of Water
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8. Coco
9. The Big Sick
10. Logan

1. The Favourite
2. Hereditary
3. Annihilation
4. A Quiet Place
5. Halloween
6. Solo: A Star Wars Story
7. Avengers: Infinity War
8. Summer of 84
9. Adrift
10. Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

1. George Washington
2. All the Real Girls
3. Undertow
4. Snow Angels
5. Pineapple Express
6. Your Highness
7. The Sitter
8. Prince Avalanche
9. Joe
10. Manglehorn

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• Kicking and Screaming
• Highball
• Mr. Jealousy
• Conrad and Butler Take a Vacation
• The Squid and the Whale
• Margot at the Wedding
• Greenberg
• s Ha
• While We're Young
• Mistress America

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

• Dr. No
• From Russia with Love
• Goldfinger
• Thunderball
• Casino Royale
• You Only Live Twice
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Diamonds Are Forever
• Live and Let Die
• The Man with the Golden Gun

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Saw
• Saw II
• Saw III
• Saw IV
• Saw V
• Saw VI
• Saw 3D
• Jigsaw
• Spiral: From the Book of Saw

• Resident Evil: Degeneration
• Resident Evil: Damnation
• Resident Evil: Vendetta

• Godzilla
• Kong: Skull Island
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters
• Godzilla vs. Kong