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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated 1/26/19
(it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going to
review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Downrange OK/G
This was recently released on DVD but originally released at
least 2 years ago and is (was) a
Shudder exclusive. It was directed by
Japanese filmmaker, Ryûhei
Kitamura, who also gave us Versus, The Midnight Meat Train, and a segment
in Nightmare Cinema. It involves a group of people (3 men, 3
women) driving on a desolate road in (I’m assuming) California before one of
their tires is shot by a gunman hiding in a tree nearby. They then become sitting ducks as they’re periodically
shot at while trying to hide the best they can (mainly behind the car). The use of a single location does actually end
up working, it does get violent more than enough times, and I do want to
recommend it solely on the fact it’s generally a brutal film with no happy
ending, but it does overstay its welcome a bit at almost 90-minutes (which is
why I’m not giving it a strictly G rating).
12/1/2020
The Christmas
Chronicles: Part Two OK
The first one was a decent holiday film released 2 years ago
on Netflix (you can read my review for it in the archives---www.abcreviewarchive.blogspot.com---and
this sequel is also available on the streaming platform). Chris Columbus directed as well as produced
(the first time he only produced), he also being behind the holiday classics, Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, as well as the original Adventures in Babysitting and Mrs. Doubtfire, among others. The same family returns, as well as Kurt
Russell and Goldie Hawn as Mr. and Mrs. Claus, in addition to more characters
(as is common in many sequels). This
time, much like the first time (although this one has a different feel to it),
something happens that might stop Christmas from coming and some of the
characters must work to overcome this hindrance. It may not necessarily be an unnecessary
sequel, and it did manage to avoid being super corny (although it may have come
across that way at times), but it still suffers from sequel-itis, namely, not
as good as its predecessor and likely forgettable. Still not that
bad for a sequel though, especially a Netflix movie. 11/29/2020
Other
movies and TV show(s) I’ve seen and their ratings (see above):
Amulet >>>EH
The Holiday Movies
that Made Us
Ep. 1 (Elf)
>>>OK
Ep. 2 (The Nightmare Before Christmas) >>>G
(Netflix)
---Sean O.
12/3/2020
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