Andron B
Basically a poor person’s Cube, The Hunger Games,
any of the Saw films and even a movie
called House of 9 (which was
basically an independent version of a Saw
film). Somehow Alec Baldwin and Danny
Glover are involved?! Several strangers
wake up somewhere with no recollection of how they got there or (some) who they
are. Yup, we’ve seen this all
before. There’s somewhat of a sci-fi
touch added. Don’t get lost (like the
characters) in this lamefest that seems longer than it actually is! 7/6/2016
App B
Apps. They can be
wonderful. Here, they can be
deadly. This Dutch thriller about a
killer app named Iris is fairly predictable and lacks suspense due to
everything unfolding immediately after the protagonist finds out. Even at less than 80 minutes, this overstays
its welcome. Go dutch (wink, wink) and
skip this lamefest. 7/2/2016
I Saw the Light G
Hank Williams. The only
country musician I like. Sort of. I confess to not knowing much about the guy
other than dying young. Therefore, I can’t
tell how much rings true or not. As a
movie alone, I thought it was pretty good.
I don’t know much about Tim Hiddleston either, other than being Taylor
Swift’s current beau. I think he did a
pretty swell job. He sure looked
somewhat like Mr. Williams. It currently
has a very low rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Maybe it was overly fabricated
or wasn’t sufficient? I’m just going
with my personal opinion being an outsider on the biography and not the
music. I watched it with a buddy of mine
who’s a big fan of Hank and he liked it, saying the film gave him a human
quality. 7/11/2016
Krampus: The Christmas Devil EH
Skip this obviously low-budget film about the Christmas
demon and watch Michael Dougherty’s Krampus
instead. This isn’t as bad as Krampus: The Reckoning but that’s just
like saying a runny nose is preferable to a sore throat. 7/2/2016
Only Yesterday G
This animation came out in 1991 but was just recently
released to North American audiences.
Not sure why. I’m not the biggest
fan of Anime but I’ll watch them if the story interests me or they’re
critically acclaimed. This comes from
Studio Ghibli, the same studio that gave us films like Spirited Away and Ponyo. A woman from Tokyo travels to the country
while reminiscing about her past as a fifth grader in the 1960s (it’s
apparently the 80s based on her age).
The grass is always greener on the other side, literally for her but
metaphorically for the farmer who wishes he could’ve went to the city when he
was young. The film deals with real
issues and looks amazing at times, particularly the countryside views and a
scene inside a car while it’s raining.
The overall message appears to be that we must let go of our past if we
ever want to move forward in life. 7/9/2016
The Other Side of the
Door OK/G
I told myself I wasn’t going to like this movie. I did kind of hate it in the beginning. I thought it was going to be a typical
big-budget ghost movie that came and went theatrically. Shot and set in India starring the chick from
The Walking Dead and Prison Break, this actually isn’t the
worst thriller I’ve seen. It’s actually
pretty effective throughout. There’s a
ghost obviously cribbed from The Grudge
with the movements down to the emanating sounds. It’s surprisingly well-shot but still not
quite good, that’s why my rating is in the middle. It still feels empty and I highly doubt it
will become a classic. Points though for
being much better than I thought it would be.
7/7/2016
The Pack OK/G
Decent natural horror flick from Australia about a family in
the isolated countryside besieged by a pack of wild dogs. Points for using real dogs and no CGI. There are some rather bloody attacks too. I didn’t quite buy that the dogs appeared to
have human qualities (i.e. stalking before attacking). I also didn’t understand how the dogs
attacked sporadically as there were several times the opportunity arose. Oh well, it’s shades above many current (and
older) “animal attack” pictures. 7/10/2016
---Sean O.
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