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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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Home Before Dark (Season
One) G
I took a chance on this Apple+ series involving a 9-year-old
journalist named Hilde (based on a real person) that moves with her family from
New York to a small town in Washington state.
There, she begins an investigation involving a recent murder of a local
woman, in addition to a case involving a kidnapping 30-years ago (the victim
being her dad’s friend). I couldn’t
believe how addicting this mystery/drama was, it being 10 episodes ranging from
41-to-57-minutes, enough to make me want to keep going without feeling forced
(always a plus); the characterizations are solid. The story isn’t quite over at the end of this
season, although the majority of your questions will be answered, but I’m
actually glad it’s continuing (another plus) because I grew quite fond of this
small Pacific Northwest town and all its inhabitants. Season 2 is currently airing weekly, which
sucks because I’m going to catch up before new episodes are released (this season
apparently all aired at once!), but I’m going to keep watching until it becomes
less addicting (which I hope doesn’t happen).
7/7/2021
Bonus review:
Meander G
This
French film which might take place in America based on an early scene can
probably be summed up as a combination of Cube
and Saw (yes, since it’s a French
film, there are subtitles for roughly 90% of the dialogue). A Frenchwoman ends up in a labyrinthine sort
of interconnected tunnels laced with booby traps (Jigsaw almost may even be
given a run for his money) among other things after being picked up by a
stranger. This movie was undeniably
suspenseful, might vicariously make some claustrophobic, and is actually
violent when it wants to be. The ending
will likely be open-ended for many, but I liked my conclusion (which I believe
to actually be the right one, but you never know) in regards to everything that
came before. I was quite surprised at
how I generally enjoyed this film I basically only rented from Redbox since I
had a promo code and saw it was a new horror release. 7/5/2021
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Deadly Promises >>>EH
Get Gone >>>EH
Hell Trip >>>OK
The Lodge (2008) >>>EH
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright >>>OK/G
---Sean O.7/9/2021
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