Upgrade- 8/10

The Babysitter - 6/10

It was kinda funny at some parts, but not nearly as scary (or funny) as I think it was trying to be. I wasn't angry for having watched it, but I'm pretty sure I won't be doing so again. It's nice if you kinda want something in the background while you do something else.

Lizzie - An interesting take on the actual trials (also boobies)

THAT IS NOT A RATING

Farenheit 11/9 - 3.8/5

Typical Michael Moore stuff. Seemed kindof disjointed, but he seems a bit more balanced this time than in the passed, he rips on the Dems too.

Mandy (2018) rented on HUDU - 4.5/5

I just watched this last night and I'm sure I will watch it again at some point because I really liked it. I LOVED the way aesthetic of this film from the lighting, the depth of the film, may have been digital but very much looked like film, the costumes, set design, special FX, everything reeked of high budget late 70's horror. I would also compare the gore to a Cronenberg style, certain elements looked like old school special fx which are dearly missed for me. Screw CGI. I'd rather see a high quality maniquin get burned instead of a CG rendering. Cage was really great, all the actors were great. The NIC CAGE moment is f'n hilarious. He's really funny when he wants to be. This is a special film, one of the best revenge films I can remember. The cult leader Jerimiah is horrifying, I hated him. I also read on IMDB the actor who plays him is an actual cult leader, creepy. If had one gripe it would be the showdown scenes were too highly choreographed, I'd rather have seen a sloppy brawl of sorts, that lowered the rating for me.

Death Wish - 2.5/4

Bruce Willis in a remade bloody revenge thriller directed by Eli Roth.
Sometimes negative hype really helps a bad movie to a half decent score. I saw what Eli Roth tried to do with this, trick us into thinking it was punch-porn masquerading as a family movie when in actual fact it's not nearly as brutal as you would imagine and aside from the ludicrously amped up soundtrack I feel it was restrained and well made for what it is.
The bad guys are cartoonishly destructive, the protagonist is relentlessly lucky and the tone of the action is dangerously close to comical in some moments.
The opening to the film is cloying and sickly but from the assault onwards it becomes a much more worthwhile film, a film that owes everything to the performance of Vincent D'Onofrio who provides some immense talent and legitimacy to a movie that seems quite nice, maybe too nice for Eli Roth to be at the helm of.

Politically it's a pro gun movie, anybody denying that is off their head. The gun fights are soundtracked so it's suitably removed from sincerity that it should be a fun movie to wind down a night out with or when your expectations are so low that it can only impress you.

I liked this film but I will probably mock it a lot from now on. It was very confused but rather sweet in a way.

Small Foot - 7.5/10

It was cute

Hell Fest - 7/10

It was a definite throwback to 80's slashers. Performances were solid from the cast, one of who was intentionally annoying beyond comprehension. Good kill scenes. I'd give it a 7/10 because it's not re-writing the genre, just throwing back to it in a efficient manner.

Disobedience - There's a certain trend that these films are following nowadays. Women being oppressed, having gay experiences, and liberating themselves at the cost of everyone around them. The patting on the back needs to be curbed just a little bit.

Like every low budget horror movie it's got Tony Todd!

Read the synopsis. This movie must be boring as fuck. It surely sucks.

The House With a Clock in its Walls-7/10

Fun surface level kiddie horror type with some silly slapstick gags. The tone was kinda jumpy. It's really interesting on the surfaced but doesn't really delve into anything. Considering the target audience I understand
It was fun.

Once Upon a Time in the West - 4.5/5

I want to see this.

Just re-watched Super for the first time in about five years. That's a great, great film. I love it as much as I love any other film. It's funny, angry, brutal and about as realistic a look at the sort of loon who would pull on the cape as there ever has been.

James Gunn at his very finest, which is basically always.

I remember watching the end of Super and thinking that it was both great but also a bummer

The ending is excellent. Best speech ever.

I hope James Gunn can be involved in Guardians 3 again. He's simply too nice and too talented to punish for making dirty jokes years ago when guys like Polanski walk free in France.

Plus his apology was erudite, sincere and comparatively he's obviously one of the extremely unlucky ones. I was furious about the whole thing at the time because the tweets were so grim but a public dialogue about it should have come before any recrimination.

Tangled-10/10

Seen it a few times, but Disney has this dream big princess thing and this was playing in theaters this week. So I took my daughter.

Love this movie so much. It's funny, cute, romantic, great songs and characters. Feel like maybe it doesn't get enough love in Disney lore. But it's phenomenal.

EDIT: I hope one day to find a girl who looks at me the way Rapunzel looks at Eugene

Sir, we expect you to turn in your Man Card within 30 days of receiving this notice.

Yeah, we've progressed a bit since the '80s.

It takes a real man to raise a child

Sinemia #4 last Monday I saw hell Fest - 5/10 completely fell flat based on a pretty good premise. 1 out of like 5 kills was good and the ending I suppose was meant to be shocking but it was too obvious.

Moviepass #93 later tonight - A Star is Bo...rn 9/10 with the only nitpick being Sam Elliot is 74 and too old to be Bradley Coopers brother.

Watching "Casshern" tonight. I have seen the cover before and it always intrigues me, I always hold it and read the back, and I inevitably put it down again because it's like £6 even second hand. Today I thought "What the Hell?" and bought it because it was down to £0.50

Hopefully it doesn't suck ass but all I know is that it has something to do with androids.

I also picked up Mississippi Grind, The Life Aquatic, Mulholland Falls, Night Of The Living Dead, The Cell, Unleashed, Reign Over Me, A History Of Violence, Youth In Revolt and Gentleman Bronco's for a grand total of £5.

I have seen all of them besides Mississippi Grind but I just can't stop myself buying them.

20 minutes in and I can tell I'm watching good sci fi.

I'm a bit concerned with the subtitles. I keep having to rewind to make sure I didn't miss anything on screen. There is an awful lot going on in the film so being fluent in Japanese would be an advantage so you don't have to keep rushing through the text.

Man this film is completely bonkers. I love it. It's like watching futuristic Japanese Frankenstein through a kaleidoscope.

Casshern was nuts. Crazy Jap steampunk sci fi with an irremediably bleak plot and atmosphere. I will write up a proper review for this because I have never seen anything like it before aesthetically. It's mad shit baby.

Venom - 6.5/10


When Venom was onscreen I was very entertained. He was funny. I enjoyed the Venom-Tom Hardy dynamic. When Venom wasn't on screen I wasn't crazy about stuff. Not as bad as reviews would lead you to believe, it's much better than Fantastic Four/Affleck Daredevil.

Good show, I can now watch it with my head held high.
Is Predator also not as bad as they say?

No predator was fucking atrocious. It's a cluster fuck.

The Nun-5/10

I've never seen the conjuring films but I don't feel that's needed after seeing this.

It was just ok. The story on its surface is more interesting than the movie itself is. I found it far more interesting when the character were investigating the situation.

The scares are your typical jump scares. The mood of the film itself wasn't tense. Gorilla Monsoon would be disappointed, as a knife wasn't needed to cut the tension.

It's a solid waste of time of nothing else.

Wha...?

You never heard Gorilla Monsoon say "you can cut the tension with a knife"?

Ahh damn spelling error

Watching Mississippi Grind.

Captain Marvel appears to be in assuredly safe hands.

I like Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn in this. They both look like they are at ease in conversational roles and I love the feeling of inclusion that the film gives me. It feels like I'm around two new friends. I had never even heard the title before yesterday when I bought it. Maybe it didn't get a wide release here.

I should also say that

No matter what happens it has me stopping to wonder and that's often a good sign of replay value.