April 2021 – Movie Meister Reviews

April 29, 2021July 22, 2022 leebutler Review

Stowaway (2021) – Smart-ish Sci Fi

Released: 22nd April
Seen: 26th April

Space, the final frontier. A place that very few have ever gone and a perfect location for a film about people stranded in the middle of nowhere. It’s a popular filming location and can be used for high drama (Apollo 11), horror (Alien) or even goofy ass stupidity that is more enjoyable than it has any right to be (Jason X). Of course, sometimes you can go for a high drama and end up somewhere a little closer to stupid but enjoyable… oh, hi Stowaway.

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April 27, 2021 leebutler Uncategorized

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S01E06 Review and Recap

Well, after 6 weeks it’s time to talk about the finale of Falcon and the Winter Soldier over on Soda and Telepaths. That was a fun show wasn’t it? Why don’t you share the review and compliment me on how good it is over there so I look good to the person who runs the site, that would be fun for everyone concerned

April 26, 2021July 22, 2022 leebutler Review

The White Tiger (2021) – Class War Is Hell!

Released: 22nd January
Seen: 23rd April

One thing I’ve noticed about reviewing is that I don’t tend to do a lot of foreign films. “Foreign” in this context tends to mean “Films that aren’t made in Australia, England or America” because for some reason films from those countries never get considered “foreign films” . I believe the last time I did a film that was not from one of those countries might be when Parasite came out.

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April 25, 2021July 22, 2022 leebutler Uncategorized

Oscar Predictions 2021

Once again that time has come around, the time where Hollywood hands out awards for what it claims to be the best films of the year (as voted on by Hollywood, so they’re totally not biased in the slightest). That’s right, it’s Oscar time! This year has naturally been a little different, what with a world ending plague putting a dead stop to Hollywood’s output.

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April 24, 2021July 22, 2022 leebutler Review

The Father (2021) – Perfect

Released: 1st April
Seen: 22nd April

I genuinely don’t know how to start this. I hate to use the excuse of “I’m too emotional to come up with something witty or clever to open this review” but… it’s the truth. The Father has really emotionally wrecked me, partially because of the content and partly cos it hit me on a personal level. Just warning you that if you have a family member with dementia that this film is going to hit you like a train and probably ruin the rest of your day… but god it’s so good.

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April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 leebutler Review

Pinocchio (2020) – Pinocci-No

Released: 25th December 2020
Seen: 22nd April 2021

The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi was printed in 1883 in Italy and quickly became a classic. The story of a little wooden puppet with a nose that grows every time he lies has not only been adapted multiple times but has inspired a multitude of other films. Possibly the most famous adaptation was done by Walt Disney in 1940, a film so popular that the song “When You Wish Upon A Star” would basically become the Disney anthem.

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April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 leebutler Review

Love And Monsters (2021) – My Best Monster

Released: 14th April
Seen: 21st April

It has been said before that there is only a finite number of stories that people draw from, things like the monomyth or Boy Meets Girl are simple little stories that end up applying to thousands of movies and books. One story that keeps being reused and influencing others is A Boy and His Dog, the 1969 story that is the basis for a large amount of apocalyptic fiction. Even just knowing the basic storyline (a boy and his dog walking through a nuclear wasteland, the journey help the boy grow) you’ll see it in places like Mad Max, Fallout and the Oscar-Nominated Love and Monsters.

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April 21, 2021 leebutler Uncategorized

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S01E05 Review and Recap

Another week, another recap of another Marvel product over at Soda & Telepaths… god I’m excited for next week when this series tried to somehow match the ending of Wandavision. It won’t do it, but it’ll be fun to see them try.

April 20, 2021 leebutler Uncategorized

The Power (2021) – Powerfully Outside

So, a review for the new Shudder original The Power is over on Soda & Telepaths and you should read about this fun little haunted hospital flick.

April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 leebutler Review

Screench Award Winning Blog

You know, it’s funny that we’re about a week away from the Academy Awards and yet I’m here bragging about the fact that I also have won an award, one I might not have known about were it not for fellow award winner Film-Authority bragging about theirs. A very real case of they showed me theirs so now I’m showing mine, for I too am on the Screench list of best movie critics.

I even get to put this image on my blog, which I will do here and also somewhere else on this page when I figure out how to do that because WordPress editing is hard (it’s partially why I haven’t changed the header, that and I have no design skills and can’t make a good header)