Released: 12th March
Seen: 9th June
I’ll admit, I’ve been pretty neglectful when it comes to my Apple Plus subscription. I’ve had the service now for a while, never paid for it because it came free with my phone, and yet I’ve watched a grand total of about 6 things on it. A few episodes of Defending Jacob (never finished the series, I assume Jacob got defended), The Out on Television docuseries, Disclosure, Greyhound, Wolfwalkers and Palmer.
Continue reading “Cherry (2021) – Bowl of Pits”
Yep, third time in a row I’m linking to a review I wrote somewhere else. This time it’s about a quaint little film called Dream Horse and it’s… well, I’m neither Yay or Neigh about it, put it that way (DAMN RIGHT I MADE A HORSE PUN!)
Like a lot of people, I had thoughts about the Cruella movie so I put those thoughts in a review that I posted over on Soda & Telepaths
…I couldn’t think of a witty subtitle.
Point is that I wrote another review on Soda & Telepaths about the strange little horror film Caveat and that review is full of reasons why you should watch it
Released: 21st April
Seen: 31st May
It’s fairly well known that right now a Five Nights At Freddy’s movie is sitting in development hell where it’s lingered for the last 5 years. In that time it’s changed studios and directors and gone through many, many scripts. Currently they are talking about shooting this thing sometime this year, but we’ve heard that song and dance before. The wait has gotten so long for this movie that we’ve already had one knockoff beat it to release, in the form of The Banana Splits Movie. Well, now Willy’s Wonderland is here to show you another version of the Five Nights formula… and this time, I think they got the tone right.
Continue reading “Willy’s Wonderland (2021) – Five Hours At Willy’s”
Released: 14th April
Seen: 31st May
The crime documentary is definitely having a major resurgence right now, in no small part thanks to Netflix who seems to churn out a new one every other week. This kind of makes sense for a streaming platform desperate for unique content because in theory these are simple things to make. Find a weird murder with a lot of twists and turns, have relatives and police officers describe the events as they remember it, maybe hire some actors to recreate certain elements, wait for the editor to put it all together and you have a movie. What sets them apart is how weird/interesting/disturbing the crime is and the general presentation of the information. So, with a film titled “Why Did You Kill Me?” basically begging for attention, does it deserve it?
Continue reading “Why Did You Kill Me? (2021) – Seemed Like A Good Idea”
Yep, another review on Soda and Telepaths to start the month off and this time I reviewed the lost oddity The Amusement Park, and it is a good review that you should read because I do the good writing
Released: 21st May
Seen: 23rd May
I’ve made it no secret that I have a bit of a problem with how Zack Snyder has handled his time as part of the DCEU… namely, I believe his drab and depressing interpretation of the iconic DC superheroes is partially why that franchise stalled so hard that it might as well just die so we can hard reset it in a few years and try again. I’m not a fan of most of his work… with one notable exception. I absolutely loved his interpretation of Dawn of the Dead.
Continue reading “Army of the Dead (2021) – Deadly Fun”
Released: 27th May
Seen: 21th May (Advance Screening)
In 2018 the film A Quiet Place came out and was an instant hit, along with just generally being one of the best films of the year. A tense instant horror classic that was nothing short of miraculous in how cleverly it played with the audience, turning every sound into the most terrifying thing imaginable. It was a film that taught me how to eat popcorn by slowly dissolving it between my tongue and the roof of my mouth for fear I would make a sound so when I heard there was a sequel coming out, imaginatively titled A Quiet Place Part 2, on March 20 of 2020 (a day after my birthday) you wouldn’t find anyone more excited than me.
…and then the world decided to end and this film got pushed back by well over a year. Was the wait worth it? Hell yes it was!
Continue reading “A Quiet Place Part 2 (2021) – Sounds Like Fun”
Released: 14th May
Seen: 20th May
Sometimes a film comes out and you can just see its influences before the film even begins. The Woman in the Window as a film is clearly lifting a lot from films like Rear Window and Copycat, which are both fine films to take as influences so you would think that would hopefully lead to an interesting tense movie. Well, apparently this film’s other influence was an overturned trash can that racoons have picked through because this is actual garbage.
Continue reading “The Woman In The Window (2021) – Put This In My Rear Window”independent and curious
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