Save Yourselves! (2020)
This was such a fun and unexpected flick. I read the synopsis and thought I’d give it a try. It’s about a young couple who want to go on a digital vacation away from their devices in a remote cabin… Continue Reading
Movie Reviews
Movie Reviews
Donnie Darko (2001)
This movie came out around Halloween of 2001 or about a month after 9/11 and because it had a plot device involving a jet engine falling off a plane, the movie was barely a whisper at the box office. People… Continue Reading
It’s Groundhog Day!
This is one of my favorite holidays, because it’s just the most absurd thing ever. Some chonker animal wakes up and predicts the weather for the next few months? Give me a break. What I like more than the holiday,… Continue Reading
eXistenZ (1999)
Reality is real, yo! The story follows VR game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and security guard Ted Pikul (Jude Law) as they evade an extremist element that wants to attack and destroy the game designer and her game… Continue Reading
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
This movie came out a few months after The Matrix and while there are obvious parallels, it is a different kind of sci-fi movie. The basic premise goes like this: the inventor of a new VR simulation system is murdered… Continue Reading
Knives Out (2019)
It’s a story of privilege and class when a family must come to grips with their wealthy patriarch’s death by suicide and what that means for their pampered lifestyle. Daniel Craig plays the Sherlock Holmes private investigator Benoit Blanc, who… Continue Reading
House of 1,000 Corpses (2003)
From the twisted mind of Rob Zombie comes this homage to Texas Chainsaw Massacre. A group of four road trippers happen upon a homicidal “family” that does all sorts of grotesque stuff to their victims. It’s very violent and bloody… Continue Reading
Creepshow (1982)
Written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero, this classic horror anthology has some truly memorable scares. Stephen King played the simple-minded farmer Jordy Verrill who found a meteor that made everything sprout alien plant life. Leslie Nielsen… Continue Reading
Crawl (2019)
In the middle of a hurricane in Florida, a girl goes searching for her father and gets a one way ticket to gator town. It’s a race against time to escape both the coming storm and the hungry animals. It… Continue Reading
The Stuff (1985)
It’s like invasion of the pod people with yogurt. The whole world has gone crazy for “The Stuff,” a yogurt/ice cream food product that takes them over and makes them start acting strange. Mo is a former FBI guy who… Continue Reading