Evil Dead II
What the hell do you say about this masterpiece? It’s been a while since I watched this, having latterly fallen more under the thrall of Ash vs the Evil Dead – what struck me...
Movie Category: Comedy
OSS 117: From Africa with Love
I’ve been a fan of Jean DuJardin’s OSS117 films since seeing “Lost in Rio” in 2010 with Hannah & Paul, and it’s been a bit of a hard sell to bring other people on...
Ticket to Paradise
Christ, what a turd this was. Warring divorced parents conspire to ruin high-achieving daughter’s wedding to Balinese seaweed farmer, and learn about love on the way & end up together. To think we paid...
Senior Year
Few films can stand out as being “truly dire” – but this was one of them. Basically forcing the “different generation” trope as a woman who’s been in a coma for 20 years returns...
The Favourite
Starting as a fairly fun social climb tracking the inner machinations of Queen Anne’s rule this piece develops into a manipulative and then dark drama on trust, vulnerability, love and power. It’s a film...
Grosse Pointe Blank
Total 90s cornerstone, this. Was it the last time Dan Aykroyd played a character in a film that wasn’t just Dan Aykroyd? The thing that struck me most on this watch (other than the...
Tooth Fairy
We REALLY need to stop watching films just because they’ve got The Rock in them. Well, no, that’s not true. At least he didn’t get a khaki shirt on and stand around looking pissed...
Jojo Rabbit
What a great little film! Although it’s pretty easy to see why it sat on top of a screenplay blacklist for years (getting made only when Taika Waititi became one of the hottest properties...
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Nowhere near as bad as people might have you believe. Nostalgia’s a funny thing, though. Seeing a film make a nod to a TV show or film series seems reasonable, but seeing a slightly...
Vacation (2015)
Talk about having your expectations blown away. On first blush this seemed like an unnecessary reboot of a beloved 80s comedy property. And then Holiday Road fired up to herald the opening credits, and...
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