Reviews: A-B-C-D-E-F

6/10 - 1x viewing TCM. This was an OK casino heist picture. It was cool to see Kim Novak 3 years before Vertigo. I didn't think the hazing bit was that funny. There were some cool ideas, but nothing really came of them. Just so-so. 7/24/22.

7/10 - 1x full viewing. DVR'd TCM 2/25/15. I have started the film a few times, but never finished it until today. The image of Bo Derek in the swimsuit and cornrows is very iconic. She was an attractive lady, but I think I actually found the first lady that Dudley Moore spied on at the pool table more attractive. It was cool to see Dudley Moore actually playing the piano in the movie. Some of the songs were nice. The phone tag gag went on for too long and repeated too much. A guy following a woman to her wedding and spying on her is pretty creepy - and to take it further to find out her name through a priest and her dentist father is, too. I guess he would have Googled her today. The car wreck with the policeman seems to actually happen to, I assume, a stunt person. Dudley Moore just ringing Bo Derek's room was not explained. It's an OK movie that seems to have been really daring at the time. Dudley really reminded me of Rowan Atkinson aka Mr Bean. 4/4/21.

8.5/10 - 1st x viewing. 2 of my YouTube subs have reviewed this in the last week and then it just happened to be playing on Showtime. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I found out about the multiple endings and it looks like I saw the Theatrical version. It seems stupid that the Blu-Ray does not have the option to choose which version you want to watch. *SPOILER* If you like closure, you really don't get any. Why the room is that way, it doesn't tell. 8/31/17.

8.5/10 - 1x watch via Blu-ray. This is a very well made film by Sam Mendes, a director who I've liked a lot of his movies. On the other hand, it feels like there was a little something missing to push it to the next level. All the promos showed the one guy by himself, so I kept thinking they were setting up the 2nd guy to get randomly killed. When it happened, I definitely was not expecting it. 2/2/24.

6-7/10 - 1st x viewing. It started off pretty good, but the last act is a mess. This would be one that I would have liked to read the IMDb board for. The female lead looked a little bit like a blonde, short haired Courtney Cox. Robert Englund directed. A lot of things seem unexplained, and that is where reading a messageboard can help your understanding of a movie out. Why was the bottom floor frozen? The end reveal? 3/6/17.

7/10 - 1x watch via DVD. This is a pretty decent psychological thriller starring 2002 Katie Holmes. A first time director had score and cinematography by Arronofsky's team. Katie has one of the longest torsos and I think there are 2 scenes of her running - several movies have her running. I was a big fan of Dawson's Creek and she looks beautiful here. Interesting to see Zooey Deschanel and the woman from Two and a Half Men. 3/12/23.

8/10 - Easy. DVR'd off TCM 6/1/13. 1 year ago. Long steadicam shot to introduce characters. David Bowie dance # on giant typewriter. Seems to drastically change tone in the last 1/3rd to a race war/riot. 6/1/14.

9/10 - Wasn't expecting to like this this much. Other than a bit cliche villain, what do you want, people? Not a Cameron fanboy, but when this is maybe your 4th or 5th most talked about film, I mean, come on. I don't think I've seen this since around the time it came out. Remembered little. JC likes his women in white wife beaters though. FX really good. Just wow. Great score. Listened through credits. Is this close to 10 for me? Need to see longer cut. 5/18/2015

8/10 - 1st x to watch on Blu-ray. I own the first one on VHS, but never owned WNC. There's not much to it, but it's fun and I seem to remember more of it than I realized. I didn't think I had seen it that many times, but I guess I have watched it on TV. "Nonsense poopy pants" has stuck with me. At my friend's funeral earlier this year his dad mentioned him acting out the spear scene. 7/1/21.

7/10 - 1x viewing. DVR'd 1/5/19 Starz Encore. 7 may be generous, but it may be fun to re-watch in the future. Unfortunately, I forgot to review this when I watched it last week. From what I remember, it's a fun 80's action movie. The opening sequence is over the top and pure 80's. It's really odd how these guys break in, kill the secretary, and then hide for a while. The ball removal scene and the haircut scene just seem to prolong the movie, just because. Has Thomas F Wilson aka Biff Tannen. A car drives up stairs for the finale. Vanity and Sharon Stone both look beautiful in it. Craig T Nelson plays the villain. There are some fun one liners. Too bad there weren't any sequels. It looks like Warner Archives has released it. I would probably get it if I find it cheap. Archive titles don't really go on sale though. 10/10/20.

8.5/10 - Free movie channel. This is really well made. I was probably set to rate it even higher, but the ending leaves some deaths unresolved. A lot of people die in this surprisingly. ***SPOILERS*** Pitt's character "hijacks" a rocket and everyone else dies as a result. He apparently gets back to Earth and there are no consequences? I guess, the filmmaker did not feel it was necessary to address? Would the government just be OK with him doing all of this? 7/4/2020.

6/10 - DVR'd 2-16-15. 1x viewing. Maybe I will like it more on a 2nd viewing. Clay's comedy is kinda like Rodney Dangerfield's at times for me. I am not big on the type of jokes that aren't actually jokes, but people think they are funny because of how the comedian says it. 7/2/16.

?/10 - ?x watch via Blu-ray. I have long wanted to watch the Disney Sleepy Hollow cartoon. Now that I watched it, I may have just seen the 'good' part where it is scary as part of a compilation on the Disney channel. I was mostly pretty bored other than the Headless Horseman part. and that includes the Toad portion. I am planning to watch all or most of the Disney animated films. It's hard to rate them in the context of what they are. The Headless Horseman part is a short part of it but very memorable. I may give it a 6. Now that Disney + exists, a lot of people have gotten rid of their physical copies and they are a lot more affordable. 5/13/23.

6/10 - Better than its reputation. Free movie channel viewing in Full Screen. 3/22/14.

9/10 - I watched this within the last couple years or so. The thing that bugs me the most is when Bill Paxton starts whining after the first battle. The whole reason for Ripley even being there at all is pretty far fetched, too. Still, another well made and entertaining J Cameron film. The FX are phenomenal. 5/27/2015

I forgot to say that I listened to Ridley's commentary the other day - split across 2 or so days really. I don't remember him saying or revealing anything that important. Just that Covenant 2 is being written. He didn't really talk about the reaction to Prometheus. If he said anything extremely interesting, I have already forgotten about it. Ha. 8/31/17.

I dig these Target digibook editions. The DVD actually has features, too! Ever since I saw the movie I have wondered about one thing and wanted to see the scene again. ++SPOILER++ After David released the black goo, I do not understand why their dead bodies would be preserved perfectly 10 years later. Shouldn't they have heavily deteriorated, or at least be bones? While watching the movie the 1st time I thought David had become a sculptor. I seem to be the only one who wonders about this. 8/19/17.

The more I think about the film, the worse it gets. May bump it down to 7. 5/28/17.

8/10 - First Alien related film I've seen in the theater. Top notch from a visual and technical standpoint. Unfortunately, does not really continue most of what was brought up by/in Prometheus. 5/21/17.

8/10 - Redbox 27 cents. I wanted to see this in theaters, but was unable to. I wonder if the box office was hurt by the Pitt cheating rumors? I enjoyed it. Marion was beautiful. Love the poster. Great look and costumes. I think I want to watch it again and will probably buy it in the future. 3/31/17.

10/10 - I've seen this on cable many times over the years and always enjoy it. So many great moments and I can't think of any bad ones. I don't think I've ever seen all of the sequel, More AG. Lucas made a great film. 8/22/15.

8/10 - Redbox freebie. This has a cool intro and outro. It's an interesting story that made me want to look into how 'true' it is. Looks like a majority is made up. I kinda hate when movies say "Based on a true story" and go this route. I don't know that it's a movie I really want to watch again though. Plemons in yet another high profile film. Dude gets it all and is now married to K Dunst. Actor from 3 Billboards acts weird in this one, too. Is he one note? 4/12/18.

6/10 - DVR'd off TCM on 12-28-14. 1x viewing. It's a watchable 70's hippie film. Not great by any means. It did have some nice looking locations. A rocky island called Pharoah's Island reminds me some of L'Avventura. Redhead and brunette hippie chicks. Sharks. Random bad dudes. 9/3/16.

8/10 - I think I saw this in the theater as a child, and not since. I remember seeing the Feivel dolls in the Sears automotive section and thinking it was weird. May have been an early realization of commercialism/sponsorship. I can see that the same people did Secret of NIMH. This seems pretty short. Not much of a story. Not as good as NIMH imo, but I have seen that a lot more. Maybe closer to 7, but I like the classic animation, music and dark bits. 10/3/16.

7/10 - 1x watch via Tubi. I randomly found this looking at free streaming films starring Willem Dafoe. I had never heard of it, but saw 'serial killer' in the synopsis and decided to watch it. The stream had ads and stopped a lot, so I need to watch it on DVD if I can find it cheap. It is in the vein of Seven, and I like those types of films, though this reviewed poorly as being derivative. This film has Mick Foley, and oddly enough I watched The Peanut Butter Falcon later the same day after having just seen him in a convention YouTube video. I'm confused by one scene where Dafoe is stalked by the killer and they have a footchase that is never brought up again. Dafoe only recognizes the face when looking for the sponsor of a woman he knew. 2/4/24.

7/10 - 7 is probably generous. I got the Shout Factory Blu-ray and was in the mood for a 50's sci-fi film. It's definitely low budget, but I thought they did pretty well with it. It doesn't really show much Mars action. They used a thing called CineMagic for the Mars scenes. They're all red in tint and it's obvious that some of the things are animated. It's still kinda fun. 3/19/22.

8/10 - 1x watch via Blu-ray. Compared to the Conjuring, this seems to be much lower rated. I didn't see it as such a huge drop down. Annabelle Wallis is so gorgeous. I first saw her in The Mummy 2017, which I don't think is as bad as everyone says it is. I enjoyed this one, too. 10/23/23.

8.5/10 - 1x watch via Blu-ray. I enjoyed this one, too. More scares and creepiness, more than the first Annabelle probably. 11/1/23.

8/10 - 1x watch via Blu-ray. I'm watching all the Conjuring Universe movies I own. I enjoyed this a lot. Not really sure what made it an R rated movie. It has been described at Night at the Museum in the Warren's house, and that is pretty accurate. It's a fun movie. The lead blonde actress has been in the new Jumanji films and Goosebumps 2. Some of it makes no sense, like the samurai suit just sitting in a hallway and it just makes people hear bad things and slightly turn its head. Why even be there? Watched 11/3/23.

8/10 - Redbox $1.08. Interesting film. Reminds me of Under the Skin some. I will have to read/watch some other people's thoughts on it, to try and make sense of it. I watched this Friday night and had a busy Saturday, so I'm already fuzzy on the ending. 6/10/2018.

8/10 - Redbox freebie. I enjoyed this, but I didn't love it to the point that I want to watch it again like with The Force Awakens. For a superhero movie I liked it more than usual. I will be interested to see the sequel. The 1st shrinking sequence was cool. 1/1/16.

8/10 - 3D. This is pretty fun. The trailer ruined so many of the greatest moments that I wonder how I would have felt if they would have saved a lot more it. Many are saying this feels 'small' after Infinity War - did these same people also complain that they were tired of every comic book movie being about the end of the world? Like an idiot, the IW connection did not hit me until I watched a spoiler discussion video. ha. 7/8/2018.

7/10 - Watched in 3D (though it didn't seem setup right) at the theater on 2/17. It was a fun popcorn movie. I watched the prior 2 Ant-Man films beforehand, and I probably enjoyed those more. This falls in line with the last handfull of Marvel/comic book movies for me. Just fun popcorn movies that give you escape for 2 hours. Nothing mindbendingly spectacular. GOTG 3 is next in the MCU, and surely it will be a better film than these as of late. 2/18/23.

8/10 at least. Lots of cross pollination with Sling Blade. Need to look for low priced DVD. 3/27/14.