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Category: Reviews

  • Week of November 11th – Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow

    Week of November 11th – Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow

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    Finding a host for the Oscars has become quite the quest in recent years. There are reasons for that. For starters, it’s a lose-lose proposition. You could think you are nailing it, but there will always be a vocal minority to shoot you down. Also, even though I’m in the group that always watches, it’s…

  • Week of November 4th – A Fall Mixed Bag

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    We are fully in the 11th month now, and before we get into my ramblings of what I saw this week, I wanted to briefly go over something that will more than likely show its face again in a couple weeks. I want take you back to 2021 when Dune was released. People in the…

  • Week of October 28th – Tricks and Treats

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    Little bit of shuffling on the schedule for me. I’m still trying to figure out where to place the Chicago reviews without making these post super long. Two of the 10 were last week, and another three are this week. That leaves 5 left to share my thoughts on. As of now, none of them…

  • Week of October 14th – All Frowning. No Smiling….

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    Radio Silence’s 2019 film Ready or Not is fun movie. It is darkly hilarious, and was was just gross enough that I could sit through it ( because I’m a wimp). However, what is really seems to be is a complete movie. We meet our characters, the plot happens, then almost everyone is dead at…

  • Week of October 7th – Live from New York….

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    With Saturday Night going wide this week, I thought now would be good time for a quick power ranking of SNL movies. 1. Wayne’s World 2. Coneheads 3. Wayne’s World 2 4. Blues Brothers 5. MacGruber 6. Superstar 7. A Nights at the Roxbury 8. The Ladies Man 9. Blues Brothers 2000 10. It’s Pat…

  • Week of September 30th – Put on a Happy Face…

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    It’s October, so here is what I have I planned for this month. There are two big things: the Chicago International Film Festival and my Horror Movie Tournament. Timing wise, these two things will happen around the same time, so yay for me making things harder on myself. Before either of those two start in…

  • Week of September 9th – See No Evil

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    Update on the Chicago International Film Festival that I will be attending next month. They have announced the Opening Night selection for October 16th. It will be The Piano Lesson. I’m not sure if I’m going to be there for week 1 or week 2, but that being the opener doesn’t make me choose the…

  • Week of September 2nd – It’s Showtime!

    Week of September 2nd – It’s Showtime!

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    It’s September, and that means it’s the start of my favorite time of the year: Festival Season. So far this year, we have had a few Oscar threats released in theaters (Dune: Part 2 and Sing Sing), but Festival Season is where the rest begin to show up. Telluride ended on Labor Day, and during…

  • Week of August 12th – Facehugger Free

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    Well, Last week’s post got loss somehow, so it didn’t make it in time. So, I will run through the three movies I watched last week really quickly. Monday was the secret movie, and it was The Instigators. This was a fun move to watch, but it will only be on Apple TV+ now, so…

  • Week of July 15th – We’ve Got Cows!

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    I’ll cut to the chase this week. On to the reviews! I was so afraid the mystery movie was going to be The Fabulous Four based on it being a Bleeker Street film, but I was so, so happy when it leaked early Monday that Sing Sing was the film this time. There is a…