Recent viewings

[lester1/2jr]

what a tour de force that movie was

[Trevor]

I watched Machete this morning: I was underwhelmed by it.

[Gabriel Knight]

I watched Machete this morning: I was underwhelmed by it.

You probably forgot to turn off your brain before watching it, it makes the experience a lot more rewarding.

[Rev. Powell]

I watched Machete this morning: I was underwhelmed by it.

You probably forgot to turn off your brain before watching it, it makes the experience a lot more rewarding.

I'm with Trevor. It was OK... but too this-is-a-fake-bad-movie-we're-really-better-than-this-stuff-wink-wink for me.

[lester1/2jr]

Blink (1994) - thriller is probably my favorite genre but this was too dated and clunky to recommend. A blind woman has surgery to regain her sight and the eyes show her things that happened before and so forth. that whole thing.

2/5

[Trevor]

I watched Machete this morning: I was underwhelmed by it.

You probably forgot to turn off your brain before watching it, it makes the experience a lot more rewarding.

My niece and nephew call me Uncle Zombie so I doubt the existence of any brain 

[Trevor]

I watched Machete this morning: I was underwhelmed by it.

You probably forgot to turn off your brain before watching it, it makes the experience a lot more rewarding.

I'm with Trevor. It was OK... but too this-is-a-fake-bad-movie-we're-really-better-than-this-stuff-wink-wink for me.

Along with Steven Seagull committing seppuku and Robert De Niro getting shot 

[FatFreddysCat]

"Slumber Party Massacre II" (1987)

An all-girl rock band heads to a secluded condo for a weekend of practicing and partying. Unfortunately their bash gets invaded by a leather clad rock 'n roll maniac who wields a giant, drill-equipped guitar. This guy is easily one of the dumbest looking villains in slasher history, and for some reason he even gets his own musical number in the middle of the movie. Yes, it's just as random and dumb as it sounds. I didn't think the first "Slumber Party Massacre" was particularly great but this one makes it look like solid gold. At least there are some good splashy gory bits and the T&A is nice -- my teenage crush on Crystal Bernard (later of "Wings" fame) was ignited by repeated views of this flick on USA's "Up All Night" back in the day.

[FatFreddysCat]

"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" (2018)
Star-Lord and Ron Howard's hot daughter have to save the surviving dinosaurs from a volcanic eruption that will destroy their secret island home, and then again from a wealthy animal poacher who wants to auction the critters off to the highest bidders. The usual mayhem ensues.
There's nothing here you haven't seen already in the previous "Jurassic" films but it's still plenty of dino-chowin' fun.

[Rev. Powell]

JUNO (2007): Headstrong teen Juno gets pregnant, decides to adopt the baby, and then gets too involved with the new parents-to-be. If John Hughes had dealt with dark subjects like teen pregnancy and put lots of hipster music in it, this is what he would have come up with; it's sweet and teaches lessons about maturity without condescending to teens or adults. Good airplane choice. 4/5.

[Rev. Powell]

SIDEWAYS (2004): A struggling, wine-obsessed writer (Paul Giamatti) and a past-his-prime actor (Thomas Hayden Church) go on a trip through California's wine country as a final bash before the actor's upcoming marriage. Smart and entertaining dramedy; Giamatti and Church make a classic neurotic/degenerate pairing. 3.5/5.

[lester1/2jr]

Flatliners (remake) 2017 - I never saw the first one but the whole thing seemed more like a Scientology lesson than a horror movie. I liked the cute black chick and the keifer sutherland cameo. Ellen Page is clearly slumming it here 2.5/5

[Jack]

Flatliners (remake) 2017 - I never saw the first one but the whole thing seemed more like a Scientology lesson than a horror movie. I liked the cute black chick and the keifer sutherland cameo. Ellen Page is clearly slumming it here 2.5/5

I picked that up - thinking it was the original - in the $5 bin at Walmart a few months ago.  Still haven't watched it lol.

I thought the first one was pretty good.  Atmospheric if nothing else.

[Trevor]

Flatliners (remake) 2017 - I never saw the first one but the whole thing seemed more like a Scientology lesson than a horror movie. I liked the cute black chick and the keifer sutherland cameo. Ellen Page is clearly slumming it here 2.5/5

I picked that up - thinking it was the original - in the $5 bin at Walmart a few months ago.  Still haven't watched it lol.

I thought the first one was pretty good.  Atmospheric if nothing else.

Jack? Wow! Welcome back, brother! 

[lester1/2jr]

holy s**t   -spoiler alert-

yeah it had the sturm und drang of a real movie, but the whole point of it was this belief that if you go back and apologize for mistakes in your life you will achieve some higher level of being or something. there;s a thing called mercy, I mean... its kind of trite to base the whole plot on guilt over teen mistakes isn't it? I'd like to think horror is more ...human condition based  or something idk

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