I've probably read the equivalent of 200 issues of comics so far this year and you've finished that many films?? (It doesn't take me 90min to read 20pgs of mostly pictures.)
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf - 9/10 The Juror - 6/10 Hoppers - 8.5/10 Summertime (1955) - 9/10 The Longest Yard (2005) - 4/10
The Good Boy (aka Heel) - 7/10 Ready or Not 2: Here I Come - 8/10 Spaceways - 6/10 Scobie Malone - 5.5/10 Tequila Sunrise - 6/10
Cruel Tale of Bushido - 8/10 Special Effects - 6/10 49th Parallel - 7/10 Three Violent People - 7/10 Goodbye Paradise - 6.5/10
The Alchemist Cookbook - 8/10 Expected this to be slow, but subdued is the much better word here; it's dark isolation horror that is often as charming and endearing as it is unsettling. Hard not to think of Resolution or House of the Devil as good points of comparison. Sparse, real, and raw, with the kind of fear and off-screen presence that actually gets under my skin. Great work from Potrykus and Hickson in particular here.
I was really hoping for more from Tequila Sunrise. Also that new The Longest Yard is one of those weird movies that's total crap, but because of when you watched it, has a quote my family still use constantly in conversation.
Same here, though to be honest, I only watched it because I have long enjoyed the song Surrender to Me so figured I should finally watch the film it was used in. You got more out of it than I did then haha.
Cutter’s Way - 8/10 The Tin Star - 8.5/10 Hard Boiled - 10/10 Nevada Smith - 8.5/10 The Professionals - 9/10
I actually did a rewatch of all the Terminator films so here's my ranking from best to worst 1. T2 2. The Terminator 3. Terminator Dark Fate 4. Terminator Salvation 5. Terminator Genisys 6. Terminator Rise of the Machines
The Empty Beach - 7/10 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo - 0.5/10 The Last Blossom - 8/10 They Will Kill You - 8.5/10 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - 9/10
everything I watched in March Diamonds of the Night (1964) - 8.5/10 Rental Family (2025) - 5/10 Sirāt (2025) - 7/10 A Different Image (1982) - 6/10 Before Sunrise (1995) - 10/10 Amadeus (1984) - 9/10 Stalker (1979) - 10/10 The Age of Innocence (1993) - 8/10 From What is Before (2014) - 8/10
Dracula’s Daughter - 8/10 Son of Dracula - 7/10 Suspiria (1977) - 8/10 Waterhole #3 - 5/10 House of Frankenstein - 7/10
I also enjoyed it! Maybe 5 is too harsh. I watched it on a flight and it leaned a bit heavy on the saccharine and predictable for me. I know and loved Hikari's direction from Beef so I had higher expectations
Fuck yes to both of these. Very underrated now, I feel like, even though other Anthony Mann Westerns have been enshrined as part of the canon.
Got both as part of a Western box set from Australian label Imprint, I have always loved The Professionals, but The Tin Star was a genuine surprise.
14th time's the charm for Happy Madison. 13 Assassins (1963) - 8/10 House of Dracula - 6/10 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - 8/10 All My Sons - 7.5/10 Grandma’s Boy - 5.5/10
The Great Killing - 8.5/10 Shooter - 6/10 Robot Monster - 4/10 Eleven Samurai - 8.5/10 Ice Cold in Alex - 9/10
The Toxic Avenger (2023) - 7.5/10 Uneven and about 15 minutes too long, but exactly as fun as it should be. Not unlike The Naked Gun reboot, it's almost shocking how well Blair, Dinklage, Wood, and Bacon nail the tone here. The cop casually giving permission to the crowd to form a mob while randomly firing his gun in the air made me laugh out loud. May - 8/10 For whatever reason -- probably just seeing the cover art in a video rental store growing up -- I always assumed this was another shallow relic of 2000s horror. To my surprise, this is a full-on psychological drama with one of the most gut-wrenching and relatable depictions of yearning and loneliness I've ever seen on screen. Shockingly great stuff here, and I know it has a following, but I'm honestly surprised I don't hear about it more often. Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker - 7.5/10 Deadly Love - 7.5/10 Atmospheric, soapy, supernatural surrealism through a cheap, rural lense - it scratches many specific itches despite never quite reaching the heights you hope it might. Still fascinating, and only losing half a star for one of the most annoying songs specifically made for a film (and played ad nauseum) I've ever heard.