Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
It (2017)
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You may have noticed that most of my reviews for the month have reported lackluster thrills. I decided that my best bet for a decent scare o...
Saturday, October 27, 2018
The Fly (1986)
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I saw the 1958 original a few years ago. It struck me as decent but more tragic than scary. At the same time, it bordered on unintentionally...
Friday, October 26, 2018
The Innocents (1961)
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Hmm, another haunted mansion story endorsed by Martin Scorsese . And another experimental '60s film that wasn't a hit at the time . ...
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Dead of Night (1977)
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I'm not sure what got this TV movie with a 6.4 on IMDb onto my queue. Someone other than Netflix must have suggested it to me. Anyway, i...
Friday, October 19, 2018
Tremors (1990)
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One glance at the poster told me to expect something pretty trashy. It looked like a Jaws knockoff minus the water. The movie even had Land...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
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I had enjoyed many movies featuring Robert Redford, mostly from the Silver Age but up to Captain America: The Winter Soldier . These did no...
Seconds (1966)
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I didn't feel like filling up my entire month's worth of Netflix deliveries with outright horrors. This one gets classified as a sci...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Free Solo (2018)
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You may think, "Aw, man, you're breaking up the pattern of Halloween movies for the month." But if one genre ever gets scarier...
The Uninvited (1944)
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Martin Scorsese and Guillermo Del Toro count this among their favorite horrors. In earlier days, it stood out as one of the first non-comedy...
Saturday, October 6, 2018
The Fog (1980)
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While I haven't reviewed other John Carpenter flicks on this blog, I have mostly enjoyed the seven I've watched, especially the ones...
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