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Best Do-Over Ever

The season that started it all (Spoilers)

I can’t believe I’ve seriously published 200 of these reviews. My original plan was to review Let Me In, which for a while was my favorite movie back when I was 12. Except, to do the review justice, I would have to reread the book it was based on, Låt den rätte komma in, and watch the Swedish film adaptation, maybe even the recent tv adaptation. I’m probably going to do all of that someday, but I just don’t have the time at the moment. So, then the question became what could I do instead? I quickly came up with an answer.

Friday Fanatic

Celebrating A Special Day With A Special Film (Spoilers)

13 Fanboy follows Kelsie Voorhees (Hayley Greenbauer), who’s the granddaughter of Friday the 13th actor Deborah Voorhees. While Kelsie herself is fictional, her grandmother is not. Voorhees (yes, her last name was a factor in getting her cast, but not the only one) played Tina in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. In addition to playing herself in 13 Fanboy, Voorhees also directed and co-wrote the script with Joel Paul Reising.

A Killer Movie

Maybe Not The Most Original, But Still Well Done (Spoilers)

You really need to admire the resiliency of the slasher movies. Whenever it seems like the genre is on its last legs, something comes along to breathe new life into it. The audience is growing familiar with genre tropes, let’s have fun with that in Scream. The whole post-meta thing is growing stale, let’s combine a slasher movie with a classic film.

Knock On Any Door

It’s Kaitly Dever vs. the greys time (Spoilers)

Brynn Adams (Kaitlyn Dever) is a young woman living by herself in this awesome looking, but isolated lake house. Brynn is a pariah in her hometown for reasons that gradually become clearer as the movie goes on. One night, Brynn wakes up and discovers that there’s an alien inside her house. Pretty soon, there’s a whole host of alien invaders that Brynn has to fight off.

The Not So Final Chapter

You’ll see what I mean (Spoilers)

John Wick (Keanu Reeves) has recovered from the injuries that should have killed him ten times over in the last movie and, with the help of the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne), is continuing his war against the High Table. In response, the Marquis Vinent Bisset de Gramont (Bill Skarsgård) is granted special powers to take down John once and for all.

Where, oh where, has my review gone: The Nun II

Where, oh where, can it be?

To see my review of The Nun II for MovieWeb, go here.

Where, oh where, has my review gone: The Flood

Where, oh where, can it be?

The fact it took me until now to remember I wrote this review is a tip-off to the movie’s quality. Of course, if you still want to see my review of The Flood for MovieWeb, go here.

Up

Now They’re Here (Spoilers)

Josie (Ayo Edebiri) and PJ (Rachel Sennott) are two ugly (?) lesbian losers who are crushing on cheerleaders Isabel (Havana Rose Liu) and Brittany (Kaia Gerber). After rumors spread over them being juvenile delinquents who beat up Isabel’s d**k boyfriend Jeff (Nicholas Galitzine), Josie and PJ decide to lean into this new reputation by starting a self-defense fight club. It’s ostensibly for female empowerment, but really to get closer to Isabel and Brittany.

On The Rise

An Underrated Werewolf Movie (Spoilers)

Bad Moon is a 1996 horror film written/directed by Eric Red and based on the novel Thor by Wayne Smith. The plot concerns Uncle Ted (Michael Pare), who decided to visit with his sister Janet (Mariel Hemingway) and nephew Brett (Mason Gamble). Thor is the family dog and the only one to realize that Ted has become a dangerous werewolf. While the book follows the same plot, changes have been made. These are all the ones that stick out.

Terrible Tenure

Murder should be an automatic disqualification. (Spoilers)

Jim Bowden (Timothy McCracken) is a college professor obsessed with getting tenure. Early in the film, Dean Richard Crawley (James Shanklin), wary of tenure-induced apathy, tells Jim that he believes it to be an “antiquated concept” and that Jim should focus on doing good work. Naturally, Jim doesn’t listen because then the movie would be about five minutes long.