A wild ride that’s funny and disturbing (spoilers) Buddy the Unicorn (Keegan-Michael Key, Sergey Zhuravsky) is the star of It’s Buddy!, a children’s show best described as if Barney the Dinosaur lived at Pee-wee’s Playhouse. One of the kids on the show is Freddy (Delaney Quinn), who’s the first to pick up on that Buddy, …
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Blood and Puppets
An fun B-movie that could have had better characterization (spoilers) Following the death of his parents, James (Cameron Bell) was sent to live with his grandfather Geppetto (Richard Brake), only for his best friend, Zach (Elliott Spilling), to die shortly afterwards as well. That’s explained in an animated prologue, which has become a tradition in …
Blood and Venison
The TCU’s first monster movie is doe not good (spoilers) The fourth instalment of the Twisted Childhood Universe mixes things up by being a creature feature instead of a slasher. Bambi is a normal deer whose mother was killed by hunters, and his mate, Faline, is struck by a truck dumping toxic waste into the …
Little Death At A Big Camp
A weird, well-done slasher movie (spoilers) Warning: You should watch Sleepaway Camp before reading this review because I will be spoiling the infamous twist ending. Kris Williams (Hannah Einbinder) is a “wunderkind” filmmaker who’s hired to reboot Camp Miasma, a once-popular slasher franchise. To that end, Kris seeks out Billy Presley (Gillian Anderson), who played …
Surf’s Not Up
A Nic Cage slow burn (Massive Spoilers) The Surfer (Nicolas Cage) is a man with a dream. He wants to buy a house in the prestigious Cliff Top Drive, which overlooks Luna Bay beach. He plans on showing the house off to his son, the Kid (Finn Little), during a surfing trip. However, shortly after …
“Love” Gets Freaky
Navarrette shines as someone simultaneously terrifying and sympathetic (Massive Spoilers) Baron “Bear” Bailey (Michael Johnston) is a young man with a crush on his friend, Nikki Freeman (Inde Navarrette). He’s not sure if she feels the same way, and instead of talking to her about it like an adult, he uses a “One Wish Willow” …
I Contain Multitudes
A beautiful movie about life (Spoilers) The Life of Chuck is a 2024 film adaptation of Stephen King’s novella of the same name. It was written and directed by Mike Flanagan. The plot is hard to describe beyond saying it follows the life of one Charles “Chuck” Krantz, played as an adult by Tom Hiddleston. …
Clearest Blue
A good if pragmatic adaptation (spoilers) In this film adaptation of Jordan Harper’s novel of the same name, Nate McClusky (Taron Egerton) is a recently released ex-con who’s been marked for death by Aryan Steel, a gang of meth-dealing white supremacists. Worse, the greenlight was issued not only against him but also against his family. …
GLHFDD
A timely, weird movie (Massive Spoilers) Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die starts with a man (Sam Rockwell) walking into a diner and taking the people eating their hostage. He says he’s from the future, the whole world is going to end because of an artificial intelligence, and he’s travelled through time to collect a …
Slayride
Entertaining holiday movies (Spoilers) Silent Night, Deadly Night is a 1984 slasher film released during the rise of moral guardianship. As such, it was very controversial because it featured a killer dressed as Santa Claus. However, all that free publicity worked in the movie’s favor, as it made a lot of money at the box …
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