Category: movie reviews

  • Movie Review: Totally Killer

    There are some movies out there, as I’ve mentioned before, that seem tailor made for certain people. Movies that are just matched perfectly for someone’s interest. When I heard the premise of Totally Killer, I was pretty sure I’d found another match for me: “Thirty-five years after the shocking murders of three teens, an infamous…

  • Movie Review: The Boys from Brazil

    Denisa’s still away, so when it comes to what I watch, it’s been a much simpler process. Basically, I just skim through movies until I see something that looks intriguing at all, and then press play. (This isn’t to say it’s Denisa’s fault that it’s harder to figure out what to watch with her. Rather,…

  • Movie Review: Dune Part Two

    Back when I first watched the newest version of Dune, I was left dissatisfied for a variety of reasons. It lacked a consistent source of tension, it had too many characters, and it felt like all build up and no actual climax. I’ve since watched it two more times (once right before watching the sequel),…

  • Movie Review: Wish

    I had heard next to nothing about Wish before I watched it. I knew it was the latest Disney animated movie, and I saw it was now streaming on Disney+. I was looking for something to watch with the family, and it seemed like an obvious choice, so I pressed play. I struggle to find…

  • Movie Review: Conan the Barbarian

    I have long held the belief that up until Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, fantasy just never got a fair shake in cinema. I’ve watched quite a few earlier fantasy movies, and while some of them certainly made an effort at quality, too often they just ended up being far too cheesy to…

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