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8 Million Way to Die centers around Matthew Scudder portrayed by Jeff Bridges. He is a former cop who, due to his alcoholism, now has no real home, no wife, and no job. He’s enrolled in AA and is trying to put his life back on track. Out of nowhere, he’s approached by a high-end sex worker who asks for his help. She wants to quit but is terrified of her pimp—at least, that’s her...
The Most Dangerous Game is indeed a classic story. I think I first came in contact with it in a book aimed at teens when I was a kid. Of course, I can’t remember the exact story, I’m way too old to remember that. But at least it was similar and I remember liking it pretty much. The story itself was first published in 1924 and was written by Richard Connell. I imagine the topic...
We Need to Talk About Kevin is a really powerful movie, difficult to watch for sure. Right from the start we see this dreamlike imagery that we can’t make real sense of. Still, it sucks us in as we urge for the chance to see a glimpse of what it’s all about. It’s cleverly filmed, and Tilda Swinton does a fantastic job in the lead role! The essential story is about a mother trying her...
Eight Eyes is a movie set in Serbia, at least to begin with. Later the plot is transferred to Macedonia I believe. It is a joint production between the USA and Serbia and half the dialog is in Serb language. The other half is in English. Of course, I have to rely on the subtitles to understand the Serbian parts. So, in essence, I can’t really tell which language it is. It just seems most...
Boy in the Walls is a horror/drama from 2023. It’s about this family movie out in the countryside after purchasing an old house, probably at a bargain price. The daughter immediately hates the place. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s “only 45 minutes into the city” as her father puts it. or it’s just the fact that she will be stuck there with her new stepmom. I understand the tension. It cannot be easy coming...
Wake is a movie about this young actress. She’s in her late 20s. I think she says 28 at one time in the movie. Anyway, she’s dying for this role in the remake of the movie Wake. She seeks out the lead actress from the original movie to try to get some hints or whatever from her. She is rejected on the spot by the housekeeper. However, the young actress won’t take no for an...
Darkgame is about a gameshow, discovered by the police, on the dark web. You know that part of the internet that the average surfer never sees or reaches. It’s hard to say what the truth but there have been going rumors for years that underground organizations are using it for everything from selling drugs to hiring hitmen. There have also been plenty of movies dealing with online torture where the highest bidder gets to decide...
Dark City – The Cleaner is a series from New Zeeland about a serial killer who works as a cleaner by day, and serial killer by night. What’s not to like really? This is kind of a special series too. it’s not just the run-of-the-mill serial killer. We get to follow his thoughts via an inner monologue. A little but like he’s talking directly to us. Describing what he feels and how he thinks. It...
100 Feet is a movie about house arrest. What’s more, it’s a movie about house arrest in the very house where you committed the murder you are doing time for. To add even more to that, it’s haunted. Of course, no one knows that the place is haunted. The police certainly don’t and not the women, portrayed by Famke Hansen, either. We soon learn that she killed her husband and that he was a cop....
Crush the Skull is first and foremost a thriller I think. To some extent, I don’t consider a movie without supernatural parts a horror movie. That only goes so far though. Of course, a film about a deranged killer, as is the case in Crush the Skull, can qualify as a horror flick if it’s scary enough. Or, if the violence is over the top or something like that. But first and foremost it becomes...
. 15 Cameras seems to be a sequel of sorts to a couple of other movies that I was unaware of. But when reading up on the subject I discover that there are both 13 Cameras and 14 Cameras made before this. It makes kind of sense to add to the number of each movie. It’s like the Oceans 11, 12, and 13. Have not seen the predecessors as we speak though. When writing about...
The Demonolist is a movie that I really should like in theory. I enjoy movies where occultism and the war between good and evil can flourish. What I enjoy even more is when angels and demons fight the war partly as divine beings on Earth. I also enjoy the occasional satanic rites that aim to bring evil to this world and to manifest itself in a human vessel. The Demonologist has all that. It’s not...
