'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
It surprises me to say that this looks as good as it ever did! Probably the main thing that dates this is the boob gags. In a kid’s film?
Possibly my favourite film noir.
★★★★
Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback -- an error that could be fatal.
I don’t have much to add to the reviews already on letterboxd.
There some crazy dialogue and stunt work but it’s done with such a straight face it sets this really unusual tone that I kind of dig.
★★★
A psychic participates in a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery, causing her to die of fright. New York City reporter Peter Bell investigates the séance and learns that the priest's suicide has somehow opened a portal to Hell and must be sealed by All Saints Day, or else the dead will overtake humanity.
This film has almost no interest in anything beyond its makeup and effects. The story would fit on a Post-It note.
Of the effects, the Rice Krispie/maggot fountain was my favourite.
★★
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
Loved this film as a young teen. Some super performances and amazing effects work, especially the miniatures. Essential sci+fi.
★★★★
A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.
After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings with his own former coach, Jack Reilly. The reluctant Gordon eventually grows to appreciate his team, which includes promising young Charlie Conway, and leads them to take on Reilly's tough players.
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
Two years after defeating a satanic cult led by his babysitter Bee, Cole's trying to forget his past and focus on surviving high school. But when old enemies unexpectedly return, Cole will once again have to outsmart the forces of evil.
Doesn’t do anything new, even recycles some of the gags, but I had a good chuckle so 🤷♀️
★★½
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.
I have two theories about this film:
1) I’m too blunt to get the subtleties
2) There aren’t actually any subtleties
I’m leaning towards 2) and therefore the award for best performance in a terrible film goes to Jessie Buckley.
To be fair, I did like a lot of the visuals and the sound.
★★
Paired by a dating program that puts an expiration date on all relationships, Sam and Amy soon begin to question the system's logic.
