My quick rating - 3.5/10. Well, the first 40 minutes are just straight-up dialogue between two people, and even though I am a fan of Justin Long , what they were discussing wasn't exactly thrilling banter. Nor was the flick fooling me into thinking something was going to happen. 80 minutes of the 88 minutes are talking. Sorry for the spoiler, but it is just plain boring and misleading. The whole movie is based around Long giving a lift home to Kate Bosworth , and as the two

My quick rating - 6.5/10. I have been meaning to watch these flicks. I definitely enjoyed this one and found the asides directly to the audience by Millie Bobby Brown were a nice touch. Here she plays Enola, and while searching for her missing mother ( Helena Bonham Carter ), the intrepid teen uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock ( Henry Cavill ) and help a runaway lord. The mystery is aimed at a bit lower target audience than a Knives Out audience, b

My quick rating - 5.0/10. Not sure why this is billed as comedy/horror since there is not entirely enough of either of those things to qualify it for that. This is your prime example of doing just enough to make a passable thriller that you aren't going to complain about, but still aren't telling your friends to check out. This flick ended, and I said, "That was a pretty good made-for-TV movie." That is about the extent of the feeling it conveyed. Our writer/director, Duncan

My quick rating - 3.0/10. I have NO idea what to expect with this one. But I will first make sure you all know I don't do drugs. And even if I did do drugs, I still don't think this crap would be funny. The story is directly out of the mouth of a child with a good imagination. Aliens and clowns are both chasing after a secret relic to rule the world, which pits them against each other. But to develop a kid's dream, our author/director Richard Elfman has to throw in some perv

My quick rating - 7.2/10. Ma Dong-seok (or Don Lee for a more Western name) stars in this gritty action flick from first-time Korean director Sang-yong Lee . For a debut behind the lens, it isn't going to get much better than this. The "Beast Cop" returns as this is a sequel to The Outlaws , which I will admit, I haven't seen yet. Don Lee may be familiar to some from Eternals , where he played the hard-hitting Gilgamesh. In this flick, he plays a South Korean detective who

My quick rating - 4.2/10. This time it seems the heist takes place on Christmas, or at least all the criminals dressed up like Santa Claus. Again, don't think I needed to make it a holiday flick, though. This one takes place immediately after the events of the first one, so for continuity, you would want to watch them in order. And with that being said, I am a bit limited in the setup since it relies on the ending of Rogue . The start of this flick really gets you hyped for w

My quick rating - 6.9/10. Barely missing the 7 mark, and only because the camera sometimes forgets it’s supposed to help us see things. Chronicle takes the overused “teens get superpowers” setup and actually makes it feel fresh. So, suspend disbelief, grab your Dramamine, and dive in. Three high school buddies accidentally acquire telekinetic powers after poking around a glowing hole in the ground (always a great idea). At first, they’re just doing what any of us would—playin

My quick rating - 4.3/10. Ok, per a user suggestion, this one is tonight. And it takes me only moments to be annoyed, "Those are NOT Jetskis" LOL. Yes, I know I am old and remember when wave runners and jetskis were different things, but it still bothers me. Anyways, the expected outcome is on its way when 5 typical spring breakers get drunk and decide to steal a couple for a joyride. The poster and the foreshadowing from a local at the start of the flick should give you a si

My quick rating - 2.0/10. Going in blind on this one. Before the credits even roll, I can see what I am in for, b-budget schlock and not in a good way. The acting for this one was about as bad as it gets. The clearly boredom-inspired tale is that of lockdown due to COVID. Here is the story of people who think the vaccine is turning people into zombies. But at times, people who are around unvaccinated people turn into zombies. They really weren't too sure what they wanted the

My quick rating - 3.9/10. I accidentally put the second one on first (Redemption), but I had this one handy, so I may as well keep them in order. Turns out this one takes place on Halloween. Oops, I didn't know to save it for then. Doubt a heist flick really needs to get preferential horror flick treatment for my favorite holiday anyway. I have to say, this one is a slight step up from the recent Bruce Willis movies, but this is completely not his fault. The idea itself of a

My quick rating - 5.7/10. This one definitely is a slow burn that still keeps you interested, especially if you have any familiarity with abuse and trauma, both physical and mental. Rebecca Hall plays the lead fabulously and makes the slower pace all worth it due to her screen presence. She has been mentally dominated and destroyed at a young age and now years later, the repressed emotions start rising up to the surface when she sees the man who had done this to her. Equally

My quick rating - 6.1/10. If you enjoy a horror/comedy that completely takes light of the horror genre and makes fun of its ever-existing tropes within them, then this is your movie. All cliches are fair game in this story, which is an anthology woven into a story. Creatively told through the various shorts is a man who is getting his orientation for a job at a video store, and a couple of the VHS tapes have certain stories that play out for us to enjoy. I would completely ra

My quick rating - 4.2/10. I was pleasantly surprised with the first Scare Package , so onto the sequel, which I didn't know was being made. Unfortunately, the things that made the first flick enjoyable are partially to blame for making this one less entertaining. The first one used original ideas and made fun of the many tropes that exist in horror flix while this one took a different approach. They attempted to mock the movies themselves in the anthology portions, and for t

My quick rating - 6.2/10. Only a couple of days to slide in the New Year's horror flix, and this one Rebecca hasn't seen before, nor have I reviewed it here, yet. I have to say, 1980 definitely was the year for Jamie Lee Curtis since she dropped three solid slasher flix in the same year. This one seems to be the least remembered of the bunch ( Prom Night and The Fog ), but that is also most likely due to it being the least impactful. This is standard-fare slasher flick, whic

My quick rating - 7.3/10. Time to finish off this Christmas with a beating. This one was definitely on my list ever since I read of its existence. Nothing like casting David Harbour as Santa in a flick that feels like a fun mix of Home Alone and Die Hard . We are introduced to Santa, who seems to be just at his wits' end with the entitled nature of kids these days and is about done with the whole Christmas holiday. Sure, he is also drowning his sorrows in booze and comedica

My quick rating - 8.0/10. You cannot honestly go and rate something like that. Just a really festive special with a feel-good story. Well, minus the kidnapping. It is so funny how, even still, they cannot take the Troma out of James Gunn . The opening musical number with his brother Sean Gunn just has that sense of humor and feel to it. There is actually a story going on in this one. Thinking that Peter Quill ( Chris Pratt ) had his Christmas ruined when he was younger by Y

My quick rating - 4.8/10. I caught the first one and thought it was average. May as well give their holiday sequel a look. Ah, and why is it a Christmas flick? They moved the annual Binge to Christmas Eve. At times, this one was quite funny, but the other times, it was awful. There are some pretty good actors in this one as well, which you would think could've brought the production as a whole up, but it was tough to get through such a stupid story. It was almost like an an

My quick rating - 6.9/10. I only know the summary part of the manga, so I will stick to the movie itself. The movie starts with two old friends( ? ) who coincidentally meet on a train platform. In this brief moment, they attempt to rescue a man from the train tracks, and in trying this, they are killed by the oncoming train. Or were they? The two awaken in a room with a few other strangers, all of whom claim to have been killed. Accompanying them is a mysterious black orb, wh

My quick rating - 7.1/10. Ok, sort of a spoiler. Not of this movie, but the movie that this movie screams a comparison to, Armageddon . I personally loved that movie, the sheer unbelievable nature of landing on an asteroid and blowing off a nuclear weapon to split it in two, saving the Earth from being struck. Still a great movie, especially for a popcorn flick. Now we have a movie that makes the absolutely crazy idea of Armageddon seem like a simple addition problem. T

My quick rating - 4.6/10. I am fairly sure I saw this one in the theater and haven't seen it since, so the length works for some background while I work. That was a quick reminder about why I wasn't sure. This is a very forgettable flick. I would've thought with such a great cast, the movie would've been a bit more entertaining, but everyone involved got stuck with a very lame script. The crew of a hospital ship in space receives a distress beacon and ends up intercepting a b