FLIX | jackmeat

Fubar: Season 1 (2023)

My quick rating - 6.4/10. Seems like Netflix was able to entice Arnold Schwarzenegger to star in his first-ever TV show. Interesting timing with Tulsa King popping up late last year, starring fellow action mogul Sylvester Stallone . Regardless, Schwarzenegger plays a CIA operative on the edge of retirement who discovers a family secret and is called back into the field for one last job. The whole show is actually pretty enjoyable, even though it is purposely filled with ev

Justin Whippo

Jun 15, 20231 min read

Dead Heat (1988)

My quick rating - 6.3/10. With the sad news of Treat Williams ' passing, I thought I would watch one of my favorites that is so criminally unknown. I had no idea what this one was the first time I found it on the shelf at West Coast Video one day while I was working. I often discovered new movies just perusing my workplace for something to pop on. We weren't really sticklers about what we watched in the store. Anyways, seeing Joe Piscopo on the cover was enough to draw me i

Justin Whippo

Jun 14, 20232 min read

The Wandering Earth II (2022)

My quick rating - 7.4/10. I really enjoyed the first one ( REVIEW ), so I am looking forward to this sequel (which is a prequel). Another event length flick at 173 minutes, so plan accordingly. Only a half hour in, and I can say the visual effects are top-notch. This attack scene, to start off with, looked absolutely epic. I think I am going to rewatch the first after this one to really get a grasp of how they link, since this is an astonishingly monumental plan they are par

Justin Whippo

Jun 12, 20232 min read

The Mother (2023)

My quick rating - 5.5/10. Why take the bulletproof vest off? A question I asked myself during the movie . The Mother is a fast-moving action thriller about a highly trained assassin who crawls out of hiding to protect the daughter she abandoned years earlier. Naturally, this emotional reunion happens while being chased by extremely motivated bad guys who seem to have unlimited ammo, funding, and free time. Jennifer Lopez plays the titular Mother, and to her credit, she comm

Justin Whippo

Jun 11, 20232 min read

Evul Twinz (2020)

My quick rating - 2.0/10. I put this on because of a 69-minute run time and no plot while working. WOW, I did not expect such shit, literally. There is NO way that these two main characters had a scripted line for what is going on. Just a general idea of what to talk about or what is next, and let them improvise. Let me assure you that it is NOT a good thing. I am aware of who Mercedes is since she has been linked to a few distributed Troma flix aside from this one in the p

Justin Whippo

Jun 10, 20232 min read

Louis C.K. At The Dolby (2023)

My quick rating - 7.5/10. "I performed and filmed this new comedy special at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, CA, in early January 2023. It includes a lot of the same material that was in my livestream "Back To The Garden," but it also has a bunch of other stuff that wasn't in that show. Including a totally different closing chunk of jokes. And it is shot more carefully and with more and better cameras. And better editing. I like to think of it this way: "Back To The Gard

Justin Whippo

Jun 9, 20231 min read

Stab! Kill! Die! (2020)

My quick rating - 3.8/10. Ultra low budget without any point to it, minus attempting to make it look like film reels spliced together, drive-in style. But there seem to be two stories going on, all existing for an excuse to show boobs. This one takes a bit to get going but there are a couple stories going on here. The first is the 4 satan cheerleaders that are heading into the forest to practice their dark spells. The second is about a woman who is being controlled by some se

Justin Whippo

Jun 8, 20232 min read

Robotica Destructiva (2023)

My quick rating - 3.8/10. I seemed to get roped into these every time. They know that by advertising Lloyd Kaufman , I'll check it out. Sam Gaffin has definitely created a niche market for these flix. Part animated, part live action, and so creatively done. I really wish he would set out on an actual plot with these and maybe put a bit of work into the story instead of trying to recreate 50s sci-fi silliness. You may have read my review here of a previous effort I saw, whic

Justin Whippo

Jun 7, 20232 min read

The Witch (2015)

My quick rating - 6.5/10. The setting is New England in the 1630s. William ( Ralph Ineson ) and Katherine ( Kate Dickie ) lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness. When their newborn son vanishes, and crops fail, the family turns on one another. Beyond their worst fears, a supernatural evil lurks in the nearby wood. A great looking and sounding movie that plays at the mind more for the horror aspect than it does w

Justin Whippo

Jun 5, 20231 min read