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Voyagers (2021)
Great sci-fi storyline
Interesting sci- fi that takes place in the future. Earth is becoming inhabitable due to the planet heating up. A new planet has been discovered that humans can live on.
Children are raised in a spaceship like place without any experience of parents, fresh air or a normal childhood. Colin Ferrell plays the teacher who is their only flesh and blood contact with humans.
They are sent on their mission into space with the teacher. The mission is to populate the planet which they will reach many decades later. They will be artificially inseminated to produce children.
Chaos breaks out when they are teenagers. The teenagers find out they are being drugged to dull their personalities and sexual function. They decide not to drink the "blue" and all hell breaks loose. Lilly- Rose Depp is superb as the head medical officer.
What Jennifer Did (2024)
Documenetary of a pathological liar
I enjoyed this true crime documentary. A wannabe college student is a pathological liar. She wanted to please her parents and felt the pressure to succeed in a university. Jennifer could not quite make it in the high pressure college scene.
Jennifer also had a bad boy boyfriend the parents made her break up with. She was still madly in love with him despite her parents.
Then a supposed home invasion happens. Jennifer turns into the main suspect and is interviewed several times by the detectives. The footage of the police interviews is very gripping. Jennifer is a good liar.
However, Jennifer has met her match in the experienced detectives grilling her. Amazing how she tries to spin lies to the very end.
God Is a Bullet (2023)
Dark, violent and scary
At times hard to watch because it is so violent. I had to stop watching it late at night and returned to watch the next day. I did not want to have nightmares.
Nikolaj Costman- Waidau as Bob is excellent actor. He looks familiar to me but can't remember where I have seen him. He plays the the desk jockey cop that is thrust into a living nightmare. His beautiful young daughter is kidnapped by a murderous Satanic cult.
Out of nowhere appears Maika Monroe -who is perfect as Case. Case is former cult member and is sure she can help Bob get his daughter back.
This movie is destined to a cult classic. I felt it could of been shortened by thirty minutes. Worth a watch for sure. It may give you nightmares....
Wilderness (2023)
Part thriller and part drama
Jenna Coleman plays the wife of a successful British businessman. She is a stay at home housewife who misses her career back in England. They recently moved to America. If you watched PBS - Victoria she played Queen Victoria. She is an excellent actress. I predict she will soon be a huge star.
Her husband is a manipulative, cheating guy. He is portrayed by Oliver Jackson Benson. He was perfect in this role. You really feel for Liv. What he does to her is horrible.
Liv is not a wallflower. She takes action against his cheating ways. Yet her husband is devious and will do evil things to keep her married to him.
They decide to go on a trip out west to reconnect and fix their marriage. Trouble soon follows. Wilderness is one of the best short series I have seen this year.
Riviera (2017)
Julia Stiles caught up in murder mystery
Julia Stiles plays the recently married lady of a very rich man. They have a huge house in the Rivera.
She finds herself suddenly widowed and dealing with a murder mystery. Who killed her husband. Maybe he is not dead?
The x-wife and three grown children are heavily involved in her life. One son is handling the family business and a bad drug habit. The daughter is about eighteen and is a bit crazy. Stiles character (Georgina) has to deal with it all. The other son is making romantic advances on her.
Georgina has a tough background. She grew up in United States and has a father in jail. She surprises everyone with her strength and cleverness. She is expert art curator and can fire a gun.
DOA at the PTA (2022)
PTA moms act like high schoolers
A new mom moves to town with her hunky husband and teenage daughter. The new mom has a catering baking business. She wants to get her business started in the new town.
The newbie is offered to join the PTA and the competition starts. The head of the PTA is a beautiful stuck up perfectionist. Murders seem to happen around her. Everyone is afraid of her.
Don't get on the wrong side of head of the PTA. The new PTA mom wins a costume contest and immediately gets on the bad side of leader of the PTA. She also starts snooping into the past murders.
Fun movie even if it is a bit cliche. Best acting was the head of the PTA played by Alissa Filoramo.
Texas Killing Fields (2011)
Great detective thriller
Two detectives (Jeffery Dean Morgan and Sam Worthington) are in the hunt for a serial killer. Morgan is likable and obsessed with finding the serial killer or killers. Worthington is reluctant at first and wants to concentrate on the murder in their county.
Soon they will have no choice but to hunt for the serial killers. Great character acting and believable. I wish they would of given more of background on Morgan's character. They only hint on why is obsessed with finding serial killers.
You really root for these detectives and the young teen girl character played by Chloe Grace Moretz. Morgan try's to help the young troubled teen. She lives with a terrible mother who is promiscuous and neglectful.
Intense pace towards the end film was very gripping. Found myself yelling at the tv , "Hurry help them".
The Night Stalker (2016)
Lou Diamonds had me convinced he was The Night Stalker.
I was surprised at how good Lou Diamonds Phillips was as the night stalker. At times his eyes look absolutely evil. He plays an older Richard Ramirez that has been in prison for many years.
A female lawyer, Kit comes to visit him to try and get him to confess to a murder. Richard has never confessed to this murder. Another prisoner sits on death row for the murder. The other prisoner only has days till his execution.
Richard tells the lawyer you must give something if you want something back. Kit struggles with her childhood trauma and never has told anyone her dark secrets.
Some of the movie is flash backs to Richards's childhood and teen years. They did good job with the younger actors looking a lot Ramirez.
Ramirez's is struggling with his health and time is running out. Will Kit confess her dark secret to get the confession from the night stalker?
Nefarious (2023)
Had me scared!
A prisoner set to be executed. On the day of his execution. He has one last chance to get out of the death penalty. A psychiatrist comes to visit and must decide if the prisoner is insane or faking insanity.
Most of this movie is a conversation with the prisoner and psychiatrist If you have a slow attention span probably not the movie for you.
The acting kept me intrigued. The prisoner claimed to be a demon. The demon committed the murders and now was offering the psychiatrist a deal. Publish a book that will be the equivalent of the bible and bring people to the devils side, In return the demon will give the psychiatrist all the worldly pleasures he desires.
Great acting and scared me.
One Shot (2021)
Scott Adkins is amazing action and martial arts star
The movie starts out with poor sound, If you can make it through the first 10 minutes of the helicopter ride you will like this movie.
Scott Adkins plays the leader of a seal team. They are on special mission to a secret terrorist detainee prison. A non military female agent is tasked with bringing back one of the terrorist. The terrorist is the only one who knows where a bomb is set to go off in Washington D. C. .
Before they can leave a another terrorist group lands on the island and starts an all out gun fight and explosive attack on the facility. They release all the prisoners and are looking for the detainee that the seal team now has.
A violent battle between the seal team and the terrorists starts. The seal team must find a way out. Steve Adkins shoots, stabs and brings martial arts fighting skills to an exciting level. Also, Ryan Phillipe has a small role as the head of the terrorist prison. He is a tough as nails guy that hates his prisoners.
I really like this movie. Lots of violence but well done.
Wrong Turn (2021)
Lots of twists and turns
Hiking yuppies decide to go off trail in the Appalachian mountains. Big mistake! Soon they are captured by an isolated group of barbaric mountain people.
They have their own laws and put the hikers on trial. Graphic violence but not a slasher movie. This one has a good plot and acting. Soon only a few of the hikers are left alive.
The hikers that are still alive make a deal to stay and help the group of back woods weirdos.
Charolette Vega is excellent as the pretty blonde hiker. She is tougher than she looks. Her father is searching for her in the town where she was last seen. The father hooks up with some locals and goes in the woods to find her. Matthew Modine is good as the father.
Full of suspense and left me guessing at times what was going to happen next. Highly recommend for horror and action fans.
Yellowjackets: It Chooses (2023)
Tensions are rising
Starvation is setting in. Some of the girls are starting to hallucinate. They are desperate for food.
Lottie is on the edge of dying. The group decides they need to get "food", for her. They decide on a pick a card game to decide fate. Fate does intercede. The group won't go hungry for long.
Meanwhile the cops have found the body of Shauna's lover. The group is still at Lotties cult grounds when Shauna gets a the phone call about the body. She decides to go home.
Shauna's house is searched and Jeff is consoling his daughter that she isn't like Shauna. Will they turn on Shauna to save themselves???
Lavender (2016)
Too slow for me!
I tried to give this movie a chance. I said to myself give it another 5 minutes and maybe it will pick up. I gave up after watching for about 20 minutes.
It starts out with the main character taking pictures of old houses. She is very forgetful on big things. She forgets to pick her daughter up from school. She's to busy staring at one of her photos she took of some old house. Booooring.
Picks up a bit after she gets in car accident. She's seeing a little a girl in the road when she hits a car.
Then she sees the little girl- again in the hospital. I don't blame this actress for this bad script. I blame screenwriter and director. Don't waste your time with this one.
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Aubrey Plaza excellent actress
Emily is working a food delivery job that is beneath her talents. Due to a felony conviction she can't get a regular job. A co-worker tells her about an opportunity to make 200 bucks quickly.
Soon Emily is fully committed to the criminal enterprise. This new job is fast money but very dangerous. Emily becomes very tough when she almost gets robbed doing a job. Aubry Plaza is very believable.
I was rooting for her but then her shocking violence had me not liking her very much. However that is the beauty of her acting. She pulls you in only to shock you with what she is capable of.
Theo Rossi plays her criminal partner and love interest. He is great as the mentor with a soul.
Escape at Dannemora (2018)
DESPERATE MEN AND A SLEEEASY WOMAN
Acting is superb with Benicio Del Toro playing one of the criminal escapees. He is creepy and believable as a long time inmate. The other escapee is an actor I have never seen before : Paul Dano. He is excellent as the inmate who is likable and does all the labor to make it possible for them to escape.
Patrica Arquette plays the non-inmate worker/supervisor. I did not even recognize her! The extra weight she put on and red blotchy face she has in this tv series is an amazing transformation. She deserved an Emmy for this role. She is sleazy having sex in the room off the work area with the inmates. She is selfish and mean to her nice gullible husband.
I really felt for the inmate played for Dano. I felt sorry for him and wish they would of done a better job explaining why he was in there. I really liked this short series. A much watch for Drama fans and fans of Del Toro.
Sad but accurate of what prison life is like and the people who work in prisons. I knew someone who worked in prisons and this tv series portrays what goes on accurately. Yes inmates do have sex with prison guards and workers. Yes prison guards do smuggle in things for inmates. Guards get busted all the time for smuggling in contraband. It is a low paying dangerous job and the temptation is great. Thus Del Torro gets booze and hamburger and other contraband. Watch it you won't be disappointed.
Bigorexia (2020)
Fascinating Musclemen
I liked how this movie gave the psychological reasons men who are bodybuilders never feel big enough. The movie focuses on several individual stories of bigorexia.
Bigorexia is a condition where men never feel big enough. They can have huge muscles but don't see the hugeness. Some resort to steroids and even injecting synthol into muscles.
One Russian man has freaky results but think he looks good. If you enjoy the psychological reasons behind obsessive disorders you will like this one. Also, I think this would be a good movie for sports coaches or health teachers to show to their students. Interesting film.
Suck (2009)
Rock Music could be better
Entertaining comedy with vampires. A band that is getting older and still playing small clubs gets a chance at fame.
Iggy Pop makes a couple appearances that are great. Love Iggy in this movie. Alice Cooper has a small role and is awesome.
The 30 ish band members are funny. The cute girl in the band meets a mysterious guy at one of their gigs and comes back a vampire.
The band suddenly becomes popular. The leader of the band wants the fame but does not like the blood thirsty killings. Music could be better. The bands music did not do much for me. Still I liked the movie and it was a campy fun movie. Get your bloody Marys ready and watch it!
Smile (2022)
Smile it's Scary
The main character is a female doctor in a emergency psychiatric hospital. The actress is excellent as she quickly becomes unhinged after an encounter with a suicidal patient.
Problem is the patient may have not been suicide. She died with a creepy smile and suddenly changed before she killed herself.
The Doc starts seeing scary hallucinations and cannot sleep. Her fiancee does not like the drama and does not believe her. He's like I did not sign for this.
The Doc turns to her old boyfriend - a detective to help her investigate the women's background who committed suicide in front of her. The trail leads to many deaths and suicides.
I felt the ending could of been done better. Overall a good movie for horror fans.
Durham County (2007)
Suspense Filled Drama
Murders and more murders happening in a Canadian small town. One of the main characters is the lead detective. He has a family of 2 daughters and a wife recovering from breast cancer.
The detective is a angry hot head and is not loyal to his wife. Great acting and all the characters are far from perfect. I grew to like the teenage daughter as the show moved on.
Lots of tension as the killer continues to taunt and get involved with the detectives family. There could be more than 1 killer though. Don't want to give too much away here in my review.
One of the better tv shows I have seen lately. If you like lots of tense intelligent drama this one is for you.
Defective (2017)
Futuristic Sci Fi
Somewhere in the United States is total government control in one of the states. They never tell you what state this is happening in. Everyone is watched by these things that look like robots.
Too many infractions or mistakes the government deems you defective. Which means death very swiftly.
Acting is okay. Yeah it's not Oscar worthy for sure. I found it entertaining enough. Story line is good. Sometimes they are not very clear on how some the characters get taken over. There is some chip implanted in the back of the neck.
I think the movie plot could of been improved. Lack of explaining what was happening to the characters made it hard to follow. Worth a watch if you are looking for a sci fi on a boring night.
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
Bronson Does not Disappoint
Bronson plays a retired hit men. A old friend comes to him coaxing him to kill an evil doctor who is torturing people in 3rd world countries. One of the victims wife takes to the road with Bronson to hunt down the evil doctor.
A good amount of action keeps plot moving along. I did not find it that believable Bronson's character would put this inexperienced woman and her child in danger.
The movie has some pretty graphic violence. Especially some of the opening scenes. If your a Bronson fan you will like this film. Holds up good considering this film was made over 30 years ago. The evil doctor and his sister are excellent actors.
Samaritan (2022)
Stallone is likeable
Stallone is believable as an aging superhero. I was entertained through out and enjoyed this feel good movie. I appreciated there was not a ton unnecessary violence. I'm glad Stallone is finding roles that fit his age and are character driven. The young man is very good also in this movie.
Surprise ending that I did not see coming. Overall a good drama with some violence. A must see for Stallone fans. More movies I hope will be in the near future for Stallone. I see a bright future for the young actor also.
I would recommend for preteens and a good movie to sit down and watch for the family. Big thumbs up for me.
Candy (2022)
Jessica Beil is Creepy Good
Based on a true story of a suburban housewife. Candy is bored with her dorky husband and is looking to have an affair. She chooses and seduces one of her friend's husband.
They secretly meet for sex in cheap motel room. At first they are both really into it. But when the husbands wife gets pregnant he wants to back out.
Candy is a perfectionist and can't take rejection. She even goes as far to host the wife's baby shower. Soon her rival ends up axed to death in her own home.
Candy gets a lawyer and there is a trial. Even the husband of the murdered woman can't help but speak well of Candy. The ending of the trial will surprise you. Jessica Beil deserves an award. This is true life stranger than fiction.
The Handmaid's Tale: Allegiance (2022)
The Tables are turning
June is hoping a rescue plan will work for her daughter. Tensions are high as the plan is a very risky mission.
Serena is being treated like a handmaid. She's playing along for now.... She has a plan to escape with her baby and in this episode will try to make it happen. She is being watched constantly so it will be difficult. However she is trying to use her womanly charm on the husband of the people she's staying with. The wifey finds out and is not pleased. Acting is excellent as always with the Handmaid's tale.
Things don't go as planned !! A big surprise ending. So don't miss this episode!
Deadwater Fell (2020)
Superb Acting crime drama
Deadwater Fell starts out to be a slow burning thriller. You get some background life on main characters in first episode. It quickly moves to a suspense filled who done it.
It kept me guessing up until final episodes. Murder, infidelity and emotions run high until the end. Stick with it and you will love it.
Acting is top notch!!