Viewing Journal: 9/30/2016

415) THE DRESSMAKER
(2016 dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse) Date Seen: September 30 2016

414) LONG WAY NORTH
(2016 dir. Rémi Chayé) Date Seen: September 30 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/28/2016

411) LET'S BE EVIL
(2016 dir. Martin Owen) Date Seen: September 28 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/29/2016

413) WESTWORLD
(1973 dir. Michael Crichton) 3rd Viewing: September 29 2016

[35mm @ Texas Theatre]

412) BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD 

                              DO AMERICA 
(1996 dir. Mike Judge) 4th Viewing: September 29 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/27/2016

410) 31

(2016 dir. Rob Zombie) Date Seen: September 27 2016

I've generally loved all of Rob Zombie's cinematic output up until this, which i'm on the fence about. While there are colorfully surreal villains & funny one-liners, it mostly plays like a carnival spookhouse riffing on RUNNING MAN (1987). There's a distracting artificiality to the proceedings that makes it difficult to feel the victim's dread. Plus the first few kills are pretty standard slasher film fodder. Doesn't establish a very inspiring threat. Perhaps they thought the atmosphere of the set design would up the creepy factor enough, but that can only get you so far in my opinion. Also, is it just me or did Sheri Moon turn playfully crazy way too quickly? Seems like she was barely scared of the situation for a few minutes.

Zombie did this 'caught in a spider's web' scenario much more effectively with HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003)..

Viewing Journal: 9/26/2016

409) THE BEATLES: EIGHTS DAYS 

  A WEEK - THE TOURING YEARS
(2016 dir. Ron Howard) Date Seen: September 26 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/25/2016

408) STORKS
(2016 dir. Stoller/Sweetland) Date Seen: September 25 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/24/2016

407) KINGSGLAIVE: 

                 FINAL FANTASY XV
(2016 dir. Takeshi Nozue) Date Seen: September 24 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/23/2016

406) QUEEN OF KATWE
(2016 dir. Mira Nair) Date Seen: September 23 2016

405) THE RED TURTLE
(2016 dir. Michael Dudok de Wit) Date Seen: September 23 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/22/2016

404) THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
(2016 dir. Antoine Fuqua) Date Seen: September 22 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/20/2016

401) SNOWDEN
(2016 dir. Oliver Stone) Date Seen: September 20 2016

400) CITIZENFOUR
(2014 dir. Laura Poitras) Date Seen: September 20 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/21/2016

403) THE CAT & THE CANARY
(1927 dir. Paul Leni) Date Seen: September 21 2016

402) SEVEN SAMURAI
(1954 dir. Akira Kurosawa) 5th Viewing: September 21 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/19/2016

399) UNDERDOGS
(2016 dir. Juan José Campanella) Date Seen: September 19 2016

398) FIRE CITY: END OF DAYS
(2016 dir. Tom Woodruff Jr.) Date Seen: September 19 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/18/2016

397) THE DO-OVER
(2016 dir. Steven Brill) Date Seen: September 18 2016

396) FROM THE DARK
(2016 dir. Conor McMahon) Date Seen: September 18 2016

"GUNS IN THE ATTIC" trailer

commercial for a ridiculous movie I made in High School with my friends & siblings #MediaClass

Viewing Journal: 9/17/2016

20th Anniversary of Tool's "Ænima"

[my pick for Best Album of 1996]

395) BLAIR WITCH
(2016 dir. Adam Wingard) Date Seen: September 17 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/16/2016

394) 

THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS

(2016 dir. Derek Cianfrance) Date Seen: September 16 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/15/2016

393) YOGA HOSERS
(2016 dir. Kevin Smith) Date Seen: September 15 2016

392) HELL OR HIGH WATER
(2016 dir. David Mackenzie) 2nd Viewing: September 15 2016

Viewing Journal: 9/14/2016

391) THE HOLLARS
(2016 dir. John Krasinski) Date Seen: September 14 2016