(1990 dir. Frank Henenlotter) Date Seen: February 28 2022
TOBY'S PRIVATE WATCHLIST & THOUGHTS ON FILM.. PLEASE DON'T READ THESE
Monday, February 28, 2022
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Viewing Journal: 2/26/2022
(2021 dir. Danishka Esterhazy) Date Seen: February 26 2022
outside of the uncanny dude playing the "driller killer" part, I found most of this reboot/legacyquel to be a bastardization of the original film. I wish I didn't feel this way because I want to applaud the filmmakers for at least trying to keep that franchise alive.
109) THE BANANA SPLITS MOVIE
(2019 dir. Danishka Esterhazy) Date Seen: February 26 2022
this was more like an adaptation of that Simpsons WESTWORLD (1973)-inspired "Itchy & Scratchy Land" than anything in Five Nights at Freddy's. Also impressively well-made & inventive for having such a low budget. It seems like the only production values the filmmakers had access to were the licensed costumes & the soundstage/studio backlot almost everything takes place at. It was admittedly just a bit too overwritten in the dialogue department for my taste.. For what it's worth I preferred this to last year's WILLY'S WONDERLAND. Now if only someone would make a horror tinged H.R. Pufnstuf
Friday, February 25, 2022
Viewing Journal: 2/25/2022
(2022 dir. Kenneth Branagh) Date Seen: February 25 2022
I've always thought trains were inherently more cinematic than boats or any other mode of transport, so I was surprised I ended up enjoying this more than MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS 2017 (Branagh's first Agatha Christie). Aside from having some of the worst green-screen light matching I’ve seen in a mainstream release, I enjoyed the surprisingly old school Hollywood charm this whodunnit was constructed with. I also liked how well it juggled the numerous storylines throughout, creating a handsome tessellation of all the flawed characters by the end. It might be material we've all seen before but it's done up snazzy enough to make for an entertaining night out at the movies.
107) DEATH WISH 4:
THE CRACKDOWN
(1987 dir. J. Lee Thompson) Date Seen: February 25 2022
For my money this is the only entry in the DEATH WISH series that gets really close to being great. All the quasi-fascist stuff is still there bubbling under the surface of course, but on a pure movie escapism level, J. Lee Thompson's filmmaking quality just stands head and shoulders above his predecessor's 👍
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Viewing Journal: 2/24/2022
[EIGHT FOR SILVER]
(2022 dir. Sean Ellis) Date Seen: February 24 2022
best creature feature I've seen so far this year.
105) GORDON & PADDY
(2017 dir. Linda Hambäck) Date Seen: February 24 2022
104) STONES FOR THE RAMPART
[KAMIENIE NA SZANIEC]
(2014 dir. Robert Glinski) Date Seen: February 24 2022
Viewing Journal: 2/23/2022
SUMMER NEVER COME AGAIN
(2017 dir. Aleksandre Koberidze) Date Seen: February 23 2022
102) NIGHTMARE
[NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN]
(1981 dir. Romano Scavolini) Date Seen: February 23 2022
[Uncut version]
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Viewing Journal: 2/21/2022
(2022 dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet) Date Seen: February 21 2022
I thought RON'S GONE WRONG tackled these same themes more effectively.. Also; while it was stylish & colorful, felt like a major visual departure for Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
98) SPELLCASTER
(1988 dir. Rafal Zielinski) Date Seen: February 21 2022
Viewing Journal: 2/20/2022
(2022 dir. Kat Coiro) Date Seen: February 20 2022
96) DEATH WISH 3
(1985 dir. Michael Winner) Date Seen: February 20 2022
better than the god awful part 2, due simply to featuring a charismatic villain
Viewing Journal: 2/22/2022
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II
100) THE WORLD
(1987 dir. Deborah Brock) Date Seen: February 22 2022
Almost as great as the first & possibly even more successful as meta-commentary. Where this one goes a little wrong with me personally is those misplaced rockabilly music video segments. They're intentionally funny but not in a way that tonally complements the rest of the humor in the movie. Like you expect this revamped funnier version of the driller killer (a tour-de-force Atanas Ilitch) to talk smack or maybe do funny one-liners --à la Freddy Krueger-- but when he busts into full-on song & dance numbers that seem to exist in a completely separate universe from the main narrative, it muddles the groove. & the songs aren't good.. I wonder if those parts were contractually shoehorned in by Corman or one of the producers.
OF DOLORES AND GUNELLEN
[BAJSFILMEN: DOLORES OCH GUNELLENS VÄRLD]
(2016 dir. Linda Hambäck) Date Seen: February 22 2022
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Viewing Journal: 2/19/2022
(2022 dir. David Blue Garcia) Date Seen: February 19 2022
↓personal ranking of Texas Chain Saw series↓
1. THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) *****
2. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986) ****
2. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986) ****
3. LEATHERFACE:
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III (1990) **1/2
4. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022) **
5. TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D (2013) **
6. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2003 remake) **
7. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE:
THE BEGINNING (2006) **
8. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE:
THE NEXT GENERATION (1995) **
9. LEATHERFACE (2017) *1/2
94) RAINBOW DANCE
(1936 dir. Len Lye) Date Seen: February 19 2022
93)
AXEL: THE BIGGEST LITTLE HERO 3D
[BONTA 3D] 昆塔
(2013 dir. Leo Lee) Date Seen: February 19 2022
this movie = cola, pitzah, borrgir ∞infinity
Friday, February 18, 2022
Viewing Journal: 2/17/2022
(2022 dir. Channing Tatum) Date Seen: February 17 2022
Sort of felt like a mashup of MAX and TURNER & HOOCH.
89)
BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION
(2021 dir. Jacob Gentry) Date Seen: February 17 2022
Viewing Journal: 2/18/2022
(2022 dir. Ruben Fleischer) Date Seen: February 18 2022
UnSHARTED
91) HOLY FLAME
OF THE MARTIAL WORLD
(1983 dir. Tony Lou Chun-Ku) Date Seen: February 18 2022
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