The Purge, Season 1 (2018)

Starring: Gabriel Chavarria, Hannah Emily Anderson, Jessica Garza, Colin Woodell, Lee Tergesen, Amanda Warren, William Baldwin, Fiona Dourif, Lili Simmons


Premise:
Everyday people try to survive a night where all crime is legal.

My Take:
Like the movies, I find the concept fairly interesting but ultimately disappointing. The series is sort of the same way. It follows three separate stories/set of characters during Purge night. Each storyline is compelling but ends up being too much by the time it wraps up.


Rating: In the middle

Watched: USA

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Cold Skin (2018)

Starring: Ray Stevenson, David Oakes, Aura Garrido
Director: Xavier Gens


Premise:
In the early 1900's a man takes a job on a remote island in Antarctica to observe weather. The only other person on the island is the lighthouse keeper. Soon he realizes there are creatures that rise from the seas every night the two must fight.

My Take:
An original and strange tale that is beautifully filmed.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Hoopla

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Satan's Slave (2017)

Starring: Tara Basro, Bront Palareaw, Dimas Aditya
Director: Joko Anwar


Premise:
After their mother dies of a mysterious ailment, her children begin to suspect she has come back to haunt them. Only the truth is far more hideous.

My Take:
A creepy film that ratchets up the intensity as it keeps going. A remake of 70's film from Indonesia.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Shudder

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Autumn Blood (2014)

Starring: Sophie Love, Peter Stormare, Gustaf Skarsgard, Samuel Vauramo
Director: Markus Blunder


Premise:
Two kids in the mountains keep their mother's death a secret until the oldest girl is sexually assaulted by one of the local villagers who then wants to cover it up.

My Take:
Allegory galore with this loss of innocence tale that is beautifully shot. Despite having virtually no dialog creates well rounded main characters.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Netflix DVD

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Over Your Dead Body (2014)

AKA: Kuime

Starring: Ko Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito, Ebizo Ichikawa,
Director: Takashi Miike


Premise:
A group rehearsing for the play Kwaiden, finds fiction and reality blending together as lust and jealousy conjure up a spirit.

My Take:
The movie gets a tad confusing at time as it jumps between the play rehearsal and real life with the characters. An interesting and more subtle movie from director Miike.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: TubiTV

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Laddaland (2012)

Starring: Saharat Sangkareecha, Piyathida Woramusik
Director: Sophon Sakdaphisit


Premise:
A family moves to a housing addition to discover bizarre things which starts to tear them apart.

My Take:
A good mystery at the core of this story about trying to do whats best for his family

Rating: So Good

Watched: Netflix Instant

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Hereditary (2018)

Starring: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro
Director: Aru Aster


Premise:
After her mother passes away; a woman's family starts to experience a series of strange and tragic events.

My Take:
The movie is full of constant misdirection and pulls the viewer different ways before revealing its true purpose. To give away any more would be a great injustice to the movie.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Netflix DVD

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A Quiet Place (2018)

Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
Director: John Krasinski


Premise:
A family tries to stay alive after aliens with super sensitive hearing have taken over Earth.

My Take:
A movie that ratchets up the intensity as it goes along.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Netflix DVD

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American Satan (2017)

Starring: Andy Biersack, Booboo Stewart, Ben Bruce, Sebastian Gregory, Jesse Sullivan, John Bradley, Mark Boone Junior, Malcolm McDowell, Denise Richards, Bill Goldberg, Bill Duke
Director: Ash Avildsen


Premise:
A young band moves to LA to chase their dreams of being a famous rock band. Not having much luck, a stranger offers them a deal not to be refused.

My Take:
Did this band simply have good timing and take advantage of the situation or was their more devious forces at work? The question is sort of left up to the viewer.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Cinemax

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Fear The Walking Dead, Season 4 (2018)

Starring: Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo, Danay Garcia, Maggie Grace, Lennie James, Jenna Elfman, Garret Dillahunt, Kim Dickens


Premise:
Season 4 sees different groups of strangers come together to form bonds and try to survive together in a zombie filled world.

My Take:
The series just keeps getting more interesting as it goes on. The move to have major characters die and bring new one in to be the focal point is a bold move but one that feels legit in this world where every day could be your last. Though the second half of this season does get a little too focused on Morgan, but then again he is the new leader of this group.

Rating: So Good

Watched: AMC

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The Beguiled (2017)

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence
Director: Sofia Coppla


Premise:
An injured soldier in taken in by a house full women to heal.

My Take:
Yet another remake that really did not need to be made. The story follows along the original very closely only without the extra weirdness of the original

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Netflix DVD

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My Friend Dahmer (2017)

Starring: Ross Lynch, Alec Wolff, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts
Director: Marc Meyers


Premise:
The struggles of a young Jeffery Dahmer in high school.

My Take:
The movie focuses on Jeff Dahmer and his last years of high school where he has a morbid interests in seeing what is inside of animals and has trouble making friends. It's well made but there really isn't any substance to what made Dahmer into the notorious killer he became.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Showtime

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Cruel Summer (2016)

Starring: Richard Pawulski, Danny Millr, Reece Douglas, Natalie Martins
Director: Philiip Escott, Craig Newman


Premise:
A young man with autism goes camping in the woods only to hunted by group of peers.

My Take:
A based on true story film that strike a cord.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Amazon Prime

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The Mystery of Rampo (1994)

Starring:Naoto Takenaka, Michiko Hada, Mashiro Motiki
Director: Rintaro Mayuzumi, Kazuyoshi Okuyama


Premise:
Writer Edogawa Rampo just had his latest work censored by the government. Then the things in his story start to happen in real life.

My Take:
The movie has solid and slick direction. It definitely favors style over substance as the story is fairly lackluster.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Netflix DVD

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Walking Dead: Call To Arms [volume 26]

Premise:
Rick figures out how to lead his people once again into a war and has Dwight start training a militia. Negan does everything he can in hopes of gaining Rick's trust.

My Take:
This issue deals with the beginning of what will become the Whisperer War. The most interesting part is Negan finding a way to escape and infiltrating the Whisperers.

Rating: So Good




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Westworld, Season 2 (2018)

Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Thadie Newton, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden, Tessa Thompson


Premise:
Androids rise against their creators at a theme park.

My Take:
Season two has a lot of twists and turns, yet it also feels like a lot of filler to get to the point of what is actually happening. Still the show remains fascinating.

Rating: So Good

Watched: HBO

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Thelma (2017)

Starring: Eli Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Director: Jaochim Trier


Premise:
A young, religious girl discovers she has powerful psychokinetic powers.

My Take:
The movie takes the viewer on a fun ride as shifts from a young woman experiencing life away from home for the first time (and love) into a violent reemergence of mental powers.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Hulu

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Walking Dead: No Turning Back [volume 25]

Premise:
After a Whisperer attack, Rick and the groups must decide how to fight their new adversary.

My Take:
Sort of transitional issue as Rick searches for the best way to deal the attack and his people starting to turn against him.

Rating: In the middle




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