Flashback: Scanners (andrew’s Choice)

Ah, andrew.   One of the glorious things about andrew is that not only do I get to chit chat about hockey (did you know I like other things outside of movies?!) with andrew, I get to chit chat about a variety of movies we both love.
One of these that popped up was Scanners.
I’m unapologetic about [...]

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#1461: Night of the Hunter (andrew/Scott’s Choice)

“Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil?”

In Depression-times, a man robs a bank out of desperation to provide for his family in the long-term.   Having killed two men doing so, he is immediately hunted down by the police, but not before he hides the [...]

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Flashback: Night of the Lepus (My Mom’s Choice)

Edited to Add: It figures my 100th post would be about this damnable movie.   Somewhere, my dad is laughing at me…in good fun, of course.
There’s a story with this one.
Years ago, when we were all smaller and shorter, my family always watched movies together. Usually my parents picked the movies, and every so [...]

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#1457: Alien vs. Predator: Requiem

In between Reader’s Choice movies, I popped in Alien vs. Predator:  Requiem. Honestly, I don’t have anything witty to say about it.

Half the movie is so dark, you can’t even tell what’s going on (no, really).
The other half?
I felt like I would’ve had time better spent (and felt much more rewarded) if the moviemakers had [...]

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#1445: Return to House on Haunted Hill

A sequel to a remake. Oookay, if you say so.

This is one of those odd movies that’s not bad, but it’s not good, either. It’s just there. Existing. Being. It has no value, no worth, and no substance.
Return to House on Haunted Hill is [...]

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#1444: C.H.U.D.

So, I have this thing I do in “real life” all the time.   I’ll be somewhere with a friend and I’ll be reminded of something and I will turn to said friend and say, “Hey, have you ever seen [insert movie here]?  Because this totally reminds me of that.”
Usually I’m met with a blank stare, [...]

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#1433: Basket Case

What’s in the basket, huh?

Why, I’m so glad you asked! It’s only my horrifically deformed, now-unattached Siamese twin! Careful, now, he bites!
Basket Case is the story of two brothers, and it sure as hell is not a “feel-good” kind of story. Duane and Belial are Siamese twins, who are [...]

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Flashback: House of the Dead (And A Small Rant About Uwe Boll)

I should preface this by saying that I hate Uwe Boll’s movies. (This is probably not an unpopular opinion among movie buffs.) I’ve sat through at least four of his movies, trying desperately to find something redeeming in the hot messes he makes, but so far, I haven’t found much.
In the comments [...]

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Flashback: From Dusk Till Dawn

Wow, I had not seen From Dusk Till Dawn in…forever.

To me personally, the movie isn’t scary.  It never has been.  It was always fun for me — fun to see Salma Hayek turn into some hideous vampire, fun to see Cheech Marin running around as 80 million different characters (alright, so more like…three), fun to [...]

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