Category: Movies
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Aliens vs Banjo-Kazooie, or, One Thing I Like About Predator: Badlands
I’m still not sure exactly who Predator: Badlands is for, but I imagine whoever it is will probably enjoy the heck out of it
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Chick Flicks, Broad Comedy, and The Favourite
More thoughts about what The Favourite says and doesn’t say, and how people are unprepared for a movie with three Strong Female Characters (More spoilers)
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The Favourite, or, Sneaking in Tongues
The Favourite is outstanding, taking everything that could make a movie arch or distancing and instead using it to draw us in. (Some spoilers for the end).
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One Thing I Like About Bugonia
Bugonia is a surreal black comedy that seems arch and dark but can’t completely disguise its underlying humanity. (No significant spoilers)
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Ouija: Origin of Evil, or, Kate’s Husband’s Planchette
A last-minute addition to Spooktober 2025 that shouldn’t work yet somehow does (probably because of Mike Flanagan)
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The Witch, or, If Thou Goest Down In The Woods Today
Finishing up Spooktober by finally watching Robert Eggers’s debut movie about a teenager who just can’t seem to get a break
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Frankenstein, or, Merciless Life
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein feels like the gothic horror movie he’s always wanted to make, and it wants to make it absolutely clear which one is the monster
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Shelby Oaks, or, Demonitized
This horror movie about a missing YouTuber from Ohio is the debut feature from a non-missing YouTuber from Ohio
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On Second Thought… Maybe Less?
How “news” of a potential movie about Ben Solo made me rethink all of my assumptions about Star Wars
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Black Phone 2, or, Collect Call From Bill Ikilledacamperitsaboy
Or, Mama mia! That’s-a spooky Meatballs (1979)!
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Hell House, LLC, or, Killer Klowns From Crawl Space
This found footage horror movie about a Halloween haunt gone wrong is limited by its liabilities of a shoestring budget and even less imagination. (Spoilers after a warning)
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Freaky, or, Jason Takes Third Period Shop Class
Freaky is a teen slasher movie horror comedy that just plain works.