Happy Birthday to Adam Sandler, who turns 50 tomorrow! Ohh – Controversial list? I know a lot of people hate Adam Sandler. He’s done some very bad movies, yes. I don’t love him & I don’t hate him but I like him okay. He’s from what I consider to be “my” era of Saturday Night … Continue reading →
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Bit late with this roundup. Busy month right now! Let’s see what I watched & read back in November… MOVIES WATCHED IN NOVEMBER (ranked best to worst): – Trees Lounge – Really liked this Steve Buscemi movie (which is on Pluto TV in the U.K., FYI). Confession: I have sort of a weird crush on … Continue reading →
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Trees Lounge (1996) Directed & Written by Steve Buscemi Starring: Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Mark Boone Junior, Anthony LaPaglia, Elizabeth Bracco, Eszter Balint, Carol Kane, Daniel Baldwin, Mimi Rogers, Debi Mazar, Seymour Cassel, Bianca Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson Plot Synopsis: (via IMDb) Tommy is an unemployed mechanic who spends most of his time in a … Continue reading →
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Posted in Movies, Reviews
- Tagged 1996, 7.5/10, Anthony LaPaglia, Bianca Hunter, Carol Kane, Chloë Sevigny, Daniel Baldwin, Debi Mazar, Elizabeth Bracco, Eszter Balint, Film, Mark Boone Junior, Mimi Rogers, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Review, Reviews, Samuel L Jackson, Seymour Cassel, Steve Buscemi, Trees Lounge
A couple of kid-friendly Halloween movies for Horror Month today. Although I’m not sure how kid-friendly those hideous witches in The Witches actually are… The Witches (2020) Directed by Robert Zemeckis Based on The Witches by Roald Dahl Starring: Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Jahzir Kadeem Bruno, Chris Rock Plot Synopsis: (via IMDb) A … Continue reading →
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Happy June! Here’s a quick roundup of all I watched in May. I managed to do quite a few reviews in May as well. I’ll review the rest below… The Invisible Man, The Hunt, Kind Hearts And Coronets, Hud, Abominable, Seconds, Happiest Season, Army Of The Dead, The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, Underwater, Unhinged, Rent-A-Pal, … Continue reading →
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Happy May! I watched way too many movies in April. I actually managed to review some, too! I’ll post the links to those & discuss the rest below. Here’s a quick list of everything I watched & read: Promising Young Woman, Spontaneous, Swallow, Bloodsport, Battleship Potemkin, The Innocents (1961), Audition, Sound Of Metal, Cat People, … Continue reading →
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Happy December! 2020 is finally almost over! I’ve decided to at least finish out the year on this blog since I only have to post my monthly roundups for October, November & December. I’ll do my usual year-end top ten lists in early January but not sure of any blog plans after that. May just … Continue reading →
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Looks like June was the month when I watched some actual “new releases”. Must admit I’m missing my pretty-much-weekly trip to the cinema but I have no plans on going back to one anytime soon. So I better get used to crappy straight-to-Netflix movies… MOVIES WATCHED IN JUNE (ranked best to worst): – Eurovision Song … Continue reading →
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- Tagged 2020, Adam Sandler, Andrew Patterson, As Above So Below, Black Mad Wheel, Blogging, Books, Catacombs, Chris Hemsworth, Craig W Sanger, Dan Stevens, Drew Barrymore, Dune, Eurovision, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Extraction, Film, Fire Saga, Frank Herbert, Jaja Ding Dong, James Montague, Josh Malerman, Josie Grossy, June, Monthly Recap, Movies, Music, Musical Youth, My Spy, Never Been Kissed, Paris Catacombs, Pass The Dutchie, Pierce Brosnan, Posts, Rachel McAdams, Review, Reviews, Search Terms, Stats, The Vast Of Night, The Wedding Singer, Turner & Hooch, TV, Will Ferrell, Writing
Hi again. Hope everyone is still safe & well. I’ve managed to put another post together, this time looking back at what I watched, read & listened to way back in April… MOVIES WATCHED IN APRIL (ranked best to worst): – Crimson Peak – I do love a gothic horror and, while none of Guillermo … Continue reading →
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Hi all. Hope everyone is well & keeping safe. I haven’t posted any of these monthly updates since February. Obviously, it all seems a bit pointless at the moment. I’m not watching many “new to me” films anyway since I seem to be sticking with movies I’ve already seen & know that I like or … Continue reading →
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Happy March everyone! I’m cold! February was worse than January for a change. And February’s movie releases were as disappointing as the weather. Here’s everything I watched & read & listened to in February… MOVIES THIS MONTH MOVIES REVIEWED (ranked best to worst): – Parasite – 7.5/10 – Little Women – 7/10 – Jojo Rabbit … Continue reading →
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Happy Almost-End-Of September! Where did August go?! I spent half of it in America & half of it mega busy with work but still managed to watch some movies (Six on airplanes – What the hell else can you do on a plane?!). Here’s what I watched & read in August… MOVIES IN AUGUST I … Continue reading →
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Happy almost-end-of July! I’m way behind on these posts (as usual). Here’s the stuff I watched in June. I watched way too much. I’m going to take a break from watching so much crap, especially at home… MOVIES IN JUNE MOVIES REVIEWED IN JUNE None. I had a busy month so posted nothing on my … Continue reading →
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Happy Birthday to Steve Buscemi, who turns 60 today. I love Steve Buscemi. What a great face! I like an interesting face. And I like when he’s in those Adam Sandler movies. I don’t care what people say – I don’t hate Sandler (but I don’t love him, either). Anyway! It’s close to Christmas & … Continue reading →
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- Tagged Actor, Big Daddy, Big Fish, Birthday, Con Air, Film, Forever Ambergris, List, Monsters Inc, Monsters University, Movies, Pulp Fiction, Ranked, Reservoir Dogs, Steve Buscemi, Tales From The Crypt, The Big Lebowski, The Wedding Singer, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, Top Ten
Hi all! Happy November! October’s month of horror-related posts is always fun but I’m also happy to move on once the month finishes. So let’s just have a quick recap of the 31 horror movie reviews & four horror top tens that I posted in October. 🙂 POSTS My Most Popular Post: My Top Ten … Continue reading →
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- Tagged Arrival, Blogging, Books, Crazy Ladies, Creepy Dolls, Devil & Hell Songs, Douglas Adams, Film, Freaks, Horror, Horror Movies, Horror Scores & Soundtracks, Horse Ride Gif, Iron Maiden, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Jackson, Monthly Recap, Movies, October, Phenomena, Posts, Reviews, Search Terms, Stats, Top Ten Lists, Writing, Your Name
Happy October, everyone! Starting tomorrow, I’ll be posting only horror reviews & top tens for all of October. I sincerely apologize to all who’ve been leaving comments – I fell weeks behind on answering as September was so busy plus I was ill & not up to blogging for a while. I’ve been preparing my … Continue reading →
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Posted in Books, Movies, Personal, Reviews
- Tagged Blogging, Books, Chocolate Bars, Cyndi Lauper, Film, Horror, Juliette Lewis, Keanu Reeves, Kelly & Cal, Martin Scorsese, Monthly Recap, Movies, Posts, Reviews, Scary Movie Panties, Search Terms, September, Stats, The Girl On The Train, The Purge, Top Ten Lists, Writing
Three quickie reviews today & I mean it. I’m going to try to not ramble on in my reviews anymore. I mainly just like discussing movies with people in the comments so I’m only really here to say whether I liked a film or not & then to hear what others have to say about … Continue reading →
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- Tagged 5.5/10, 5/10, 7.5/10, Adam Sandler, Alexandra Daddario, Archie Panjabi, Brad Peyton, Brian Cox, Carla Gugino, Chris Columbus, Dwayne Johnson, Film, Hector Elizondo, Ioan Gruffudd, John Godey, Joseph Sargent, Josh Gad, Kevin James, Martin Balsam, Michelle Monaghan, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Patrick Jean, Paul Giamatti, Peter Dinklage, Pixels, Review, Reviews, Robert Shaw, San Andreas, The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three, Walter Matthau
I’ve been doing Top Ten Lists on my blog for years so have finally decided that I should put them all together on one page. This page is a work in progress as I’ll have to go through my blog & get all the links for all my Top Tens, which will take ages as … Continue reading →
A note before I start the review: Since starting this blog, I’ve only reviewed movies I’ve just recently watched instead of attempting to review old favorites of mine. This felt too difficult for me as I’m not always great with words & feel like I won’t do these movies justice. I’ll attempt to do very … Continue reading →
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Posted in CPD Classics, Movies, Reviews
- Tagged 1988, 8/10, Big, CPD Classics, David Moscow, Elizabeth Perkins, Film, Jared Rushton, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Mercedes Ruehl, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Movies, Penny Marshall, Review, Reviews, Robert Loggia, Shimmy Shimmy Cocoa Pop, Tom Hanks
Cinema Parrot Disco 