Erik M.

29th Apr 2023

Catwoman (2004)

Catwoman is NOT Michelle Pfeiffer but another woman named Patience in this one-off that has Halle Berry wearing skintight clothes and claws along with a silly helmet. Here, she's a mousey female-made-superhero who tangles with an anti-aging villain in Sharon Stone. CGI of the day and CW fights plus catty references abound. Not much else to see beyond her; the rest is sadly abominable.

Erik M.

Conan the Destroyer is the second swords and sorcery movie that features Arnold Schwarzenegger as the title character, this time joined by Wilt Chamberlain and Grace Jones. Here, he has to find a jeweled horn used to resurrect a beast that may kill a princess and slaughter the world. Not as good as the original, but still OK in parts.

Erik M.

In the original 1980s swords and sorcery epic Conan, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the muscular title character who must stop the same snake cult that slaughtered his village and killed his parents. James Earl Jones plays his nemesis, the evil Thulsa Doom. A classic.

Erik M.

27th Apr 2023

The Host (2006)

In this Science Fiction Action Thriller, several friends rally when one of the girls is taken by a large mutant fish, resulting from toxic waste poorly managed in South Korea. Decent acting, SFX and some timely "Save the Earth" messages make this a cut above the rest.

Erik M.

25th Apr 2023

Hannibal (2001)

This is the second film in the modern franchise wherein the creepy, cannibalistic killer is pursued by various people yet still manages to kill and torture his enemies while continuing his weird seduction of Clarice Starling, now played by Julianne Moore. Ray Liotta, Gary Oldman and others fill in the ranks of people out to get Hannibal Lector, with Oldman as a fellow psycho who's missing most of his face and longing for revenge. A decent follow-up to the movie.

Erik M.

11th Apr 2023

This Is the End (2013)

This Is The End is all about various overpaid celebrities from movies, singers, Social Media Influencers and misc. others gathering at James Franco's place for a wild party only to have it interrupted by the coming Apocalypse. Now the guests must try to survive Divine Retribution and the Wrath of Heaven in this wild action comedy. Watch for Emma Watson to flip! Has some funny moments.

Erik M.

10th Apr 2023

Psycho (1960)

The original version with Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins as a desperate woman fleeing with $40K to a old, off the road motel where a very lonely and dangerous Norman Bates festers and worships his mother while lusting and fearing others. His dark designs turn to murder in this Horror/thriller by Alfred Hitchcock and, though dated and in black and white, Psycho still scares with the best of them. Beware the basement or the shower, and especially "mother."

Erik M.

8th Apr 2023

Red Dragon (2002)

Red Dragon is a 2002 horror/thriller film about a man who thinks that he can become a literal dragon and the cop that wants to stop him. Very disturbing, yet very much in the vein of police procedural movies. Harvey Keitel, Edward Norton and Emily Watson star.

Erik M.

The Last Days on Mars is a 2013 Sci-Fi movie of low caliber and budget that posits bacteria on Mars infecting the blood of the crew and turning them into zombies. That's the premise, and it is carried by lead Liev Schreiber. It's not very good.

Erik M.

This is the CLASSIC George A. Romero Horror/Thriller about an unlucky day that shambling zombies arose from the dead to eat the living and spread their terrible blight! Shot in Black and White, with minimal SFX and a paltry budget yet even today the nightmare premise, decent acting and understated gore cause understandable fear in its viewers. Look for deeper messages and where this film might lead if you dare.

Erik M.

30th Mar 2023

The Crazies (2010)

A small Ohio town is struck with a discontinued madness toxin, the military has orders to shoot to kill everyone, and only the local sheriff, his deputy and his wife try to escape this nightmare in this 2010 movie (a remake of the 1973 movie of the same name). Some very scary moments, sarcastic humor, and decent performances by Radha Mitchell and Timothy Oliphant make this worth watching.

Erik M.

29th Mar 2023

Whiplash (2014)

Whiplash is about the drive to be the very best and the people who abuse it. Fletcher (played with a snarl by J.K. Simmons) is a music teacher who torments his class in the pursuit of perfection and Andrew (Miles Teller) is his latest and promising victim. Hard, edgy and difficult to watch at times as Fletcher is a dire millstone out to crush anyone it comes across, like a crazed Drill Sargeant. Paul Reiser and Melissa Benoist also star.

Erik M.

28th Mar 2023

Storks (2016)

In this CGI animated comedy/adventure, a cruel stork wants to switch over to delivering anything BUT babies by a large warehouse full of company workers though a plucky human named Tulip and a stork named Junior learn to disagree with the program and, via strange impossibilities, they "make" a child and have to deliver it to expecting parents! Thing is, Tulip herself is seeking her own family as well. Will wolves, penguins, irate storks and more stop Tulip and Junior from their true mission of finding a forever home? Find out in this funny, wacky tale.

Erik M.

28th Mar 2023

Carol (2015)

Carol stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as a photographer and a troubled divorcee/mother in early 1950s NYC who begin a romance during Christmas. Despite some setbacks, they reunite in the end. Themes of forbidden romance/homosexuality, unfit parents, privacy and other controversies aside, this is actually one of the better movies that came out in 2015. See the film.

Erik M.

28th Mar 2023

I See You (2019)

In a quiet little suburb a cop pursues a kidnapper while his home life falls apart but all is not what it seems in the overly-convoluted I See You, a crime thriller. Various mysteries around pocket knives, Pez dispensers, frog masks, TV turning on and a series of other unexplained happenings finally point to a deranged killer who likes to gaslight people. Helen Hunt stars as a beleaguered wife Jackie, Jon Tenney as the husband/cop Greg. OK for a rainy day at best.

Erik M.

26th Mar 2023

The Vanishing (1993)

When a young wife gets kidnapped while at a gas station mini mall/rest area and there's no one to help, who do you turn to? In The Vanishing, Keifer Sutherland is Jeff and Jeff Daniels as Barney Cousins are locked in a struggle to find Jeff's wife, Diane (Sandra Bullock), 3 yrs later in this thriller from 1993. Nancy Travis stars as Rita, a waitress who then becomes a fellow searcher after the truth. A very odd movie populated by strange characters. Based upon an earlier movie minus its brain, this version seems to miss the mark by a yard.

Erik M.

26th Mar 2023

Life After Beth (2014)

Life After Beth is a madcap zombie horror/comedy/romance about a high school sweetheart who is killed during a hike and becomes an undead just weeks later who wants her boyfriend to take her back at all costs, including a zombie apocalypse! Almost from the first moment onward, Beth becomes irrational, powerful, voracious and...well...A ZOMBIE, and all heck breaks loose! Aubrey Plaza stars.

Erik M.

21st Mar 2023

Sinister (2012)

Sinister is about a writer who finds a bunch of snuff movies in the attic wherein prior families are tortured and killed, From the people of Insidious and Paranormal Activity fame. Bughuul, a demon, may be involved. This is not very good but has a scare of two, plus Ethan Hawke.

Erik M.

18th Mar 2023

Riddick (2013)

In the third film of the franchise, antihero Riddick the Furyan has to evade yet more hostile creatures, bounty hunters and the planet itself Better than the second film, but still pretty disjointed. Dave Bautista, Karl Urban and Vin Diesel star.

Erik M.

This is the second movie, after Pitch Black, where Riddick with his strength and shiny eyes have to stop a horde and rescue a friend on another desperate planet. A bit more campy, but then it stars Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Karl Urban, and Thandie Newton. Good for a look.

Erik M.

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