80s, Action, Dead Things, Horror, Movies, Mystery

Beaks (1987)

AKA: Beaks: The Movie AKA: Beaks: The Birds 2 AKA: Birds of Prey AKA: Evil Birds AKA: Falco Terror Television reporter, Vanessa, and her cameraman boyfriend, Peter, are sent out to cover what they believe to be a cheesy story about a farmer who was one day inexplicably attacked by his chickens. But to their […]

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80s, Action, Mook, Revenge

Massacre in Dinosaur Valley (1985) – Reviews by a Mook

If you’re hoping to actually see dinosaurs in this movie, then I have to apologize now. Dinosaur tracks? Yes. Dinosaur bones? Sure. But actual dinosaurs? God no. A paleontologist, his attractive daughter, and an American adventure seeker/archaeologist/two-fisted tough guy decide to make an illegal flight to the dinosaur valley, a protected area of the Amazon […]

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80s, Action, Mook, Romance

Miracle Mile (1988) — Movie Reviews by a Mook

Sometimes a wrong number can change your life. God help you when it does. Harry Washello is a nerdy trombone player in a big band that travels around the US. While doing a stopover for a show in Los Angeles, California, he meets the woman of his dreams: Julie Peters, a somewhat nerdy, spunky, intelligent […]

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Action, Documentary, Drama, Horror, Horror?, Modern, Monsters, Movies

The Troll Hunter (2010)

Troll Hunter is a docu-style horror drama (so shaky cam ahoy!) that follows a small group of three college journalists as they try to expose a rather shady individual whom they initially believe to be a bear poacher. What they find instead is a disillusioned troll hunter, mythological beings and a government conspiracy. I actually […]

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Action, Child Killers, Dead Things, Drama, Horror, Martial Arts, Modern, Mook, Zombies

OneChanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers (2008) — Movie Reviews by a Mook

In the post-apocalyptic future, zombies roam the Earth, Japanese women are either scantily clad bad asses or barely able to function with seemingly no in-between state, and there is still plenty of blond hair dye to keep your style sense fresh. All because a corporate scientist really wanted to play God. Thanks, science! Aya is […]

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