Yeah, we’re going with another Weird Western, this time a fusion of horror and cowboy cinema which points out the terrifying trouble with western expansion, not just in terms of the racism but also the after effects of the ecological devastation that mass migration into unclaimed wilderness can bring. Also, there are monsters that puke. […] […]
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Wanderer (2015)
A young backpacker runs out of water and asks if he can rent a room for the night at the remote farmhouse of a couple who live out in the middle of nowhere in the California desert. Everything’s fine until partway through dinner when seemingly innocent dinner conversation about happiness spirals into some very awkward […]
Read moreAmerican Assassin (2017) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Mel Brooks once told Jerry Seinfeld some years ago that he liked to eat dinner with Carl Reiner once a week and watch what he called “secure the perimeter movies,” meaning the kind of movies where at some point someone would utter the line “Secure the perimeter.” Two of the greatest comedic minds of all […]
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Aftermath (2013)
During a new, post-apocalyptic and predatory Ice Age, two brothers, Cody and his younger brother Jem, are looking for a place to call home and doing their best to try to survive their harsh reality. Cody does his best to guide his younger brother, but Jem’s still trying to hold on to a sliver of […]
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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) and Floating Weeds (1959)
You may be asking yourself why I’ve listed two movie with very similar titles together. The answer is very simple. A Story of Floating Weeds and Floating Weeds are two separate movies with the same plot. Let me explain. A Story of Floating Weeds is a 1934 silent movie directed by Yasujiro Ozu. The movie was a […]
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Frankenweenie (2012)
The plot to Frankenweenie is deceptively simple: Boy loves dog. Dog loves boy. Dog dies tragically. Boy brings dog back to life. Neighbors remember being forced to read Frankenstein in High School and FREAK. Let’s be fair though, when your neighbors look like this “Mad Sciencing” shouldn’t be that much of a surprising hobby. I […]
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Night Train Murders (1975)
Two teenage girls attending school in Germany are taking the train to Italy to spend Christmas with one of the girl’s parents. On the way there they encounter a pair of annoying thugs who grow more aggressive as the trip continues. When the train is forced to stop at a station, the girls take the opportunity to switch trains hoping that it’ll give them a quieter, more pleasant experience.
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Hostile Takeover (1988)
Mild mannered workman, Eugene Brackin, has volunteered, along with three other coworkers, to go in and work over the Thanksgiving weekend. He sits quietly for the entire day and then, after everyone has clocked out, he locks the door, pulls out a gun, and takes his three coworkers hostage. He does not give anyone a reason for his actions, only saying that he won’t hurt anyone and that everything will be over when the circle is complete.
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The Baby (1973)
The Baby is about social worker Ann Gentry, who takes on a new case involving the Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths are a bit of an odd bunch. The family is run by the hard-nosed Mrs. Wadsworth (there is no Mr. Wadsworth), a woman who lives with her two adult daughters, Alba and Germaine, and her […]
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Sucker Punch (2011)
Sucker Punch tells the very trippy tale of Baby Doll, a young girl who’s just had a shit-ton of wrenches thrown into the machine that is her life. The film starts with a sequence of events depicting Baby Dolls background in some (alternate?) version of the 1950s. We learn that her mother has just died, […]
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