Debris (2015)
Royce, a down and out treasure hunter looking for a good score, thinks he’s found exactly what he’s looking for when he comes across a box on the beach that’s been washed up from the effects of the Tōhoku tsunami. Inside the locked and battered box, Royce finds an ancient Japanese sword forged by the […]
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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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The Detour (2017)
Molly and Jeff are a young couple who’ve only been married for little over a year, and already cracks are starting to show in their relationship. So Molly, deciding that they need to ‘do more things together’, nixes the idea of air travel and decides the two of them are going to take a road […]
Read moreSilent Trigger (1996) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
A tower. A ridiculously massive sniper rifle. A couple of folks with a history who dislike and yet obviously lust after each other. A couple of unusual security guards. A stoic Dolph Lundgren. Silent Trigger is the kind of borderline action thriller that is cheap, occasionally sleazy, and somehow tries to be philosophical and end […] […]
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Rake (2015)
Psychiatrist, Dr. Benson, is treating a young, sedate woman, who is currently unable to talk due to a recent trauma. The girl, Audrey, doesn’t seem to respond to any outside stimuli, until Dr. Benson tells her that she, too, experienced the same thing that Audrey witnessed. With her patient’s permission, the Doctor puts Audrey under […]
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Wishmaster 2 (1999)
The evil Djinn is once again released upon an unsuspecting world. This time, in order to power up, he takes up residence in a local jail (no shortage of wishes there), before he sets his sights on the woman who released him, a burglar by the name of Morgana. It’s now up to Morgana and […]
Read morePsycho Goreman (2021) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
Ever wonder what twisted thoughts lurk in the darkest corners of Canada? If you figured it included Saturday morning Sentai shows, troubling family dynamics, and aliens potentially questioning their sexuality, then you know a lot more about Canada than I do. And you’d also somehow be right, which just makes this weirder. After deftly crushing […] […]
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Sorority Row (2009)
Sorority member, Megan, enlists the help of five of her sorority sisters to help her play a very mean spirited prank on her ex boyfriend by faking her death in front of him and making him think he’s the cause. Her sisters take her ex and her “body” to an abandoned well, with the intention […]
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