I’ve watched a lot of television over the years. When I was a kid, my summer schedule was just as likely to revolve around Gilligan’s Island reruns as it was whatever the latest Saturday morning cartoon hit happened to be. F-Troop, The X-Files, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Cheers, The Simpsons, The Munsters, Get Smart, […]
Read moreAntlers (2021) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
I wanted to start this off with a fun fact: I keep a monster locked in my basement. It mewls and growls, and I appease it by bringing it roadkill or whatever dead animals I can find. I don’t do this out of a desire to keep it prisoner, but rather to show I love […]
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The Babadook (2014)
Single, widowed mother Amelia is having some trouble. Her 6-year-old son, Sam, is becoming angry, violent and increasingly scared about monsters, going so far as to bring a homemade weapon to school. He’s having trouble sleeping and makes her check for monsters under the bed and in the closet every night before his bedtime story. […]
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Paperhouse (1988)
Anna is a troubled 11-year-old with a lot going on in her life. She has few friends, is punished for dealing with bullies in school, and her father is mysteriously absent. On top of that, she’s been stricken with a case of glandular fever and has been confined to bed after a number of fainting […]
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Home for the Holidays (1972)
The four Morgan sisters are summoned back to their childhood home on Christmas Eve by their ailing father. The family has been estranged after the death of the family matriarch nine years ago, but older sister Alex has managed to convince her three siblings to come home. Is this family reunion going to be used […]
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