2010's, Drama, Ghosts, Horror, Modern, Movies, Mystery, Romance

Haunted Dormitory: White Paper Girl (2017)

Haunted Dormitory: White Paper Girl Yuyan has recently become haunted by disturbing nightmares. Some time ago her best friend, Susu’s affections for their mutual friend, Xue Jun, were rejected. And after learning that Yuyan and Xue Jun were dating, Susu, overcome with feelings of betrayal and rejection, committed suicide by drowning herself in a nearby […]

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60s, Horror, Movies, Thriller

The Sadist (1963)

The Sadist The Sadist is the story of three high school teachers, Ed, Doris, and Carl who are on their way to a baseball game. On the way to the event, they run into a little car trouble and pull over at a nearby gas station/junkyard. After a quick inspection, Ed determines that they will […]

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70's, Drama, Romance

Harold and Maude (1971) — Movie Reviews by a Mook

I don’t watch much in the way of romance movies. It’s one of those genres I have a major blindspot for, like teen movies or dance movies not about break dancers in the 1980s. Hell, I’ve seen more episodes of Manimal than I have some of these genres, and there’s only eight of those. Why […]

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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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40s, Drama, Romance

Portrait of Jennie (1948)

Yet another gift brought to you by TCM. It should be noted that is aired at 8pm, not my usual 2am viewing time, so the quality of this film is quite a bit better than some of the other write-ups I do with the ‘cult’ films TCM airs in the wee hours of the morning. […]

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