With so many ‘best of’ lists in the pipeline, I figured I’d put some space between them and the first full movie review I do for the year. So that means you get two weekend’s worth of recommendations!
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Weekend Movie Review
June continues to be a weak month for me, as it has been the past few. Here’s the roundup from the past two weeks.
Read moreMr. Harrigan’s Phone – Short Story and Film Review
The literary horror family are getting all the film adaptations this year! First, Joe Hill’s short story, The Black Phone, gets an awesome Ethan Hawke led masterpiece, and now Stephen King’s Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is getting a similar treatment?! Count me in! Admittedly, the latter had a rather quiet release on Netflix just a couple of weeks ago, but I enjoyed it just the same.
Read moreLisey’s Story Miniseries Review
Woof. Lisey’s Story, an Apple+ miniseries based off of Stephen King’s novel of the same name, was a chore for me to get through. It was only eight episodes, but it dragged on and I thought the story was a little stupid.
Read moreNew Movie Review: Joker and In The Tall Grass
Hoo boy! Starting off the month with an excellent movie, Joker! As advertised and how one could assume, this was a very dark take on how Arthur Fleck became the Joker. We open on Arthur laughing for an almost painfully long time before we see that he’s talking to a social worker. Having previously been in an institute, Arthur now works as a clown for hire, and seemingly enjoys it. That is until he gets the crap beat out of him by some mean teens. Life just continues to pummel him throughout the rest of the movie.
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