It was entertaining. I never had a membership and know nothing about it so I can only go off of how it was presented. It did feel like there was a little bit of padding with some of the people they talked to.
Categories: Movie and Series Reviews
Boy Kills World (2023) 2.5/5
Some thrills are along the way to the inevitable arrival at exactly where you expect to arrive. The first half had some better carry than the closeout.
There is a post-credits scene but if you missed it, you didn’t miss anything.
Appaloosa (2008) 4.5/5
I saw Appaloosa years ago, and now again, and I still enjoyed it a lot. It is a very slow film with a lot of character, dialogue, and patience. Life slowly rolls by and even the action has a patient, audience-aware, build up. I admire its ability to eschew being over dramatized and keep interest.
Unfrosted (2024) 1/5
Categories Movie and Series Rating 1/5, Movie and Series Reviews 
I can’t find a reason to encourage anyone to watch Unfrosted. Technical movie making keeps it from escaping falling any lower, but be not deceived, the movie is dreadful.
Late Night with the Devil (2023) 4.5/5
Dastmalchian is awesome in this and the movie sails along by simply being so unique. It is intriguing the whole way through, even though a little wanting is present by the end.
End of Watch (2012) 3.5/5
End of Watch dances all over the line of over-the-top and plausible reality. Its characters are immensely watchable, even down to the supporting cast like Frank Grillo and David Harbour.
The character-perspective camera work captures the chaos in a unique way and furthers character development. However, it is also a distraction as the film explains in unbelievable ways why various characters are recording things. Ultimately though it feels unnecessary as the film mixes this documentary style with regular camera work.
Some of the script is really good, genuinely eliciting laughs, and some feels written with a hammer. The hammer can be said for a lot of things though, even outside of dialogue, with a movie that starts off with its lead cops immediately breaking their cover to walk up in a shoot out for the cool guys factor.
A really rough spot is the curbside gangsters, a constant villainous element throughout. These characters were comically mustache twirly. That could have worked fine, but they got too much screen time and it only greatly detracted.
It would be hard to have a bad time with End of Watch, just be ready to suspend some disbelief.
You Can’t Run Forever (2024) 0/5
Categories Movie and Series Rating 0/5, Movie and Series Reviews 
Like an edgy Lifetime movie, except less cohesive.
Pandemonium (2023) 2/5
Categories Movie and Series Rating 2/5, Movie and Series Reviews 
Unfortunate that there is not consistent enjoyment from story to story. Maybe if the theme was not as tied together, it would be easier to forgive. As is, I felt I was meant to pay attention to each to find what the director wanted to say.
I did love the beginning though and an expanded upon end could have been interesting. The stuff in the middle felt weaker and I honestly struggled to recognize where some of the deeper meanings may have been intended, if they were there.
Mothers’ Instinct (2024) 2.5/5
I am fine mixing camp with serious, but it just felt a little directionless here. It also meanders a bit and there is not enough interesting dialogue or events to make it feel good to be a part of. They definitely set up for moments like that, especially in the later half, but nothing really stood out. No scene is going to stick with me.
I was really on board for the first half, it just doesn’t do well with its questions and suspense.