The Pale Door

The Pale Door is an awesome slice of southern gothic horror. The atmospheric tale of outlaws vs a brothel of witches is oozing is blood, boobs and nods to the Evil Dead. I kept imagining Ethan Hawke, Josh Brolin, and Walton Goggins in the roles but honestly the cast they had was perfect for it, instead of star power it relies on chemistry, scenery and effects! Instead of robbers on the run hiding at the Titty Twister and attacked by vampires in From Dusk til Dawn we get train robbers on the run hiding in a secret town's brothel attacked by demonic witches. It makes me wish we get more horror westerns. 

Tenet

 Tenet, the film Christopher Nolan forced into cinema, is a film about preventing something worse than a nuclear holocaust, is a film that could have prevented millions of getting sick of Covid if only Christoper Nolan wasn't such a smug, boring, self indulged,  studio suck ass that can't think of an original idea that isn't pretentious and overly ambitious. The film might be the worst film i have ever seen, this was excruciating, i'd rather have more torture ans have my dick ripped off. I can't think of a film i have ever hated this fucking much. A pure convoluted, boring, and ugly piece of shit. This film was total garbage for two and a half hours, the only redeeming quality might have been the first sixty seconds, then it goes pure Nolan and blows its load and makes us watch it's "brilliance". Just because a film is well shot doesn't mean it is good, this is far from it. It is far from visually stunning and the acting will put you to sleep better than ZzzQuil. Just because your script adds surrealism and time travel with too many layers doesn't make your film smart. In fact i think i would feel more intellectual after fucking  Kim Kardashian in a Wamart parking lot while listening to Donald Trump on the radio. Fuck you Christopher Nolan for forcing Warner and cinemas to open for your trash, fuck you for making a film that was this bad, fuck you for knowing your film would bomb and thus WB is now changing their 2021 rollout plan. You wanted to save film but instead you fucked it up the ass with your herpectic covid dick. Many will say "you didn't get it" i'm glad i didn't because atleast i wont be lying to myself. There is nothing to get other than Nolan being a guy that hasn't made a good film in almost a decade. 

The Mandalorian

 The first season of the Mandalorian was excellent but season two topped it, in fact the season finale might be the best thing since Empire Strikes Back. The action sequences, the sets, background characters, the ships, the costume design, THIS is Star Wars. The show had several moments for original trilogy fans to mark out over, plus there was more heart this season than i have felt in any SW property since Return of the Jedi. With the announcement last week of all the new SW projects i do fear over saturation and that they will not feel as special. Regardless of how anticipation builds for those shows, or how they turn out, nothing can take away the magic that we feel when we watch The Mandalorian. This is the pre existing Sci Fi/Horror property turn series i have wanted all my life. Every week we essentially get a serial, which for SW is the way. 

Love and Monsters

 Love and Monsters is a fun flick. A big budget SyFy channel movie that at times felt like an 80s film. Part kaiju flick, part survival film, and part coming of age story. It has alot of heart, solid performances, great chemistry with Dylan O'Brien and his dog, and some pretty cool monster effects. 

The Wilds

 That show where a plane crashes on a mysterious island, only the survivors begin to have tension and they suspect there are others on the island, and it is accompanied by flash backs of the survivors. No, not my favorite show of all time, LOST, but the Wilds. This is a gripping shows filled with characters with depth that grow, it keeps you guessing  and is full of social commentary and studies. It's a Young adult, feminist, stripped down version of my favorite series, and i want a season 2!  

Toys of Terror

 I don't if i wanted a Child's Play knock off, a Demonic Toys rip off or a companion to go with THe Banana Splits, but Toys of Terror did not deliver the toys i wanted. THe effects looked Full Moon bad, as was the plot, effects, and acting, and for a SyFy film the story was even bad. They've done awesome shit, just not this. Ho ho horrible. 

Centigrade

 Films like Open Water, Frozen, Buried, and Burning Bright are usually good for the suspense. The latest in the trapped in a confined space genre is Centigrade, a film much like Frozen but instead of a ski lift it is a car buried under a blizzard of snow. Supposedly based on true events and spawning almost two weeks, it does show the mental breakdown one would have but it just feels tired. I've seen better versions of this, not only that it just goes on and on. At 90 minutes it feels like 3 hours. The end made me find the characters unbelievably stupid, but it has an aura of realism i suppose. Of course stuff could have melted for the plot device but looking around it doesn't seem to be the case. Regardless no suspense was felt, just pure boredom.