THe Duff

So i wanted to love this film, a main character that loves horror films, plus is played by one of my crushes, Mae Whitman! Well it had its charm but ultimately is wound up being cliched! Alot knock 90's teen films for not being John Hughes, this tried to be Hughes, This is not a bad film by any means, just an okay film!

We Are Still Here

This is a fucking great slow burn of a ghost story, a ghost story that much like the Conjuring or Insidious or Poltergeist is much more than ghost, it delves into possession. Starting off with basic sounds and whatnot before going full on, plus the ending of this one is quite brilliant!

Hellions

This is another film i could have saw at festivals, and holy hell i wish i did, this is an awesome film, it starts off like your basic horror flick, then gets weird, the other wordly scenes feel like they are part Wickerman, part Nightmare on Elm ST, part Evil Dead. The kids are like if Sam from Trick R Treat had a whole posse! Some say the film has a huge christian message behind it? Maybe, maybe not, i just know i dug the flick!

He Never Died

I really wanted to see this at a few festivals months ago but other shit was popping up instead, so i finally got my eyes on it! This was a badass flick! Henry Rollins plays a tortured soul of a sad sack, those with depression might relate, i sure did, Jordan Todosey, whom played his daughter was another standout!

Trumbo

There have been tons of films made about old Hollywood, especially films on writers, but Trumbo is one of the best, if not the best! Bryan Cranston is phenomenal and i am  surprised Jay Roach directed a film this good! It shows the back stabbing that hollywood has, and the importance of standing for your rights & beliefs!

THe Diary of a Teenage Girl

This is another flick where i didn't fully know the plot, i thought it was going to be a quirky Juno esque flick, was a lil darker and more serious than that, it was a damn fine flick, lil creepy but it had a dark whimsy to it!

Before We Go

If Chris Evans ever tires of being Cpt America, he has a bright future directing! Before We Go is one of the most charming films i have seen in a long time. Simple tale of strangers meeting, cliche tale of one being marries, but this is not a cliche rom com, it is so mush more, you see the characters go from not being fond of one another, to tolerating/hanging for the night, to getting deep with personal info, to being there for one another to blossoming in to something more....okay so a tad cliche but it is so damn charming, well written & well directed that you wont care, the acting is an important part of that, what could be cookie cutter characters are so much more! You begin to legit care for these two, and much like life, the outcome may not be the best but just because two people love each other doesn't always mean they're supposed to be together.....or maybe it does. It is sad & beautiful, an open ending left for the dreamers!