Most of the VHS films are a chore, I actually gave up on the series once but started up once Shudder took over...even then it was a chore to get through most. The latest Mixtape I mainly wanted to watch being a fan of Ghost. Sadly every segment here is tiring to sit through except for one about a apartment tenant hearing his neighbor play music, with that said this was just not good. Unless somehow John Carpenter or Edgar Wright or Ti West get involved with the next, I am out.
I am not huge on Damian McCarthy. Most of his films bored me, but Adam Scott honestly being in a horror film made me interested in Hokum. This film is very atmospheric from the start, feeling very ghostly. Scott is a pure dick at the start, and he goes to an odd Irish village. He becomes a bigger dick and the hotel becomes more odd. After a girl goes missing Scott decides to help find her and unravels a haunted hotel room. It does barg down a bit in the middle but the vibes remain the same. It ends in a bleak but nice way, just as his novel would have wanted....
It's Always Sunny is always funny but this year was equal parts as funny as usual or less funny depending on the episode. The finale however has some of the most heart of the series, while also being as offensive as ever.
Pixar knows how to pull heart strings. Part 2 did it, part 3 was bleak, part 4 did it, and now part 5 does it in a growing up sort of way and then again in a happy coming together aspect both of which hit hard. The plot is perfect for 2026, people on devices, I hate them but I am on one right now, regardless they distract and in the case of this film they take away from playtime. However perhaps there is room for both figures and electronics and the two can form an alliance. Besides Al of that we get reunions with Woody and Buzz, we get to see Jessie as the lead, and we see passes of time from decades ago. It's a beautiful story, a sad story, a funny film story, a Toy Story. Bring on the 6th!
Death Riders vs Don Callis Family
Los Americanos vs Fraxiom vs LWO vs Tokyo Boys
El Grande Americano vs Dominic Mysterio
Chad Gable vs Dragon Lee
Roman Reigns vs Penta
I absolutely adore Ted Lasso. The first season was a great intro, season 2 was the characters we loved returning, 3 was the end. Now we have fourth season, did I want it? No. Did I need it? No but I will always take the warmest hug in TV which is this show. I thought if 4bss an epilogue, but to their credit they made it bullet proof by admitting things were different. 3 ended so perfectly that was knew where our characters were going, 4 changes that, what we thought we knew we didn't. Which is real, people leave, people break up, people move on, I didn't want them to but....the show does it perfectly and honestly wraps up this season perfectly too. Our new characters are great, it takes time to know them but the same thing happened with season 1. I believe that I don't need any more, but if the 3 season arc ends with season 6 then believe I will watch.
I love James Gunn, I love what he's doing with DC. I loved Peacemaker and Superman. Peacemaker is a troma esque series, Superman pointed out the absurdities of the DC universe. Supergirl....was more of Superman, I guess. Now we have Lanterns, a grittier and darker tale of this universe. Set in my home state it shows the Trumpers being scared of the city folk and then we get alien conspiracies.....holds up. Bit seriously though it's a crime drama disguised as a superhero show. I loved that it didn't try to be a cookie cutter superhero show, it had a voice and gave depth to characters. The acting across the board is top notch, many of Kyle Chandler's lines you could hear Ryan Reynolds say which is sad on how awful that was but this.....this is great. I was worried when Guy Gardner would join that the shift in tone would be huge. A more goofy character joining but much like life we are all different, but in film it doesn't always work, here it did, and his exit at the end being the start of something new more us the audience is exciting. In brightest day, in darkest night I want more of Green Lanterns light.
