What’s Streaming This Month? – September

What’s Streaming This Month? – September

Here are my picks for the movies coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Criterion Channel, and HBOMax in September.  This month offers up many unique choices, from original films to Hollywood classics.           NETFLIX Full list of everything coming to Netflix in September can be found here.   THE BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY (Robert Zemeckis, 1984/1989/1990) A trilogy that is full of life, fun, and originality.   THE DEVIL ALL…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – The Dark and the Wicked

Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – The Dark and the Wicked

          Twelve years ago, writer/director Bryan Bertino made his debut with The Strangers.  The claustrophobic nightmare is one of the scariest movies I have seen in the last fifteen years and one of my favorite horror movies of the 2000’s.  It was an impressive debut film, yet Bertino’s follow-up films, Mockingbird and The Monster, failed to make a dent whatsoever.  In fact, I didn’t even know those films existed until I was looking up…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Class Action Park

Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Class Action Park

          Growing up, I was lucky enough to live right across the street from a Six Flags amusement park.  My family and I would get season passes every year and I basically grew up with Six Flags.  I grew up riding roller coasters and all the other rides in the park.  I grew up with the cheesy theatrics and food that tasted great when I was seven, but hasn’t aged very…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Crazy Samurai Musashi

Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Crazy Samurai Musashi

          Crazy Samurai Musashi looks at a battle of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (Tak Sakaguchi) as he takes on 588 soldiers and defeats every single one.  Director Yûji Shimomura made the decision to shoot this battle in one, 77-minute-long uncut take, a bold and ambitious decision, yet one that if executed right, could have been an incredible feat and made for a great film.  Unfortunately, it isn’t as incredible as it could…

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Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Feels Good Man

Fantasia Festival 2020 Review – Feels Good Man

          As an artist, you can never predict who your work is going affect.  You might have an intention of who your target audience might be or who you expect to like your work, but there is really no way of knowing who will connect with your work. For illustrator Matt Furie, one of his pieces connected with a group he never would have expected and a group he wanted nothing…

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Fantasia Festival 2020: 10 Exciting Films to Look Out For

Fantasia Festival 2020: 10 Exciting Films to Look Out For

The 2020 Fantasia Festival kicks off this weekend and it is yet another 2020 festival that is going completely virtual.  But one thing that a virtual film festival offers is the chance for everyone to view the films of the festival since no one has the travel to the actual festival.  Fantasia offers up a number exciting titles from all over the world.  The festival focuses on genre films, namely horror, thrillers, and comedies, along…

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Review – Project Power

Review – Project Power

            Project Power is the latest Netflix original movie and it is a movie I would classify as a “start-and-stop” movie.  It is a movie that you can start watching, pause or stop the film whenever you want, and pick it back up again whenever you want and won’t miss a thing.  You can do this multiple times and take however long of a break you want and you’ll be able…

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Review – Lake Michigan Monster

Review – Lake Michigan Monster

          Lake Michigan Monster is a delirious midnight madness movie.  A micro-budget horror comedy that is unlike any movie I have seen in 2020.  What starts off as a monster chase turns into a trippy journey I did not expect.  I laughed, I was startled, I was confused, and yet I could never look away. Lake Michigan Monster starts with a simple premise: Seafield (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews) and his crew are on…

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Top 5 – Seth Rogen Movies

Top 5 – Seth Rogen Movies

From schlubby side-character to rom-com leading man, Seth Rogen has had quite the journey through Hollywood.  Though most people think of Rogen as the funny guy with the crazy laugh, Rogen has become one of the most versatile talents working today.  Not only is he a terrific actor, he’s a great writer, director, and producer, dabbling in all different genres and mediums.  Rogen is always a joy to see on screen and these are the…

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What’s Streaming This Month? – August

What’s Streaming This Month? – August

Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Criterion Channel, and HBOMax in August.  This month offers up some great options, including Oscar winners, indie gems, and Hollywood classics.           NETFLIX Full list of everything coming to Netflix in August can be found here.     THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1991) A perfect adaptation of the classic show about the creepy, kooky, mysterious, and…

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