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  • Day 17: Lake Mungo (2008)

    Day 17: Lake Mungo (2008)

    This mockumentary starts with the accidental drowning of a teen-aged girl, and then proceeds to tell all about her family’s encounters with her supposed ghost. As the story unfolds, more strange connections are made and new mysteries come to light. You find yourself wondering what horrible thing happened, or if her death was accidental at Read more

  • Day 13: Pontypool (2008)

    Day 13: Pontypool (2008)

    So, I was planning on watching another movie here, but I couldn’t find a way to watch it, so I pulled this from my subs. I feel like I MIGHT have seen this one before, but I certainly didn’t remember anything about it, so I went ahead and let it ride. Pontypool takes place entirely Read more

  • Day 12: Infinity Pool (20233)

    Day 12: Infinity Pool (20233)

    A couple on vacation meets another couple and they turn out to be no good. It’s very trope-y and predictable, but it’s not as straightforward as that. Other factors are at play here, and even as the couple understands more of what’s happening, they find themselves questioning their own morality and values. It’s a little Read more

  • Day 9: Bones and All (2022)

    Day 9: Bones and All (2022)

    When a movie gives you as good of a first scene as this one does, you’re going to expect a great payoff for the rest of the film. Unfortunately, what you get is a very slow moving and introspective character study that is never really that interesting. There are a couple of cool stand-out scenes, Read more

  • Day 17: Mom and Dad (2017)

    Day 17: Mom and Dad (2017)

    With my second Nic Cage film of the season, I bring you Mom and Dad, a movie not afraid to kill children but not quite smart enough to do anything but. Nic and Selma Blair are suburban parents with their own struggles. Nic has hit the midlife crisis wall hard and Selma struggles with connecting Read more