“Ad Astra” – Pitt goes to the stars

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Denise

“We are world eaters.”

Story: Roy is a second generation astronaut. Roy is very driven. Roy is a jerk. When Roy finds out that his father Clifford – presumed dead from an accident in space – may actually be alive, a classified mission is put together. Why? Becuase Cliff may have gone off his nut and could be trying to destroy our world. Suit up, Roy.

Genre I’d put it in: Cosmic Mind Trips

Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Original, but you’ll feel homages to classic sci-fi space stories. Continue reading →

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“Downton Abbey” gives fans the royal treatment

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Denise

“I do love our adventures.”

Story: It’s 1927, but at Downton Abbey things are still rolling on in the traditional way, no matter how beautifully on trend Lady Mary fashions herself. But when the King and Queen of England decide to pay a visit to Downton – it’s a brief stopover during their trip to see Princess Mary don’t you know – everything gets dialed up to eleven. Including familial feuds, Downstairs jockeying, and…intrigue!

Genre I’d put it in: Beautifully Successful TV Continuations Continue reading →

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Baltimore Screening Pass-palooza: “Abominable”!

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Denise

Ready to get cute? C’mon!  Synopsis!

When teenage Yi (Chloe Bennet, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert Tsai), name him “Everest” and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish (Eddie Izzard), a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson) to help Everest get home.

Let’s go!

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Rambo Day coming to ya this Wednesday the 18th!

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Denise

Lionsgate is throwing down for John Rambo this year y’all. It’s the 37th anniversary of First Blood, and with Rambo: Last Blood hitting theaters this Friday? Let’s celebrate!

Plus, they’re looking for the biggest Rambo fan, so get your pictures, vids and whatever you fellow kids are doing on the cellphones and hashtag #RamboDay to get yourself in on the action. Maybe you’ll be his #1 fan! (But please, no Misery craziness. That’s another author y’all.)

Read on for the full deets!

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Happy Friday the 13th! Put this Spotify playlist in your earparts!

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Denise

If, like me, you’re a huge fan of Friday the 13th – the day itself y’all because I LOVE ANY EXCUSE FOR A THEME – check out this incredible list from Spotify! Okay, so I was going to make up a list myownself, but this one is so perfect that I couldn’t help but copy this straight away. Well, I’d add the Glee version of Thriller/Heads Will Roll, but I do love a mashup.

Have a fantastic, incredibly lucky, Friday the 13th!

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Movie Review: “Hustlers”

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Denise

“Doesn’t money make you horny?”

Story: Destiny is beautiful, in her twenties, and broke as hell.  So why not dance at an adult club? More money than she’d make anywhere else…much, much more. But when the stock crash of 2008 hits, fellas aren’t making it rain like they used to. So her BFF decides to force those wealthy Wall Streeters hands a bit? Who’s gonna get hurt?

Genre I’d put it in: Captivating Oscar Bait

Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Based on the Vulture/New Yorker article “The Hustlers at Scores”, by Jessica Pressler. Continue reading →

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DVD Review: “Becoming Evil – Serial Killers” series

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Denise

This seven part documentary series is about as icky as the serial killers themselves. Evil tries for a feel similar to Leonard Nimoy in In Search Of or Robert Stack in Unsolved Mysteries, but the narrator has too much of a sensational vibe, from the mocking tone used when the narrator voices a killers actual words, to the heavy-handed narrative. Example: a pair of killers are said to have “…turned on each other like the animals they were.” It’s a strange niche this series is trying for; too hyperbolic for documentary fans, but not tabloid enough for the more hard core serial killer fan. (I’m glad about that last bit, actually.) Continue reading →

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DVD Review: House Of Hell 4 movie set

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Denise

Mill Creek Entertainment released four SyFy originals to DVD, so folks can watch ’em anytime they like. Is that a good thing? Well, for the most part, it actually is. Let’s take a look at these four films, perfect for a Halloween Season binge-watch. Each film has a general haunted house theme, tying the films together. Who doesn’t love a theme?

But first? HOLY BLIP THE PLASTIC REEKS. I had to put the case outside immediately upon opening. Phew! Sorry, had to say that. Keep the cover in an open area, or else you’ll get all sorts of ooked out by the chemical stench. Luckily, it vanished overnight. Okay, let’s do this. Continue reading →

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TrailerWatch “Black Christmas” 2019 gets some girl power

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Denise

“You messed with the wrong sisters.”

The original Black Christmas is a horror classic. The 2006 remake? Not so much. But this Blumhouse reboot has my interest piqued. A twist on the killer(s) and the why of it all feels fresh. Not to mention the smarts these new girls are packing. Synopsis!

Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone (Imogen Poots, Green Room) and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters-athlete Marty (Lily Donoghue, The CW’s Jane the Virgin), rebel Kris (Aleyse Shannon, The CW’s Charmed), and foodie Jesse (Brittany O’Grady, Fox’s Star)-prepare to deck the halls with a series of seasonal parties, a black-masked stalker begins killing sorority women one by one.

Whoever the killer is, he’s about to discover that this generation’s young women aren’t about to be anybody’s victims.

This Black Christmas hits theaters December 13th, 2019.

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TrailerWatch “GRETEL & HANSEL” gives a classic tale a chillingly modern twist

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Denise

…Or perhaps it’s just the bloody old world style that’s been reintroduced? Dang y’all – the original versions of most fairy tales are harsh. H&G give me serious The Witch vibes with its deeply unsettling, claustrophobic atmosphere. Synopsis!

A long time ago in a distant fairytale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

Gretel & Hansel comes to your village January 2020.

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