Found footage is either the bane of my horror experience or a delight, and Final Prayer is no exception to that idea. I really like the idea at work here, and I love the climax, though I wish it had been executed better, we don’t see enough, we don’t quite learn enough, though the fear…
Suspicion (1941) – Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine star in Hitchcock’s Suspicion. Nominated for Best Picture, Fontaine walked away with a Best Actress Oscar, and she is nothing short of fantastic. Grant is Johnnie Aysgarth, a charming rogue with a penchant for detective novels, a penniless playboy who seems to be conning and gaslighting everyone from his friend,…
Starman (1986) – One for the Road, and Peregrine
Paul (Robert Hays) and Scott (Christopher Daniel Barnes) have been on the road for a while, we’re seven episodes in (!) and they’ve grown tired of it and may enjoy one place for a while in One for the Road. Written by Michael Marks this episode was first broadcast on 7 November, 1986. Scott is…
Drive (2011) – Nicolas Winding Refn
It’s taken me a while to get around to watching Ryan Gosling in Drive, I’m not sure what was holding me back, but I finally settled into this one, and I have to admit, I really dug it. First off, let’s mention the cast that surrounds Gosling in this film, there’s not an actor that…
Magnum P.I. (2021) – Til Death, and Devil on the Doorstep
Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Juliet Higgins (Perdita Weeks) find themselves dealing with an anxious groom in Til Death. Written by Katie Varney, this episode first debuted on 5 November, 2021. Aiden (Ian Harding) hires the investigators to look into his fiancee, Serena (Molly Griggs), when she begins to behave weirdly, stressed, strange phone calls….
Family Ties (1988) – The Boys Next Door, Sign of the Times, Return of the Native, and Father, Can You Spare a Dime?
Elyse (Meredith Baxter) and Steven (Michael Gross) are getting ready for their high school reunion, in The Boys Next Door. Written by Trish Vrandenburg, it first debuted on 6 March, 1988. Alex (Michael J. Fox) is wowed to find out that Elyse went to school with Roger Erdman (Robert Klein). He’s a multi-millionaire whose company…
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (2023) – Tom Hanks
Somehow this one got by me, but I was delighted to dig into it, as I quite enjoyed Hanks short story collection, Uncommon Type. For his first novel, Hanks delivers a tale that takes us behind the scenes of a big superhero movie and walks us through all the steps of its production, exploring the…
Magnum P.I. (2021) – Texas Wedge, and Those We Leave Behind
Higgins (Perdita Weeks) is doing MI6 work and Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Lia (Chantal Tully) continue their romance before diving into this week’s case, which will include figuring out who has posted mobile billboards of Magnum and Higgins around the island. Could that be Jin’s (Bobbly Lee) fault? Texas Wedge was written by Gene Hong…
6 Underground (2019) – Micheal Bay
Micheal Bay films can be very hit-and-miss, and when you factor in his almost seizure-inducing editing style you know the film is going to have a certain look and pacing, To be fair, there are Bay films I do enjoy, but unfortunately even with Ryan Reynolds exuding as much charm and humour as he can,…
The Gray Man (2022) – Joe and Anthony Russo
The Russo Brothers, who made an indelible print on the MCU, gather a fun cast to deliver a fast-paced action film that features fantastic kinetic camera work, but is held back by some cardboard characters. Six (Ryan Gosling) is a career criminal that gets recruited by a CIA handler, Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton). He’s incredibly…
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