Brightburn is Superman as a horror movie or evil Superman. It stars Elizabeth Banks as Tory Breyer, Jackson A. Dunn as Brendan Breyer and David Denman as Kyle Breyer. The title of the movie isn't the name of the main character but rather references the town closest to where he lands on Earth. Essentially this is an origin story although, as far as I know, it wasn't based off of an actual comic at the time that it was written and/or filmed.
Don't think that because this comes from the producers of Guardians of the Galaxy that this is anything like either of those movies other than being inspired by comic books i.e. Superman. If you go in expecting that you're in for a rude awakening.
The violence and bloody images could be a bit much for younger audiences and/or people who don't like viewing that sort of thing. There is a very brief background image of full frontal nudity on a woman.
It is a very good movie as an alternate and very dark take on comics.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Monday, October 29, 2018
Garfield's Halloween Adventure aka Garfield in Disguise Not Rated
In this lesser known gem for all ages, Garfield enlists Odie's assistance in trick-or-treating in order to get more candy for himself. Both get more than they bargained for when they end up on an island that may be haunted by the ghosts of pirates.
I grew up watching this movie and I loved it. However I would use caution and common sense if showing this to young children. For a kid's movie this film has brief "frightening" images that might scare younger children. Still, this beloved classic is so worth watching.
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Not rated
Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts go trick-or-treating and to a Halloween party on Halloween night while Linus and Sally wait in the pumpkin patch for The Great Pumpkin. While all of this goes on, Snoopy as "The Great World War I Flying Ace" works to shoot down the Red Baron.
This is a wonderful classic that never gets old and is great for the whole family. It's also a nice sweet break from the horror movies. If you've never seen it, you should.
Hereditary (2018) rated R for horror violence, disturbing images, language, drug use, and brief graphic nudity *contains spoilers*
After her mother dies, Annie (played by Toni Collette) and her daughter Charlie (played by Milly Shapiro) try to cope and heal while Annie's husband Steve (played by Gabriel Byrne) and her son Peter (played by Alex Wolff) carry on with life as usual. After a horrific accident claims the life of Charlie, the rest of the family struggles to pick up the pieces while seemingly supernatural phenomena start to occur particularly around Annie and Peter. Annie races to save her family but will she succeed?
Honestly I allowed myself to have high expectations after noticing that the cover hailed this film as "This generation's The Exorcist..." If you've read my entry on The Exorcist then you know how I feel about the movie. If not suffice it to say that I didn't and still don't think that it's the scariest movie of all time although it deserves its recognition for being ground-breaking.
I think that it's great that the writer/director took a chance and made his vision come to life but the film felt a little pretentious.
I was so confused by the title of this movie and the sort of explanation given in the behind the scenes. My friend who lent me her copy had to explain everything to me. She confessed that she herself had to look up videos to explain the film. Once I heard her explanation, I could somewhat appreciate the horror of the movie a bit more.
The fact that the movie didn't succeed in conveying my friend's explanation made me not like this movie. Lots of people did like this movie so it might just be me. I would recommend this movie if you are curious but if you aren't I don't think that you'll miss anything.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Halloween (2018) rated R for horror violence and bloody images, language, brief drug use, and nudity *contains spoilers*
40 years after the events in the first Halloween movie, Laurie Strode (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) has a "final" confrontation with Michael Myers/The Shape (played by Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney).
A good ending (hopefully) to the franchise. I was very happy to see that John Carpenter came back for this one. I had issue with one of the deaths because it made no sense. If you like the original franchise, you'll probably like this one. Good job everyone who worked on this picture.
Halloween (2007) rated R for strong brutal bloody violence and terror throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity, and language *contains spoilers*
In this Halloween, the audience gets a backstory on Michael Myers as a ten-year old child (played by Daeg Faerch) and his home life. He seems to be sweet to his baby sister Laurie and his beloved mother Deborah Myers (played by Sheri Moon Zombie). His step dad Ronnie White (played by William Forsythe) is a jerk at best who doesn't really seem to like anyone. Deborah Myers struggles to work as a stripper while being a good mother to her children and a pretty good wife to her jerky husband/boyfriend. After murdering his step dad, Michael is committed to a psychiatric hospital into the care of Dr. Loomis (played by Malcolm McDowell).
Ten years later, the audience catches up with teenage Laurie Stode (played by Scout Taylor-Compton). She's a "typical" teenager and seems pretty happy with her loving adoptive parents.
Meanwhile Michael Myers has escaped from the hospital and is on his way to Haddonfield with Dr. Loomis in close pursuit.
I wasn't sure about this movie because while I like Rob Zombie's music I'm (so far) not as much a fan of his movies. His films aren't bad. I just can't relate to the characters at all so that I don't care about them. This film is probably great to others. Also I have the idea (for some reason) that Rob Zombie does/did in fact like the original Halloween movie. I don't think that he meant any disrespect to the original.
Part of my issue with this film was the "white trash" way that the characters conducted themselves whether its the Myers' and/or the Strodes. For example, I can't imagine joking with my parents the way that Laurie jokes with hers when we first meet her. Why does Michael Myers' family have to be dysfunctional at all? Part of the "horror" of the original was that the events happened to typical, "normal" people. There was no reason for Michael Myers to have ever started killing much less kill the people that he did kill.
Fun fact: Danielle Harris, who played Jamie Lloyd, in Halloween 4 and 5 returned to the franchise as Laurie's friend Annie
Worth watching if you are curious.
Halloween: Resurrection rated R for strong violence, language, some sexuality, and brief drug use *contains spoilers*
Three years after the events in H20, Michael Myers (played by Brad Loree) confronts a broken Laurie Strode (played by Brad Jamie Lee Curtis). After that confrontation Michael Myers is sent back to Smith's Grove only to escape once again to make his way to Haddonfield. A reality film crew headed by Freddie Harris (played by Busta Rhymes) is filming in the old Myers house. The film crew get more than they bargained for when Michael Myers shows up.
Like H20, this film ignores films 4 through 6. They also seem to have forgotten the fact that Michael Myers was killed in the previous movie. The shoddy explanation given for why Michael Myers is still inexplicably alive is just stupid and insulting to the audience. This film is shown even less than Halloween 6. Gee, I wonder why?
Two good parts in this film are intentionally comedic but they aren't good enough to win fans over of the franchise. There's one funny part where Michael Myers activates a car alarm. The second funny part was when Freddie admonishes Michael for "showing up too soon" and tells him to go back to set up what is intended to be a scare while failing to realize that the Michael Myers that he is talking to is the real Michael not his paid actor.
Skip this one.
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