Set in the middle of a bad neighborhood in Detroit, two people (Georgina Campbell and Bill Skarsgård) separately double-book an Airbnb. Despite some initial reservations, the strangers attempt to make the most of it, although the house’s dark secrets will make them both wish they had left when they had the chance.
…
Released only in around three-dozen theaters in the late winter of 2015, around a simultaneous release on VOD, The Last Five Years isn’t so much a forgotten film as one the vast majority of potential viewers were never aware of. Adapted from the stage musical of the same name, based on the playwright‘s own experiences, the film follows the highs and lows of the relationship between struggling actress Cathy (Anna Kendrick) and successful author Jamie (Jeremy Jordan) in a rather unusual way.
…
The Last Five Years Read More »
“I struggle with the death of one glacier, and here is the news they all will be gone.”
Narrated by Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason, Time and Water is the writer’s musing on both his grandparents and the region’s gigantic glaciers, both of which have begun to disappear. Given his grandparents love of the gigantic sheets of ice, which Magnason shares through stories, video, and photographs taken over the years, he explores the intricate, and profound, nature of glaciers which are quickly disappearing from the world.
…
Feeling somewhat lost to time, 1986’s Haunted Honeymoon, directed and co-written by Gene Wilder, was an attempt at a comedy-chiller that teased fantastical elements for both Wilder and his wife Gilda Radner. The film was both a box office and critical failure, and while still available Blu-ray (if you can find it) the film isn’t available on any streaming platform. However, there’s something worth revisiting for me every now and then.
…
Guilty Pleasure – Haunted Honeymoon Read More »
“What you’ve done is taken God’s oldest killing machine and given it will and desire. What you’ve done is knocked us all the way to the bottom of the goddamn food chain.”
One of the many, many Jaws knockoffs, with a bit of Dr. Frankenstein mad scientist thrown in, 1999’s Deep Blue Sea was most notable for defying expectations and horror movie tropes in terms of expected deaths and survivors. It also provides some templates reused in Jurassic Park and its various sequels including an untimely storm and Thomas Jane as a sort of shark wrangler for a pack of killer creatures far smarter than their creators.
…
