SPOILER-FREE FILM REVIEWS FROM A MOVIE LOVER WITH A HEART OF GOLD!

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Tag: Universal Pictures

  • 31 Days to Scare ~ Drag Me to Hell

    31 Days to Scare ~ Drag Me to Hell

    The Facts: Synopsis: A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Stars: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, Adriana Barraza, Chelcie Ross, Reggie Lee, Molly Cheek, Bojana Novakovic Director: Sam Raimi Rated: PG-13 Running Length: 99 minutes TMMM Score: (9/10)

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  • 31 Days to Scare ~ The Birds

    The Facts: Synopsis: A San Francisco socialite pursues a man to a small Northern California town that takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people. Stars: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Joe Mantell, Elizabeth Wilson, Doodles Weaver, Richard

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  • Movie Review ~ You Should Have Left

    The Facts: Synopsis: Strange events plague a couple and their young daughter when they rent a secluded countryside house that has a dark past. Stars: Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Tiiu Essex Director: David Koepp Rated: R Running Length: 93 minutes TMMM Score: (5/10) Review:  Ever since movie theaters shut down in early April, there

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Candyman (2020)

    Synopsis: Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster’s myth. Release Date:  June 12, 2020 Thoughts: As I recalled in my 31 Days to Scare review, 1992’s Candyman remains one of the rare movies that still manages to frighten me

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  • Movie Review ~ Dolittle

    The Facts: Synopsis: Dr. John Dolittle lives in solitude behind the high walls of his lush manor in 19th-century England. His only companionship comes from an array of exotic animals that he speaks to on a daily basis. But when young Queen Victoria becomes gravely ill, the eccentric doctor and his furry friends embark on

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  • Movie Review ~ 1917

    The Facts: Synopsis: Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldier’s brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap. Stars: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Colin Firth,

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  • Movie Review ~ Cats

    The Facts: Synopsis: A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. Stars: Francesca Hayward, Robbie Fairchild, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, Laurie Davidson, Mette Towley, Judi Dench, Rebel Wilson, Jason Derulo, Ray

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  • Movie Review ~ Black Christmas (2019)

    The Facts: Synopsis: Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by a stalker. But the killer is about to discover that this generation’s women aren’t willing to become hapless victims as they fight back. Stars: Imogen Poots, Brittany O’Grady, Lily Donoghue, Aleyse Shannon, Cary

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ 1917

    Synopsis: Two young British soldiers during the First World War, are given an impossible mission: deliver a message, deep in enemy territory, that will stop their own men, and Blake’s own brother, from walking straight into a deadly trap. Release Date:  December 25, 2019 Thoughts: Every year around this time it becomes pretty clear who

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ The Invisible Man (2020)

    Synopsis: When Cecilia’s abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia’s works to prove she is being hunted by someone nobody can see. Release Date:  February 20, 2020 Thoughts: In 2017, Universal Studios had big plans to create their own

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