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  Fear Street: 1994 2021

  ★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  I know I’m a few years late in getting to these FEAR STREET Netflix movies that were generally well-reviewed and well-liked by genre fans at the time. I just never prioritized them. BUT, I have an 11-year old niece who’s starting to become a horror movie fan (especially interested in movie makeup effects) and on a recent trip out to see family, she wanted to watch a horror movie with me. As a proud cinephile uncle, I was more than…

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  Dreamin' Wild 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  I’m a sucker for a well-directed, uber sincere drama centered around musicians and music, so 2015’s Brian Wilson biopic, LOVE & MERCY definitely hit the spot back then. Two or three years ago, that movie’s director, Bill Pohlad, made another music-driven true story movie, DREAMIN’ WILD, and I was curious about it. But, limited distribution and other stuff going on at the time kept me from prioritizing it. And I had honestly forgotten about its existence until I was on a…

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  Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself 2020

  ★★★ Added 2

  Here's my impression of IN & OF ITSELF...

  Magician: "The King of Clubs. Is this your card?"
  Audience member: "Oh my god, yes!"
  Magician: "Also, the King of Clubs is telling me your father is proud of you."
  (Both the magician and the audience member start weeping)

  Part magic show, part filmed one man show, part Ted talk, part therapy session, IN & OF ITSELF is occasionally fascinating, surprisingly moving and, to me, pretty full of itself.

  Maybe it's because I'm generally…

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  Glass 2019

  ★★★½ Added 1

  Watching this alongside UNBREAKABLE and SPLIT was fascinating...what a strange, yet ultimately satisfying trilogy. I like this more than most critics...there's a lot going on thematically and visually that's too weird/interesting to dismiss. But the low budget still keeps it from reaching its full potential (even though Night seems to owe his recent comeback to finding creativity within budget constraints). It's not the UNBREAKABLE followup I always wanted...but I still enjoyed spending time with these characters again and I admire…

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