Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Firestarter 1984

  ★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Lots of explosions in the climax.

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  The Prowler 1981

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  Copious graphic kills keep the blood flowing. Narrative is generic and threadbare. Unique in having a war veteran as the killer but it isn’t really explored in any way to separate the film from the usual slasher cliches.

Popular reviews

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  Magic Spot 2022

  ½ Watched 30 Jan 2023 16

  “If you don’t watch us live, you don’t watch us at all.” If only they followed their own rule with this film. I wish they never hit that record button. 

  This filmmaking team has a small but strong fan base, as I understand it. So I assume it is mainly that base which watches and/or even knows about their films…and thus why the Letterboxd rating for this film seems to be skewed heavily in their favor.

  I first heard about…

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  Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You! 2012

  ½ Watched 01 Feb 2023 4

  #6 in the Motern Media Series 

  Read my reviews on Freaky Farley and the Magic Spot for some general criticism of the Motern films. Most of it applies to this one too. 

  This film is about a guy who can’t win with the local press and a cryptid with very little screen time. Proving the cryptid’s existence would solve all of our hero’s problems. Will he succeed? The story is actually much clunkier than that synopsis would lead you to…