Jimmy Frohman

Jimmy Frohman

I'm a technical writer, father, and husband living in NE Ohio.

Favorite films

  • In the Mouth of Madness
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • Shaun of the Dead
  • The Devil's Backbone

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  • The Stranger

    ★★★

  • Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

    ★★★

  • Renfield

    ★★★½

  • The Outwaters

    ★★½

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  • The Stranger

    The Stranger

    ★★★

    This movie is a miracle. I would have never known it existed had it not been for the Colors of the Dark podcast. It has such a generic title, I was only able to find it on Letterboxd by looking up Maika Monroe’s cast page. The movie is a tight, exciting, and genuinely unnerving thriller about how easy it is to stalk people given modern technology (even with the most mundane tech). So, what makes this thriller a miracle? It…

  • Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

    Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

    ★★★

    There's a really great, mean, and dark movie in here that was edited down to a 87 min, oddly-paced, tonally confused movie. Lindsey Anderson Beer's direction is so good. I like the performances too. It just got edited to death, and, in this case, dead is not better.

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  • The Night Before

    The Night Before

    ★★★★

    As with Goldberg and Rogen's last absurd comedy This Is The End, The Night Before has a seemingly simple and barely-trying vibe that uses every ounce of the talent involved to make the funniest damn movie of the year.

  • "Sr."

    ★★★★★

    Sr. is the best film of 2022. I cried from laughter and sadness and introspection. As a new(ish) father and artist myself, RDS is an icon and a warning sign. Sr. is a masterpiece of love, fatherhood, creativity, and anarchy.