jonnierae

jonnierae

Favorite films

  • Silent Hill
  • Malignant
  • Dead Silence
  • Stay Alive

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  • The Lodgers

    ★★½

  • Trap

    ★★★

  • Bats

    ★★½

  • Ghostwatch

    ★★★★

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  • The Lodgers

    The Lodgers

    ★★½

    Pretty cool vibe and looks really great. Stories not all there and feels like a horny YA series at times lol. But overall pretty entertaining—feels like The Haunting of Bly Manor meets The Watchers.

  • Trap

    Trap

    ★★★

    3.25 🎶

    This was pretty good — it gets a little dragged out but it’s definitely a good time. Josh Hartnett is fantastic — I don’t remember the last thing I saw him in so it was nice seeing him again lol. 

    This definitely has some good Hitchcockian vibes going on and moments that even reminded me of Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom. It fails a bit in the premise/motivations though and the dialogue isn’t superb.  But yeah decent little thriller

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  • The Secret Life of Bees

    The Secret Life of Bees

    ★★★

    3.25 🐝

    This was very sweet and moving and made all the more enjoyable by the wonderful performances from the whole cast (Queen Latifah 😌💓).  There are moments, of course, that feel pretty out of touch, but I can hardly imagine that being avoidable given the subject matter. And that may very well be the point—that this is a naive little white girl in the 1960’s South. I do wish it spent more time with Rosaleen and her experience with…

  • Freaked

    Freaked

    ★★★★½

    Dude this was so far up my alley! Wtf! Like Nickelodeon made a movie for us freaky little Freek adults! The design and execution of the special effects makeup was so seriously incredible! And just fun wacky sets and overall effects. This was nonstop goofs, gags, and goops! So fucking fun! 

    Yas Queen! to the super empathetic portrayal of Mr. T’s bearded lady! 👸🏼👏

    No Queen! To the really poor portrayal of Pinhead girl 😬🫢

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