Lauryn VW

Lauryn VW

I watch movies and write reviews about them… sometimes!

Favorite films

  • Saw
  • Scream
  • The Crow
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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  • Whiplash

    ★★★★★

  • Laid to Rest

    ★½

  • Clue

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

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  • Whiplash

    Whiplash

    ★★★★★

    There are no two words more harmful in the English language than “good job”.

    It’s been a long time since a movie has hit this hard and struck so many chords with me, even outside of being a former band kid. Watching this film felt like watching a car crash that I couldn’t look away from, in the best way possible. There are no heroes or villains, just humans who are willing to do just about anything to pursue their…

  • Laid to Rest

    Laid to Rest

    ★½

    The title sequence goes INSANELY hard, everything else is the quality you’d see from a porno. I’m pretty sure the lead actress doesn’t change expressions for like the entire movie, legitimately one of the worst horror movie protagonists I’ve ever seen. All the budget went to the title cards and visual effects, not enough to literally everything else in the movie. It’s mostly excusable for a low-budget slasher, but not entirely. Definitely some of the best and goriest kills that I’ve ever seen out of a small budget horror flick, though.

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  • Caged

    Caged

    ★★★★★

    MY FRIENDS MADE A FUCKING MOVIE RAAAAAAH!!

    So much time, effort and talent went into this project and I’m so proud of everyone involved. These guys never fail to make me laugh my ass off in real life, and they sure as hell don’t fail in this film either.

    Mr. Cage, if you’re watching, I hope you’re having a good day and you continue to support independent filmmakers 🙏

  • The Monkey

    The Monkey

    ★½

    This is one of those Stephen King stories that he probably wrote on copious amounts of cocaine, and therefore probably could have gone without being adapted to the screen.

    Story was pretty bland, acting was mediocre, and honestly it was a pretty all-around let down. I was hoping this would be a schlocky, gorey fun time, but the camp was just not there! It couldn’t decide what kind of movie it wanted to be: it was sometimes funny but the…