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  The Tower 1993

  ★★½ Watched 10 Oct 2021

  A down on his luck musician played by Paul Reiser (uh oh) decides to take a break from his demanding "starving artist" lifestyle by starting a job at a high tech office building. We're talking super automated here, like the Clamp Center from Gremlins 2 on steroids. And because it's Paul Reiser, things go south almost immediately and the building's A.I. tries to kill him. He also ends up getting some other people killed. Great job, Paul. Also, you get…

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  Fear Street: 1978 2021

  ★★★ Watched 03 Sep 2021

  Some positives:
  - The 70's soundtrack, while still guilty of needle drop porn, is less obnoxious than in part 1.
  - The camerawork is wonderfully stylish, bordering on memorable.

  Some observations:
  - Just because it's a horror flick doesn't mean every character has to be an A-hole.
  - Mood lighting is all fine and good, but if you want the audience to - gee, I don't know - actually see what's happening, you might want to consider throwing some more halogens on there.

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  3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom 2012

  ★½ Added

  Ron Perlman does not make for an especially attractive drag queen.

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  Predator 2 1990

  ★★★½ Rewatched 30 Jul 2019

  The original Predator is a bona-fide classic in terms of simplicity:
  - Soldiers fly into jungle on a mission
  - A new threat presents itself, begins to hunt said men
  - Survival of the fittest
  - Survivors fly out of jungle
  The sequel moves the action from the literal jungle to the urban jungle (get it?) in the way off future of 1997. Predicting the real life LA riots of 1992, shit's fucked up.
  And now there's a Predator.
  This…