Was sure that I'd hate it the moment the Uncharted 3 scene started the movie but I was pleasantly surprised. There's still a handful of dumb plot decisions and casting but it was a very entertaining adventure movie that doesn't take itself serious, unlike the Tomb Raider reboot that I loathed. The final setpiece of the movie was a hoot, and I'm happy they did something original, yet silly with it.
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Creepshow 1982
A charming and stylish anthology that while entertaining doesn't have the strongest of short stories to work with. Most fun comes from individual actors chewing the scenery, especially Leslie Nielsen and E. G. Marshall. I also have to give Stephen King props for a memorable performance, he could have had a career as a comedic actor if he had wanted.
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Troll 2 1990
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I went in with the hope that it would be funny bad, but I'm mostly just left at a loss of words. Somehow the special effects budget has been cut in not just half since the first movie, but in ten small pieces and we got just the one. At points I'm unsure if I'm watching a horror movie or if a plumber is going to walk in and ask if anyone needs their pipes cleaned. Everything feels like a…
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The Omen 1976
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A lovely classic that at times feels more like a mellow adventure movie than a horror film, especially with the very bombastic and modern feeling soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith. A great big Lovecraftian odyssey into Robert Thorns own madness and demise and very much a film with the same DNA as John Carpenters later apocalypse trilogy.
I really enjoy how small scale everything feels, even though the consequences of the story will be the end of everything or at the…
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