It wasn’t that long ago that I watched Creature From The Black Lagoon for the first time. I was going through the stretch of watching several of the classic Universal Horror features, and after having gotten through some of the bigger name ones (Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, etc), I finally made my way to Creature. Honestly, I thought the sea monster tale was one … Continue reading Monster Island Review
A Star Is Born is a movie that has been remade, I think, three times. So including the original, there are four different ways to watch this tale. Recently, I decided to give the 2018 iteration a go. This is because I made a playlist on Spotify of songs by bands and artists that don’t really exist, and I keep finding myself listening to the … Continue reading A Star Is Born (2018) Review
I live for finally finding a movie I’ve long wanted to watch suddenly pop up on a streaming platform I have access to. This happened several months ago with Jennifer’s Body, and I was so excited to finally get to watch that film when I discovered it. This time, it was Paramount Plus to the rescue for a motion picture I’ve been wanting to get … Continue reading Almost Famous Review
Nicholas Cage movies are basically their own genre at this point. The chameleon-like actor continues taking weirder and weirder roles, as he fills his resume up with the kinds of projects he clearly has a passion for instead of the kind that have mass appeal. There is something to be said for a man with that kind of attitude towards his career. In his most … Continue reading The Surfer Review
I recently dog-sat for the uncle and aunt while they went to Tahiti for three-plus weeks. It turns out, I’m not much of a dog person. I sure like dogs! Other people’s dogs. As for having one? Well the need to walk them and take them outside is a bit much for me because I am lazy. And they bark. And they are generally big … Continue reading Good Boy Review
Is the 1980’s the best decade for cinema? I’m not saying it is, or that I agree with the sentiment. But I know a lot of folks that would support the notion. It’s a decade full of beloved classics and tons of nostalgic gems. And I’m not going to lie; there’s a lot of comfort food there for me as someone who was born in … Continue reading The Breakfast Club Review
It’s time to review another movie coming to Screambox, as we take a look today at the Brazilian horror feature, A Mother’s Embrace, which will be dropping on the service on 9/16/2025! A Mother’s Embrace is directed by Cristian Ponce, and it starts off in the childhood of our protagonist, Ana. She and her mother start off at home–where her mom makes Ana guzzle down … Continue reading A Mother’s Embrace Review
Every so often, you find a movie that doesn’t quite belong on the streaming service on which you find it. To that end, my wife and I just watched the 1999 film Jawbreaker… on Shudder. The same Shudder that specializes in horror offerings. And it was showing the black comedy film Jawbreaker. It didn’t make loads of sense, but that’s where we found it. Every … Continue reading Above The Knee Review
I do so love these Blast From The Past reviews where I take a look back at films from all different timeframes of cinema. I’ve done the very recent history with movies like La La Land, and I’ve gone back to the beginning of Hollywood with flicks like The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari. Today, I’m going back, but not TOO terribly far, as this is … Continue reading Excalibur (1981) Review
I actually remember Tommy Boy getting released back in the 1990’s, as well as how little I ever wanted to see it. I am really not sure why that was. I was a Saturday Night Live fan of the era, and I usually enjoyed the early 90’s cast as “my” era of the show. I wasn’t always a fan of Chris Farley, but I dug … Continue reading Tommy Boy review
I’ve never had whatever genealogical advantage it is to be a male in America and have a car fetish. I’ve just not had any desire to look at cars or purchase cars or race cars or compare cars. It’s all very expensive and boring to me. My car takes me where I need to go, and that’s about all I know about it. But some … Continue reading Eenie Meanie Review
I often forget that AMC+ is its own whole streaming service. You see, we access Shudder through AMC+, so the vast majority of the time, when I am turning on AMC+, it’s to immediately scroll down several bars and get to the Shudder button. In our household, we live or die with Shudder, and it’s one of our most used streaming services on our televisions. … Continue reading Tornado Review
Have you ever put off watching a movie longer than you probably should have? It was over a month ago at this point that I initially saw Summer Of 69 floating around Hulu as a potential viewing option. I pondered it, considered it, but ultimately discarded it in favor of something else. And since then, at least two or three times, I would be scouring … Continue reading Summer Of 69 Review
Not that I’m of the belief that it ever went anywhere, but how nice is it to see that mainstream horror is all the way back with the success that Sinners and now Weapons have had at the box office? Horror is having a wonderful year with the masses in 2025. With Sinners being in my top five movies of the year, I went into … Continue reading Weapons Review
Are there movies for which you have seen most of the noteworthy scenes just due to their ubiquitousness in pop culture, and so you have decided to put off ever watching the whole picture? I remember finally watching John Carpenter’s The Thing a few years ago, and a movie that should have been an absolute banger for me got downgraded slightly (calm down! I still … Continue reading The Great Dictator Review
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