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I loved the '12 monkeys' move. But this is why I can't watch the 12 Monkeys TV series.
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Which movie did you watch today and how would you rate it?
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Colonel Sanders
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Saw this on Hulu. It's kind of a remake of Airport 2, but with sharks added in. It's kind of campy and not as horrible as it sounds. Then again, I watched it at around 3 in the morning because I'm having trouble sleeping these days, but it didn't put me to sleep, so that's good?
If you like movies about crashing airplanes that sink into the ocean while a few survivors unrealistically escape, and others get eaten by sharks conducting themselves in the exact opposite way that they do in nature, then this is the movie for you.
Bonus Content: I also watched The Babadook, but it's been well covered. If you haven't seen it by now, you should.
Saw this on Hulu. It's kind of a remake of Airport 2, but with sharks added in. It's kind of campy and not as horrible as it sounds. Then again, I watched it at around 3 in the morning because I'm having trouble sleeping these days, but it didn't put me to sleep, so that's good?
If you like movies about crashing airplanes that sink into the ocean while a few survivors unrealistically escape, and others get eaten by sharks conducting themselves in the exact opposite way that they do in nature, then this is the movie for you.
Bonus Content: I also watched The Babadook, but it's been well covered. If you haven't seen it by now, you should.
You're missing out. The TV show is one of those few shows with a definite start, middle and end planned from the very beginning.
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Well sure, but by the time the 7th monkey had jumped off the bed and bumped their head, it really has jumped the shark.
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Silent Partner 7/10
This stars Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer and Susannah York in a crime caper/thriller where Gould plays a bank employee trying to game bank robber Plummer out of his modest take. I've heard about this movie for many years as an unsung gem, and I would agree. Liked the style and performances and the jazzy score.
There is some jarring violence and titillating nudity if that helps. And it's free on Kanopy.
Oh and it can count as a Christmas movie.
This stars Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer and Susannah York in a crime caper/thriller where Gould plays a bank employee trying to game bank robber Plummer out of his modest take. I've heard about this movie for many years as an unsung gem, and I would agree. Liked the style and performances and the jazzy score.
There is some jarring violence and titillating nudity if that helps. And it's free on Kanopy.
Oh and it can count as a Christmas movie.
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In the same way that Die Hard can count as a Christmas movie; Or in the same way that Santa Claus Conquers the Martians can count as a Christmas movie?
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I can't even joke about Santa Clause Conquers the Martians being a nostalgic trip back to my childhood. At seven years old I knew it was an abomination.
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Cuckoo.
This one had some hype in the horror community, so I was looking forward to seeing it.
Long story short: emo girl goes to the Bavarian Alps in Germany with her dad, stepmother, and half sister. There are over the top creepy and unlikeable people everywhere, including the protagonist emo girl. It's unclear as to exactly why the family went all the way to Germany to buy a resort that seemed utterly bereft of clientele, but whatever, maybe I missed something.
Anyway, the movie revolves around medical experiments and conspiracy, but eventually becomes an exercise in drawn out silliness.
It had a couple of twists and turns, but the biggest one you could see coming a mile away.
Horror Scale: 6/10
Non-horror Scale: 5/10
This one had some hype in the horror community, so I was looking forward to seeing it.
Long story short: emo girl goes to the Bavarian Alps in Germany with her dad, stepmother, and half sister. There are over the top creepy and unlikeable people everywhere, including the protagonist emo girl. It's unclear as to exactly why the family went all the way to Germany to buy a resort that seemed utterly bereft of clientele, but whatever, maybe I missed something.
Anyway, the movie revolves around medical experiments and conspiracy, but eventually becomes an exercise in drawn out silliness.
It had a couple of twists and turns, but the biggest one you could see coming a mile away.
Horror Scale: 6/10
Non-horror Scale: 5/10
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We'll always have MST3k and Rifftrax.
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I saw it as part of a series on Worst Movies Ever Made.
It's definitely in the "so bad, it's good" category.
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Sorry, I lust did a search on Kanopy and it said "No results found for "Silent Partner"."
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Here.
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I truly appreciate movies that are so bad they're good, but IMO, not even MST3K could salvage that piece of celluloid excrement.