Reviews by Jennifer

Halloween Ends

Halloween Ends (2022)

Halloween Ends finds Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) living some semblance of the life she might have had if Michael Myers hadn’t murdered her closest friends and terrorized her town over forty years earlier. She has lost many years to alcoholism and existed in a sort of grey area...

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Firestarter (2022)

Firestarter (2022)

If you are familiar with Stephen King’s novel or the 1984 film, you may notice in the new film that the plot a watered down version of the original, but key elements have been changed arbitrarily to make it new and different. Like, “Oh hey, there’s a guy named...

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Love and Monsters (2020)

Love and Monsters (2020)

Joel (Dylan O’Brien) was 17 when an asteroid smashed into Earth, causing various species to mutate and decimate most of the human race. His high school sweetheart, Aimee (Jessica Henwick), fled with her parents, his own parents died, and every expectation of a normal life went out the window....

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The Outsider: The Complete First Season (2020)

The Outsider: The Complete First Season (2020)

NOTE: Warner Bros. Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray TM I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share are my own. Ostensibly, The Outsider is a story about exonerating a man accused of a crime he not only did not commit, but could...

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Big Little Lies: Season 2 (2019)

Big Little Lies: Season 2 (2019)

Big Little Lies Season 2 transports us back to Monterey, CA with its dreamy, languid theme song and stunning ocean views. The new school year marks a new beginning, but Celeste (Nicole Kidman), Madeline (Reese Witherspoon), Jane (Shailene Woodley), Renata (Laura Dern), and Bonnie (Zoe Kravitz) find themselves constantly...

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Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins was one of my favorite movies growing up, and I’m happy to report that it’s just as much fun 35 years after its release as it was when it came out. It successfully walks the line between comedy and horror and even works as a holiday movie. Indeed,...

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

I remember being insanely excited when they announced the release of Gremlins 2: The New Batch, but when I finally saw it, my reaction was decidedly “meh”.  It simply didn’t rekindle any of the feelings I had for the original film, and part of me just didn’t get it. ...

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Ma (2019)

Ma (2019)

Sue Ann (Octavia Spencer) is an unassuming woman who works as a vet tech in the town where she grew up. When a group of teenagers asks her to buy them alcohol, she tries to go on her way like any sensible adult. When they persist, she complies, and...

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Halloween (2018)

Halloween (2018)

After nearly being killed by Michael Myers as a teenager and losing several friends to his murderous rampage, Laurie Strode made some semblance of a normal life. She married twice, had a daughter, and created a home, but the trauma she carried with her defined every aspect of this...

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The Art of Being Bill: Bill Murray and the Many Faces of Awesome (2018)

The Art of Being Bill: Bill Murray and the Many Faces of Awesome (2018)

As a kid Bill Murray confused me. I thought he was funny and endearing and larger than life (long before he was in the movie Larger Than Life), but he also made me uncomfortable. There was something about his interaction with women that totally freaked me out, whether it...

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Boundaries (2018)

Boundaries (2018)

We all know someone who has a capacity like no other to charm us into anything, then let us down hard. For Laura Jaconi (Vera Farmiga), this someone is her father, Jack (Christopher Plummer), an endearing but unreliable man who rarely fails to disappoint. For her own sanity, Laura...

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Every Day (2018)

Every Day (2018)

Based on the young adult novel by David Levithan, Every Day is the story of Rhiannon (Angourie Rice), an ordinary sixteen year old girl who has been juggling everyday teenage life and problems at home. Her depressed father has lost his job and spends his time painting, while her...

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