Smile

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.

This preview has tormented me for months.  Might be one of the creepiest trailers of all time.   That had my expectations pretty high for this movie and that might have ended up hurting it in the end.  I liked the movie alot but there was too much down time between the crazy intense parts.   Too much fleshing out of a story that could have been explained simpler.

I would still recommend people checking this movie out.  There are some huge jump scares.   Just was not as good as I expected or as I think it could have been.  

Barbarian

A young woman discovers the rental home she booked is already occupied by a stranger. Against her better judgment, she decides to spend the night but soon discovers there's a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest.

What in the blue hell was this movie!?!   Very difficult to review without spoiling stuff.  At first it was a greatly built up scary movie with super creepy moments.  Then it rebooted and got there again.  Then it rebooted a third time and became so over the top that you couldn't help but laugh your ass off even though they were still able to keep making you jump out of your seat.   This will definitely end up being a guilty pleasure type of a movie because there is so many reasons to not like it but I honestly did.

I would recommend others taking this very strange journey.  Such a weird watch and I can't remember the last time I was laughing that hard at a movie that had scared the shit out of me a bunch of times.

On The Come Up

Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Facing controversies and with an eviction notice staring down her family, Bri doesn't just want to make it, she has to make it.

This was a pretty decent watch overall.  I like the story and how it built up.  I like the characters and you really get behind the lead and are very invested in her story.  

I would recommend people checking this movie out.  It was an enjoyable watch.

Don't Worry Darling

In the 1950s, Alice and Jack live in the idealized community of Victory, an experimental company town that houses the men who work on a top-secret project. While the husbands toil away, the wives get to enjoy the beauty, luxury and debauchery of their seemingly perfect paradise. However, when cracks in her idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something sinister lurking below the surface, Alice can't help but question exactly what she's doing in Victory.

It's a shame that there has been so much behind the scenes drama for this movie kind of tainting it.  The movie is actually a very enjoyable watch in a dystopian world/Stepford Wives kind of way.  Florence Pugh is great and Harry Styles was actually really good too.  They succeeded in taking you to this place where it all felt possible/real.

I would recommend people checking this out.   It is an enjoyable watch and don't let all the drama from behind the scenes effect watching the movie

Pearl

Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Hoping for a more glamorous life, Pearl's ambitions, temptations and repressions all collide to horrific effect.

X was a surprisingly good movie that came out of nowhere and now less than a year later it has a sequel that honestly has an incredibly unnerving creepiness to it the entire time - like even when something necessarily scary is not happening on the screen.   The actress playin Pearl is downright terrifying when she flips that switch and you see it multiple times and it just gets more and more creepy.  

I would definitely recommend people checking this movie out.  Especially horror fans because there are some nuts scenes and visuals in this.  Very impressive how in less than a year this has turned into one of the better horror "franchises" with a third one already on the way.

The Woman King

The Woman King is a 2022 American historical epic film about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit who protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey during the 17th to 19th centuries. Set in the 1820s, the film stars Viola Davis as a general who trains the next generation of warriors to fight their enemies.

I admittedly did not expect to enjoy this movie as much as I did.  It had great action, very well developed characters and relationships that you grow to care about.  Add that on top of how it was based on a true story and real people and the movie was just that much better.  Kudos to Viola Davis for being so badass and training so much for this.

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.  It was a really enjoyable watch especially for a September release.

See How They Run

In 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When a world-weary inspector and an eager rookie constable take on the case, they find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid world of underground theater, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.

This movie was a decent watch.  Not a must see by any means but it was an interesting enough mystery movie with the two detectives playing off of each other well enough to keep you invested.  But honestly not much more than that because you pretty much forget about it one day after seeing it.

I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this out.  It is a decent watch although not very memorable.  

Clerks III

Clerks III is a 2022 American comedy film written, produced, directed, and edited by Kevin Smith. It serves as the sequel to the 1994 and 2006 Clerks films.

Listen . . . . . this movie was meant to be nothing more than a full circle kind of nostalgia trip for fans of the original.  That's why it didn't get a legit wide release.   The movie is just as horribly bad as the original was.  But even though the first one was one of the most garbage movies ever made it became a staple and a cult classic for my generation.  There are few movies that I have seen more and there are few movies that I quote or reference more than the original.  This movie was for us and it worked.  It actually worked on an emotional level which was honestly the last thing I expected to experience when seeing this. 

I can't openly recommend people checking it out because A - it's not in theaters because of a limited day release thing and B - its not a good movie.  Again - just like the first one this is not a movie that you recommend based on how well done or acted it is.  But if you know the person will like it then you insist that they will.  I really enjoyed the fan service nostalgia trip.  

Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. is a 2022 American comedy film written, directed, and produced by Adamma Ebo, in her feature directorial debut. It is a feature-length adaptation of Ebo's 2018 short film of the same name.

What was this?  Advertised as a comedy.  Felt much more like a drama.  Advertised as a rockumentary.  Felt more like a not interesting documentary.  Regardless a massive waste of the talent involved.  

I would not recommend anyone bothering with this.   I couldn't even make it halfway through without turning it off.  

Three Thousand Years Of Longing

While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie happens to encounter a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems: first, she doubts that he's real, and second, because she's a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she's beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.

This was an incredibly weird watch which you kind of figured from the trailer.  They tried to do a good job of fleshing it out but ultimately this was an incredibly long conversation between the two characters.  Like when you look back that is legit all it was.  LOL!  

I would not really recommend anyone bothering with this.  It's ALOT of heavy material on mythology and what not and again - its really just a very long conversation.

Breaking

Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.

This movie was a good watch with great acting across the board.   The only issue I had was that it was so beyond formula.   Like you knew exactly everything that was gonna happen the second the movie started going.  Still though - the performances made it good regardless.

I would somewhat recommend people checking this out.  It is a good watch although incredibly predictable.  Not a must see by any means but also not a bad movie.