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You can't go home again. These Ernest movies have been hard for me to go back to because I have so many great memories of them as a kid. Watching them again as a 40 year-old man isn't the same. Sure there are some cute gags in these movies. The kiss with the troll, the fight with the bullies, and some of the gags with the different devices that he uses to capture the trolls are fun. I think we just had so much less to occupy our time with that this was high art for us. My son seemed pretty bored

60 _17%

Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977) - Rated 24 Oct 2026

Halloween Is Grinch Night has nearly nothing to do with Halloween. Besides much of the coloring and designs being orange there isn't a jack 'o lantern or trick-or-treat to be had in the whole affair. One of the songs had some ghosts and scary things but that is about as close as we get to Halloween. There was some fun Dr. Seuss stuff in this show but this definitely didn't earn a place in my yearly Halloween repertoire. I would like to hear what people who saw it live thought of it.

80 _62%

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) - Rated 24 Oct 2026

I have now watched this movie twice. I was probably high the first time I watched it and I don't remember it at all. I had so much fun watching it this time. Killer Klowns from Outer Space is the perfect movie to watch with a group of friends while sharing some beers or some joints. It's stupid but it knows that it's stupid so it has so much fun. I was originally going to give this movie a 70 but the soundtrack is so fun that I felt an 80 was deserved. The acting is fun with some familiar faces.

100 _95%

Dial M for Murder (1954) - Rated 23 Oct 2026

Hitchcock could make a hell of a mystery movie. This is the first time that I have ever watched Dial M for Murder and I was interested throughout. The acting is fantastic. Milland, Kelly, Cummings, and Williams the inspector were all just wonderful. The mystery surrounding the murder just kept swirling and swirling. It was hard to see where it would end up. I think I had three different ideas of where it was going to go but I never quite hit it. My only gripe is the speed of some of the dialog.

40 _3%

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) - Rated 22 Oct 2026

Exorcist II: The Heretic has some interesting ideas. I like the some of the ideas behind using pop psychology and religion to take care of Pazuzu, the demon. I like most of the Africa plot. Much of the acting was really good. Some of it was terrible. Fletcher and Ellen Burstyn must have fought over a lot of roles. I thought that was Burstyn the whole movie. But, this movie is hated for a reason. I agree with most of those reasons. It's not scary enough, it's too long, and the script is awful.

60 _17%

Silver Bullet (1985) - Rated 21 Oct 2026

Silver Bullet is an interesting werewolf movie but it's not one of the best. I enjoyed some of the early 80's kid dialog at the beginning of the movie. I think the play between the brother and the sister was pretty good. Gary Busey was good in this film. I don't think I've seen him play a loving role before and I think he did a good job. Of course, it started with him being a bit of a dirtbag so the role wasn't completely out of character. I don't think the payoff was really worth it.

80 _62%

The Monster Squad (1987) - Rated 20 Oct 2026

Wow! The Monster Squad is something that is wholly a product of it's time. For me, a child of the 80's, it is nostalgia mainlined into my veins. I ate up all of it. If you are coming to this movie and you don't have an appreciation for how different things were then, you aren't going to have a good time. I'm mainly talking about the discriminatory language used mostly at the beginning of the film. The music, the plot, the acting, and nearly everything else are just pure 80's fun.

70 _35%

Frank (2014) - Rated 19 Oct 2026

I'm very torn on this movie. The plot of the movie is interesting and original. The acting is really good. Scoot McNairy, who is someone that I don't recognize, was utterly fantastic in this movie. The way he movies between lucidity and manic depression are phenomenal. Domhnall Gleeson and Fassbender are both really good as well. I kind of wish I wouldn't have know Fassbender was in the lead role because I would have been that much more blown away. I irrationally don't like Maggie Gyllenhaal.

80 _62%

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004) - Rated 05 Oct 2026

Some Kind of Monster is effective at portraying one of the biggest metal groups in history as fragile egos who are impotent with creativity. It is so strange that this documentary saw the light of day. I don't think there is anything in here that makes me like Metallica or it's players any more than I did before. I dislike Lars more than before which should have been impossible because he has always seemed like a tool. But, I did lose a lot of respect for James Hetfield. Kirk is still cool.

90 _84%

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) - Rated 30 Sep 2026

The footage from the Harlem Culture Festival that was presented in this documentary is fabulous. It is crazy to me that this has been sitting in someone's basement for nearly half of a century. Some of the shots looks so good. The documentary storytelling is well done and they have some great moments of the people who were there watching the footage. The music sounds amazing. This is a documentary that I would watch again because the music is of course the star of the show. I recommend it fully.