Thursday, November 30, 2023

In all of your dealings with me, you will do me the courtesy to conduct yourself as a dead man


THE DUELLISTS

1978
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Gerald Vaughan-Hughes (based on the short story "The Duel" by Joseph Conrad)

Spoilers: moderate

Saturday, November 25, 2023

Redundancy, redundancy, and redundancy


THE KILLER

2023
Directed by David Fincher
Written by Andrew Kevin Walker

Spoilers: moderate

Friday, November 24, 2023

Bros before Trolls


TROLLS BAND TOGETHER

Directed by Walt Dohrn (co-directed by Tim Heitz)
Written by Elizabeth Tippett

Spoilers: moderate

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

The transporter


THE LAST RUN

1971
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Written by Alan Sharp

Spoilers: see above? (highish, if you're a real stickler)

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Spirit Week: Do you know who killed you?


THE MYSTIC
1925, directed by Tod Browning and written by Tod Browning and Waldemar Young

THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR
1929, directed by Tod Browning and written by Elliot J. Clawson

THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR
1937, directed by George B. Seitz and written by Marion Parsonnet

Spoilers: moderate

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

American Gothic Week: Nine eternities in doom!


THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES

1971
Directed by Robert Fuest
Written by James Whiton, William Goldstein, and Robert Fuest

Spoilers: mild

Saturday, November 4, 2023

Disinherit the earth


KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese (based on the book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann)

Spoilers: N/A

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

An obscene and zestful irony


SUITABLE FLESH

2023
Directed by Joe Lynch
Written by Dennis Paoli (based on the story "The Thing On the Doorstep" by H.P. Lovecraft)

Spoilers: moderate