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All of our families have secrets. Like a child with an illness or disorder. For some reason, one member is embarrassed of it, and doesn’t even want them in their sights. I find that pretty low, and lousy ya know? If my son ever had an illness or deformity I wouldn’t shun him away, I’d embrace him like the family he is to me, not like the dad did in the 1982 release of Frank Henenlotter’s “Basket Case.”
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Adam Sandler is funny. Granted, we all know this, and I’m sure most people have seen at least one of his movies. Bedtime Stories, however, is a bit different from his other films, in that it’s a children’s movie. It’s also Sandler’s first movie with Walt Disney Co.
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If you know me at all by now, you KNOW i’m a sucker for anthology films. Through the good and the bad, the thick and the thin, i’m always up for a compilation of stories. I’ve seen TONS but there are still many i have yet to see. However one of my favorites, “The Vault of Horror” has seemed to be remade, or at least in my eyes, in the 2006 release of “Trapped Ashes.”
Writer/Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: Micheal Moriarty- David ‘Mo’ Rutherford
Andrea Marcovicci- Nicole
Garrett Morris- Chocolate Chip Charlie
Paul Sarvino- Colonel Malcolm Spears
Scott Bloom- Jason
Release date: June 14, 1985
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi/Comedy
Tag Line: Are you eating it… or is it eating you?
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The film I have reviewed is one of my favorites from my youth. This is a super fun movie for fans of 80’s camp and cheese, and can even be considered a cult favorite by some.
Sure, this movie maybe doesn’t stand up as well as some movies from the 80’s, and the effects are a little dated, but I still feel that this movie delivers on many levels and is a must see for all horror fans and fans of the 80’s cheese flick.
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After spending several months on the island of Madagascar, the wild gang of animals plan their return trip to New York. After a short trip on their badly-repaired airplane, they land in Africa. Alex (Ben Stiller) meets his long lost father, and the others fit right in with their respective groups. All seems well until the four realize that they need each other more than they ever realized.
This is a review of three short films by Director Waylon Bacon.
Bob
The short starts out with a very strange looking man walking around town. He seems to be very well known and one of those people who you just can’t hate. After a series of “Hi Bob!!” from many other strange looking people (Such as a veteran, a hobo, a bag lady, business man, etc). Bob is then struck in the middle of the street, Killed upon impact. The driver of the car then looks back and then says “Sorry Bob.” The thing that really gets you is that abnormal make up done by Shannon Burla, which is grade A.
3/5 Reels
Squid Rating
Poster Boy
This short deals with a guy, who obviously isn’t healthy due to the color of his skin, looking around his house for cigarettes. We learn he smokes ALOT based on the massive amounts of empty cigarette packs around his house. So he proceeds to go out and buy some more. After he purchases them and starts smoking them, the public notices him. They all start coughing and see he is the one causing them to do so. They start chasing him around the city until he makes it back to his house. Once he is inside he races to the bathroom and starts to smoke again. After he takes a few puffs he notices lines begin to appear around his jaw. All of a sudden it just falls off. His chasers come in and think he did it himself to stop smoking. He is praised and then made into the next billboard, this is what will happen to you if you smoke, kind of deal. Really unique piece here, and it would not have been anywhere near as good as it is without the score by Jason Miller. The incredible special effects continue as Shannon Burla, with Jeff Lanzaga and Ali Ulrich, show off more of their work.
4/5 Reels
Golden Squid Rating
My Worst Nightmare
This short was my favorite out of the whole group of them. I loved how it starts out in his dream, with him telling us about it in a voiceover. The fact that both his father and him were buried under two twin rosebushes is insane!!! He comes back and the ladies of the house, but they complain about how rude he was for coming back. They explained how it wasn’t fair to them, since they’ve grieved and recovered already. With that said, he proceeds to go back to his rosebushy grave. This one shows more of the creative side of the twisted world of Waylon Bacon. Also there are plans for this short to be made into a feature length film, which I think would be amazing to see.
4.5/5 Reels
Platinum Squid Rating
To catch more of his awesome shorts and artwork check out: www.waylonbacon.com
Guest Reviewer Brandon Carter submitted his take on the box office power and current hit Twilight. Thanks for the submission Brandon!
I went into this movie with huge expectations. As a fan of the Twilight series, I had read in numerous reviews that it was very true to the books, and that that was a defining part of the movie. Unfortunately, that didn’t prove very true.
In fact, I found the accuracy compared to the book was unparalleled in disaster. Even the Harry Potter movies aren’t this bad. Fabricated events don’t happen in HP, and neither does the changing of character’s personalities.
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What’s your price for fortune and fame? At what point do you realize that what you’ve done may have gone too far? Many times this is the case, you want something so bad that you become obsessed with getting it and have to obtain it at any cost, even if that cost includes death, like the fellow in the 2007 release of Kamal Ahmed’s “Rapturious.”
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We all talk to ourselves, no matter if you’re willing to admit it or not, we all do it. Whether it’s trying to solve a problem, or just making what you just said made sense. However there is a point where talking to yourself can cross a line. When you start talking to someone, or something, else besides yourself and you swear its there. Like the Mother and Uncle duo in the 2007 release of a Bloody Moon Films feature, “Shudder”, Directed by Ben Dixon.
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“I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley!”
A tainted airline meal sends the entire crew of a dysfunctional passenger jet and threatens to send the entire plane to a fiery doom. It’s up to one man and a doctor on board to save the plane and everyone’s lives. It won’t happen before some interesting events, such as a fight with the autopilot.