Kevin's Review Catalogue: 2024

Friday, December 20, 2024

Review: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Approved by the Production Code Administration of the Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America

Review: Y2K (2024)

Y2K (2024)

Rated R for bloody violence, strong sexual content/nudity, pervasive language, and teen drug/alcohol use

Review: Wicked: Part I (2024)

Wicked: Part I (2024)

Rated PG-13 for some scary action, thematic material and brief suggestive material

Review: The House of the Devil (2009)

The House of the Devil (2009)

Rated R for some bloody violence

Review: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, disturbing gross content, sexuality/nudity and pervasive language (unrated version reviewed)

Review Double Feature: Smile (2022) and Smile 2 (2024)

Another day, another double feature, this time of a movie that came out a couple of years ago but which I'm just now getting around to seeing and its newly-released sequel. How were they? Read on...

Smile (2022)

Rated R for strong violent content and grisly images, and language

Review: Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)

Who Can Kill a Child? (¿Quién puede matar a un niño?) (1976)

Rated R

Review: And Soon the Darkness (1970)

And Soon the Darkness (1970)

Rated GP (now PG)

Review: The Substance (2024)

The Substance (2024)

Rated R for strong bloody violent content, gore, graphic nudity and language

Review: All Hallows' Eve (2013)

All Hallows' Eve (2013)

Not rated

Review Double Feature: Beetlejuice (1988) and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

Another double feature, and once again, it's a classic movie and its nostalgic, decades-later sequel. How do they fare?

Beetlejuice (1988)

Rated PG

Review: The Crow (1994)

A remake of The Crow just came out last weekend. I heard it sucked, so I decided to go back and watch the original instead.

The Crow (1994)

Rated R for a great amount of strong violence and language, and for drug use and some sexuality

Review: Alien: Romulus (2024)

Alien: Romulus (2024)

Rated R for bloody violent content and language

Review: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

Rated R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references

Review: Chronicle (2012)

Chronicle (2012)

Rated PG-13 for intense action and violence, thematic material, some language, sexual content and teen drinking

Review Double Feature: Twister (1996) and Twisters (2024)

Making this another double feature. This weekend, I went back and rewatched the original Twister, an old nostalgic favorite of mine, just in time for the release of its years-later nostalgic sequel Twisters. Does the original hold up, and does the sequel live up to it?

Twister (1996)

Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather

Review: Longlegs (2024)

Longlegs (2024)

Rated R for bloody violence, disturbing images and some language

Review: Fright Night (1985)

Fright Night (1985)

Rated R

Review: MaXXXine (2024)

MaXXXine (2024)

Rated R for strong violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and drug use

Review: In a Violent Nature (2024)

In a Violent Nature (2024)

Not rated

Review: I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Rated PG-13 for violent content, some sexual material, thematic elements and teen smoking

Salem Horror Fest 2024 Week 1, Day 4: Welcome Week: A College Horror Anthology (2024)

The last day of the Salem Horror Fest's first weekend had two movies. The second one is one that I really want to talk about... but I can't, because not only was it a secret screening, they also told us not to tell anyone that it was shown at the festival because they didn't want to put a potential distribution deal into jeopardy. This unfortunately leaves me with the first movie I saw that day...

Welcome Week: A College Horror Anthology (2024)

Not rated

Salem Horror Fest 2024 Week 1, Day 3: Cat People (1942), Burned at the Stake (1981), Young Blondes, Stalked and Murdered (2024), and Faceless After Dark (2023)

The third night of the Salem Horror Fest had another theme to it, especially once I got past the retro films they showed earlier in the day. If the second night was Found Footage Night, then this was Hollywood Night, with both of the evening's films revolving around fame, especially that of actresses.

First up, though, comes the older films...

Cat People (1942)

Approved by the Production Code Administration of the Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America

Salem Horror Fest 2024 Week 1, Day 2: It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This (2023) and Livescreamers (2023)

The second night of the Salem Horror Fest was where the real horror movies came out, and they had a theme: found footage. The similarities ended there, though. The first film of the night was a lo-fi, no-budget film that felt evocative of The Blair Witch Project with its distinctly freeform style, while the second one was a hyper-modern one set in a Twitch stream gone horribly wrong. How were they? Read on...

It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This (2023)

Not rated

Salem Horror Fest 2024 Week 1, Day 1: The People's Joker (2022)

Just because I left Fort Lauderdale, and with it Popcorn Frights, behind when I moved to Boston last year doesn't mean I have to give up on horror festivals. And just as I managed to sneak in a trip to the Telluride Horror Show amidst my adventures in Utah back in 2022, so too did I find that -- where else? -- Salem, Massachusetts hosted the annual Salem Horror Show in April and May. Tonight was the first night, and they screened one of the festival's token non-horror films in The People's Joker, a queer Batman spoof made without any official approval from DC Comics or Warner Bros. (They originally had a screening of Hocus Pocus planned with Kathy Najimy as a special guest, but Najimy had to cancel at the last minute.) How was it?

The People's Joker (2022)

Not rated