Life Update: Fall Fun and Hiatus Announcement

Hello my friends,For those of you who might be new to my blog, I like to pop in and tell you a little about my life about every 6 months.  After an eventful October, I think its time to pop in an say hello.  First and foremost, I want to let you know that I …

Candyman (2021)

Rating: 5/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 84% critic, 72% Audience Overview: A black man moves into gentrified suburbs with an eye to the future and an upcoming art show, but when the curator asks for new work, he discovers that the history of the neighborhood is a topic he never should have touched.  What if …

Rings (2017)

Rating: 2/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 8% Critics, 23% Audience Overview: The killer tape resurfaces over a decade after we last saw it, and it falls into the hands of a college professor intent on finding out if the afterlife is real, with the tape as his proof.  But it all spins out of control …

The Ring (2002)

Rating: 2.5/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71% Critics, 48% Audience Overview: After a videotape that kills its watchers falls into the hands of a journalist, she has seven days to save herself and her family from its sinister curse before the tape comes to kill them all. Best elements: The way this film uses foreshadowing …

Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)

Rating: 3.5/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 69% Critics, 51% Audience Overview: The Sanderson Sisters are loosed on the town of Salem once again when a second black flame candle is lit, but this generation is savvy, and as magic and madness ensue, the sisterhood seems to be the answer. Best elements: I love that this …

MA (2019)

Rating: 2/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 56% critic, 64% audience Overview: When a middle-aged woman buys booze for a group of kids, a friendship turns dangerous when “Ma” turns out to be the victim of their parents’ bullying, but who will pay the price for past transgressions? Best elements: The escalation in this film helps …

Limetown Podcast

Rating: 5/5 stars Spotify Rating: 4.6/5 Stars Overview: A podcast detailing the fictional tragedy of Limetown, a gated community whose residents  mysteriously disappeared after a night of chaos.  Now the niece of a survivor is trying to find out the truth behind this mystery, but she may be uncovering more than she bargained for. Podcast …

Hereditary (2015)

'' Rating: 2/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 90% Critic, 68% Audience Overview: A family grieving the death of Grandma becomes haunted by tragedy, but the worst is yet to come.  Grandma may not have been the innocent matriarch the family thought she was, but just what was she hiding? Best elements: The best element of …

The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

Rating: 1.5/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 17% critic, 45% Audience Overview: A family whose lives revolve around the cancer treatments of their oldest child decide to buy a house near the hospital.  What seems like a perfect house becomes a nightmare when they discover the premises is cursed, and the entities set their sights on …

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Rating: 3/5 stars Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 39% Critics, 71% Audience Overview: A trio of witches is freed on Halloween night by the new kid in town, who finds out that some legends are not as fake as he believed when the witches come after his sister to try and restore their youth and vitality by …