Binge Bones

  Welcome to Canuxploitation Week! Watch along with me when you can! Reviews will be hyperlinked whenever possible throughout the week. 8-Nov Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010) Hoopla 9-Nov Scanners (1981) HBO 10-Nov The Changeling (1980) Shudder 11-Nov The Brood (1979) Kanopy 12-Nov Black Christmas (1974) Roku 13-Nov Curtains (1982) TubiTV 14-Nov Rabid (1977) Criterion Upcoming Genre Weeks: 11/15-11/21      Adventure Comedy 11/22-11/28      Family-Oriented Comedy 11/29-12/5      Workplace Comedy 12/6-12/12      Musicals 12/13-12/19      Serial Killer Films

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (2018) RELEASED December 14, 2018 DVD March 19, 2019 RUNTIME 117 mins  DIRECTORS Rodney Rothman, Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti  WRITERS Stan Lee (characters), Sharon Bridgeman (story artist), Rodney Rothman (screenplay), Phil Lord (screenplay), Steve Ditko (characters), Jane Wu (story artist), John Puglisi (story artist), Heiko Drengenberg (story artist), Denise Koyama (story artist), Mark Ackland (story artist), Miguel Jiron (story artist), Yoriaki Mochizuki (story artist), Riccardo Durante (story artist), Ryan Savas (story artist), Eva Bruschi (story artist), Cody Cameron (story artist), Vi-Dieu Nguyen (story artist), Jihyun Park (story artist), Miles Thompson (story artist) COUNTRY United States LANGUAGE English  STARS Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld STUDIOS Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Marvel Entertainment, Arad Productions, Lord Miller, Pascal Pictures, Sony Pictures  GENRES Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction

Gerald's Game (2020) RELEASED September 29, 2017 RUNTIME 104 mins DIRECTOR Mike Flanagan  WRITERS Stephen King (novel), Jeff Howard (screenplay), Mike Flanagan (screenplay)  STARS Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Chiara Aurelia COUNTRY United States LANGUAGE English  STUDIO Intrepid Pictures  GENRES Thriller, Drama, Horror Streaming On: Netflix The plot: A woman's husband dies during a sex game where she is handcuffed to a bed.  Random observations: The movie kind of plays like a recap of the first episode of Season 8 of a series. There is obviously too much from the book that couldn't be squeezed in, and the weird flashbacks don't necessarily cut well.  The pacing stutters but I like the dog. The quality is good for Netflix, but I'd feel ripped off if I paid movie ticket prices at a theater for this.  This is my second viewing of this film and its rewatchability doesn't hold very well. The deep subjects covered going on in the main character's tapestry were w

  The Hunger Games (2012) RELEASED March 23, 2012 RUNTIME 142 mins DIRECTOR Gary Ross  WRITERS Suzanne Collins (novel), Billy Ray (screenplay), Gary Ross (screenplay)  STARS Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth COUNTRY United States LANGUAGE English  STUDIOS Lionsgate, Color Force  GENRES Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction Streaming on: imdbTV, TubiTV, Freeform, Fubo, Sling The plot: Jennifer Lawrence takes her little sister's place in a Battle Royale, a circus if you will, dictated by a place in Panem, Latin for "bread". Roman names are bastardized to underline the fact that humans always have been and always will be raging dickbags. Random observations:  It's super easy to sing "I want my MTV" to the underlying score and I highly recommend you do so. Emphasis on "high"ly. We've got a Wilhelm Scream when Katniss cuts off the tree branch with the tracker-jackers. Danny Elfman was the original composer for The Hunger Games, but du

Welcome to Escape Films Week! Who said Escape Films need to be Prison Escape Films? Not me! I'm focusing on some pictures that have either great escape scenes or escape elements. Here's what I'll be watching this week: 1-Nov The Hunger Games (2012) imdbTV 2-Nov Gerald's Game (2017) Netflix 3-Nov The Old Guard (2020) Netflix 4-Nov Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Netflix 5-Nov Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020) HBO 6-Nov The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020) Netflix 7-Nov Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) Hulu Upcoming Genre Weeks: 11/8-11/14 Canuxploitation 11/15-11/21 Adventure Comedy 11/22-11/28 Family-Oriented Comedy 11/29-12/5 Workplace Comedy 12/6-12/12 Musicals