Now Playing

Promising Young Woman (2020)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

Promising Young Woman (2020)

“It’s every guy’s worst nightmare, getting accused like that.”

“Can you guess what every woman’s worst nightmare is?”

Quirky, disturbing, occasionally funny and sweet, and ultimately frustrating.

Read More
Slay Belles (2018)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

Slay Belles (2018)

“I stood by you…even when we had to eat the reindeer.”

also

“I smell gingerbread!”

Slay Belles is to holiday horror what Bikini Valley Carwash is to automotive detailing. All that’s missing is Ron Jeremy.

Read More
Save Yourselves! (2020)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

Save Yourselves! (2020)

“No laptops, no phones, no connecting to anything…bye world…”

Also…

The BMB Cat returns to the theater!

Read More
#Alive (2020)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

#Alive (2020)

Just when we thought we were international zombied out…

Derivative, more than a little chewed over, and predictable…but eh…it’s alright.

Read More
The Outpost (2020)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

The Outpost (2020)

Outpost Keating, located in a remote portion eastern of Afghanistan, was attacked by a massive Taliban force on 3 October, 2009.

Two men earned the Medal of Honor.

The Outpost is a story of that battle and those men.

Read More
Knives Out (2019)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

Knives Out (2019)

“…look around…the guy practically lives in a Clue board”

also…

“What were the words overheard by the Nazi child masturbatin' in the bathroom?”

Read More
The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

The Art of Self-Defense (2019)

“You? Karate? Impossible.”

Ok…I have to admit…since watching The Social Network it is impossible for me to see Jesse Eisenberg act and not think I’m watching Mark Zuckerberg. That may be the reason The Art of Self-Defense makes me a little queasy.

Read More
At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
Umer Khalil Umer Khalil

At Eternity’s Gate (2018)

“Are all the painters crazy?”

“Maybe just the good ones.”

van Gogh, Dafoe, and a Guest Review by the mighty UrAvgFilmFan (aka Umer Khalil) of Twitter and Instagram movie review fame! What more could you ask for?

Read More
The Kitchen (2019)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

The Kitchen (2019)

“Can I do the other leg?”

This was the most predictable, unoriginal movie I’ve seen this year…until it wasn’t.

The Kitchen is a lot of things, but the most important is that it is not what it seems.

Read More
Gretel & Hansel (2020)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

Gretel & Hansel (2020)

“It also smells of bacon, you know?”

That is a great set up for a line like “And so does this movie…except that people like bacon,” but that is too harsh. Gretel & Hansel isn’t a bad movie - it’s just not particularly good and nowhere near as creepy, scary, or suspenseful as the trailers for it. It’s just kind of there.

Read More
Parasite (2019)
David Beeksma David Beeksma

Parasite (2019)

“The winner is… a movie from South Korea! What the hell was that all about?” - President Donald Trump

Parasite is a 2019 South Korean (sorry…afraid the president already let the cat out the bag on that) film about the relationship between two families, the ultra-wealthy Parks and the near destitute Kims.

Read More
Rambo - Last Blood (2019)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

Rambo - Last Blood (2019)

“I haven’t changed. I just keep a lid on it.”

Stallone. John Rambo. The (maybe) final chapter in a forty year movie franchise.

Rambo - Last Blood (which is a lot of words, so we’ll just call it RLB), is the bookend to a five film series going back to the 1982 Rambo - First Blood. With stops in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Burma-Thailand, and Mexico, it has been a violent travelogue of America’s and the world’s most troubled spots...

Read More
The Outsider (2019)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

The Outsider (2019)

Some movies are just bad.

This is one of them.

We usually go light on Spoilers here, but we’ll hop right into them because this movie stinks so bad I don’t think it is actually possible to spoil it anymore than it already is.

Read More
Raccoon Valley (2018)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

Raccoon Valley (2018)

We don’t have much to say about this movie.

That’s chiefly because this movie doesn’t say a lot.

The promo for this short (65 minute) piece describes it as “Truly Independent,” a “New Approach to Suspense” and “Critically Acclaimed.” That, and its length, were enough to convince me to give it a try.

Read More
The Hunt (2020)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

The Hunt (2020)

“Dangerous.” - Indiewire

“Not appropriate” - Time

“The most talked about movie of the year that no one has actually seen.” - The movie’s marketers

We’ve seen The Hunt. We’re ready to talk about it.

Read More
Bikini Valley Car Wash (2020)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

Bikini Valley Car Wash (2020)

Ron Jeremy is the best actor in this movie.

Ok…I have to admit…when I saw this pop up on Amazon Prime I scrolled past. Then I came back to it. A few minutes later I was watching it, thinking “I am totally not watching this movie…and no matter what, I’ll never write a review on a movie named Bikini Valley Car Wash.”

I’m writing a review on a movie named Bikini Valley Car Wash.

Read More
Bloodshot (2020)
Daniele Langerbeck Daniele Langerbeck

Bloodshot (2020)

Guest Review by the Dynamic Dani!

Our first guest review comes all the way from sunny Sweden, curtesy of Bloodshot Booster #1, Daniele L. As fans of the Valiant Comic from the 1990s, this was on our short list for review but we can’t improve on her write-up.

From Dani…

Read More
Joker (2019)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

Joker (2019)

I Really Need to Watch Happier Movies…

Joker is not a happy movie. Or a particularly good one.

So what’s the story?

Read More
The Night Eats the World (2018)
Dave Beeksma Dave Beeksma

The Night Eats the World (2018)

Chewed over Tropes or Fresh Food for the Brain?

The Night Eats the World brings the shambling zombie genre to Paris in a film that is either dully derivative…or deviously original.

Read More