Sunday, September 27, 2015

Fool's Views (8/1 – 8/31)





As July rolled around, I found myself totally overwhelmed with my NASM personal training certification studies, trying in vain to memorize muscular insertion points (no, that’s not a euphemism) and which amino acids were essential and which weren’t. I finally had to call for reinforcements.

For the first time in the history of the H101 blog, other people's names were on the byline for the reviews, but happily those names were none other than Matt Wedge and Jason Coffman, two of the wickedest scribblers to be found, both of whom happen to live in my own darn zip code. (insert obligatory “Chicago’s horror community rocks” shout-out here.) My load was lightened, my personal views ebbed slightly, the reviews slowed to a trickle and then….

I passed that f*****g test. And life got a little better. I mean, I had to start memorizing lines for Greenbrier Valley Theatre’s production of Hamlet the next day, but I could actually justify watching a few movies JUST FOR FUN. Like, you know, BATMAN and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD and MISSION-FRICKING-IMPOSSIBLE.

As always, feel free to leave your two cents worth – we’ll make sure you get some change back.

Enjoy!

Some people never go anywhere without their HORROR 101. These people usually die before the credits.


HORROR:
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
d. O'Bannon, Dan (USA) (5th viewing)

Under the Skin (2013)
d. Glazer, Jonathan (UK) (2nd viewing)
***CLICK HERE FOR FULL REVIEW***

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
d. Clement, Jemaine / Waititi, Taika (New Zealand) (1st viewing)





BLU-RAY REVIEWS:
Cub (aka Welp) (2014)
d. Govaerts, Jonas  (Belgium) (1st and 2nd viewings)
***CLICK HERE FOR FULL REVIEW***

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) d. Gregory, David (USA) (2nd viewing)
***CLICK HERE FOR FULL REVIEW***




CIVILIAN:
Batman: The Movie (1966)
d. Martinson, Leslie H. (USA) (3rd viewing)

La Grande Bouffe (1973)
d. Ferreri, Marco (France/Italy) (1st viewing)

Hamlet (1990)
d. Zefferelli, Franco (UK/USA) (3rd viewing)

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) d. McQuarrie, Christopher (USA) (1st viewing)

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
d. Hess, Jared (USA) (3rd viewing)




2015 Totals to date: 194 films, 115 1st time views, 97 horror, 25 cinema

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