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The Hitcher

January 20, 2021by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Whether drinking Monster or watching Quiz Call, we’ve all done stupid things to stay awake – but none more stupid than Jim (C. Thomas Howell) in 1986’s The Hitcher, who […]

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Soul

January 18, 2021by Dan Meier Leave a comment

After falling down a manhole, music teacher and jazz pianist Joe (Jamie Foxx) is late for his dream gig, both in terms of being dead and in the sense of […]

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

January 14, 2021by Dan Meier Leave a comment

It is tragic how good Chadwick Boseman is in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a 2020 drama based on the eponymous “Mother of the Blues” (Viola Davis) who became one of […]

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Final Destination

January 12, 2021by Dan Meier Leave a comment

The story of some people racing against time to stop death, Final Destination is now entering its 21st year as the most pointless premise ever conceived. Final Destination is an […]

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Resident Evil: Afterlife

January 6, 2021by Dan Meier Leave a comment

As if our collective intelligence wasn’t already being insulted on a daily basis by press conferences about a deadly virus delivered by a shambling humanoid doberman, the Resident Evil franchise is […]

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Clue

December 30, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

The story of board game turned movies is a curious one. Ouija bored and Battleship sank without a trace. Rumours of a Hungry Hungry Hippos film turned out to be a […]

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Panic Room

December 29, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

A former child star and future grownup star play a mother and daughter (Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart) trapped in a panic room after their new house is invaded by […]

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I’ve Never Seen… Home Alone

December 27, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Around this time of year people are surprised to learn I’ve never seen Home Alone, to which I counter that I have walked past a Jo Malone. This 1990 child […]

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Stan Getz: People Time

December 24, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Stan getz the documentary treatment in Jean-Pierre Larcher’s 1993 tribute to the saxophonist who brought bossa nova to North America. Made 2 years after his death, this French doc describes […]

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Dead End

December 22, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

On a Christmas Eve drive to the in-laws, a disgruntled father (Ray Wise) takes his family on a slay ride after chancing a shortcut for the first time in 20 […]

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