For It Is Man's Number

Movie reviews, big and small, for anything that has passed before my eyes.

Saturday, 6 June 2020

Shudder Saturday: Devil's Mile (2014)

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The lonely American highway. It can be fertile ground for movies, the setting for some fine thrillers, some fine horror movies, and now Devi...
Friday, 5 June 2020

Hellgate (1989)

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Ah Hellgate . If it was a human being, Hellgate  would be the one friend you like visiting occasionally, getting too drunk with, being bored...
Thursday, 4 June 2020

Aladdin (2019)

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As Disney continues to remake/repackage their hits to make more money off them, I end up eventually giving in and watching them. All while w...
Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Prime Time: Scare Me (2020)

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It's not exactly a hard and fast rule, and some of the exceptions are truly memorable, but I have often been struck by the fact that ter...
Tuesday, 2 June 2020

Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil (2019)

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Although I really wasn't a fan of the revisionism of Maleficent ,  the strengths in that movie were still strong enough to ensure that I...
Monday, 1 June 2020

Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)

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The extent of my Pokémon knowledge is very limited. I know that people have "gotta catch 'em all". I know the best way to get ...
Sunday, 31 May 2020

Netflix And Chill: Coffee & Kareem (2020)

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Is it just me or have there been a lot of comedies lately falling back into the well-worn tropes of the buddy cop genre without both leads b...
Saturday, 30 May 2020

Shudder Saturday: Demonic (2015)

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I think James Wan tends to get a bad rap nowadays, mainly for his part in creating the moneyspinning cinematic blend known as "the Wan-...
Friday, 29 May 2020

Onward (2020)

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Here's the starting point for this review. Onward  is a disappointing film from Pixar. The fact that it IS from Pixar means there is sti...
Thursday, 28 May 2020

The Lodge (2019)

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From Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, the people who co-directed and co-wrote Goodnight Mommy  (joined this time by an extra writer, Sergio...
Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Prime Time: The Horror At Gallery Kay (2018)

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Love is funny, eh. Find the right partner for you and you can become a little bit less of what you used to be and a little bit more of what ...
Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Stuck On You (2003)

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The Farrelly brothers had a reputation that they had to uphold at the turn of the 21st century. After scoring big with Dumb & Dumber  an...
Monday, 25 May 2020

Mubi Monday: Hoop Dreams (1994)

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Some things are just much more inherently American than other things. Massive portions of food in their restaurants (pretty sure, from memor...
Sunday, 24 May 2020

Netflix And Chill: The Lovebirds (2020)

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Director Michael Showalter reteams with star Kumail Nanjiani (after their success with The Big Sick ) for this comedy thriller that concerns...
Saturday, 23 May 2020

Shudder Saturday: Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon (2006)

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A film that has always been viewed by many horror fans with a lot of affection, Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon  is an enjoyable ...
Friday, 22 May 2020

Little Fockers (2010)

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The third, and final (and I assume it is going to stay that way), instalment in what we can now refer to as the Fockers trilogy, Little Fock...
Thursday, 21 May 2020

Meet The Fockers (2004)

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Having taken the lead characters on a full journey in the first movie, what would be the best way to craft another tale around Greg Focker (...
Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Prime Time: Along Came Polly (2004)

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In the rather small list of actresses who have more than once played characters evaluated by someone nerdy enough to use statistics and/or a...
Tuesday, 19 May 2020

Meet The Parents (2000)

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Before he became just as easy to dislike as many of his peers, and I am not entirely sure when that happened (I'm still a fan anyway), B...
Monday, 18 May 2020

Mubi Monday: Ran (1985)

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Ran  is based on Shakespeare's King Lear (something I will have to take on good authority from others, having not yet read the play for ...
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I've been through a lot in my years here, and not all of it was good. In fact, some of it was horrible. So I try to reflect some of that learning curve, and some of my many life experiences, in the movie reviews here on my blog.
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