Us

200 Favourite Scary Film Moments (185 movies items)

"110) “There’s someone, outside on our lawn.” "

What More Could One Ask For In A Film?

“One of the common themes on my "favorite movies of all time" list is the ability of a film to be genre-diverse without being generic (or in other words, do everything it bites off well). "Us" is one of those rare experiences, as it expertly combines horror, drama, comedy, and social messaging with equally strong cinematography, acting, and music. In short, one more could a single film hope to provide the viewer?

For a very basic overview, "Us" opens with young Adelaide (Madison Curry) having a traumatic experience at the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk. Flashing forward years into the future, Adelaide (Lupita Nyong'o) and husband Gabe (Winston Duke) are vacationing in the same area with children Jason (Evan Alex) and Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph). What starts as a pretty typical middle” read more

Films and TV Series Watched in 2022 (114 movies items)

"REWATCH"

Movies the giraffe watched in 2022: July (36 movies items)

"Re-watch - July 1st I wanted my daughter to watch at least one of Jordan Peele's films before we caught Nope this month, and she picked this one over Get Out. Which is fitting really, given that it has rabbits & some Michael Jackson in it, both of which she's a big fan of. She really liked it & totally got it & kept squealing with delight every time the rabbits were on screen. So we had a good time watching it together. "

Movies Watched in 2022 (50 movies items)

"August 5, 2022"

My Top 275 Favorite Horror Movies of All Time (275 movies items)

"There is a popular quote from a comic strip that ended up being part of the modern day english lexicon that's goessomething like  "We have seen the enemy and it is us!".Well, here is a horror movie which utilizes that saying to its fullest and takes it into a direction that is uniquely it's own. Us is the type of thinking man's premise that tends to piss off  fans of horror flix with standard, generic plots that want the genre to stay within it's popcorn strewn lane. On the other hand, it fasc"

2021 movie journal (195 movies items)

"Friday, March 5th"

Seen in 21 (361 movies items)

"Jotain ilkeää, ilmiselvän pahaa pääsee vapaaksi ja se jokin muistuttaa kummallisesti meitä: kaksoisolennon aihe on kiertänyt monien suodattimien – Poe, Dostojevski jne. – läpi tähän elokuvaan ja ruumiillistunut omanlaiseksi kauhuksi, hämärän ahdistavaksi tarinaksi. Entä jos emme olekaan ansainneet tätä, filmipainajainen kysyy, huikean mukavaa elämää, mitä jos kaikki on vain tallennettua harhaa ja se, mihin olemme tottuneet, koko tämä keskiluokkainen seesteisen elämä, "