I look forward to seeing it. I love the older and the Foster era Chicago hits both.

25 or 6 to 4, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?, Just You 'N' Me, Saturday in the Park, Feelin' Stronger Every Day, Wishing You Were Here, Baby, What a Big Surprise, If You Leave Me Now... those are great songs.

But come Chicago XIV they just lost it. The next set of radio hits with Foster were fantastic! I loved em:

Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away, Love Me Tomorrow, Stay the Night... I would say I love those as much as any of the previous hits.

I also loved Hard Habit to Break which was actually written by Steve Kipner/John Lewis Parker. I Know Kipner from writing some Olivia Newton-john songs like Physical, Heart Attack, Twist of Fate.

Along Comes a Woman is a good song from Cetera/Mark Goldenberg. I loved You're the Inspiration when it first came out. I heard it so much, I don't want to hear anymore. lol

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Quicksand, 2023, 5/10

Directed by Andres Beltran




God is a Bullet, 2023. 6/10

Director: Nick Cassavetes

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Very controversial film told in reverse order dealing with a brutal rape of a pregnant woman and the seeking of revenge by her husband and former lover. Lots of swirling spinning camera work and the constant hum of infrasound made some viewers nauseated (maybe that was deliberate by director Gaspar Noe, whose films are quite confrontational) and begins with one of the most violent and brutal scenes scenes I've ever witnessed.

The notorious rape beating scene is truly nasty and seems to go on forever, particularly as a stationary camera films it as though You are right there. I will give kudos to Monica Bellucci who is very convincing and after seeing the happy beginning (actually the end of the film) with her discovering her happy news and being radiatingly beautiful. To me, it makes her ordeal more horrible.

More of an ordeal and not anything You really would want to see. *1/2

He's made a total of 7 entries so far. Apparently, he's working on #8. I really enjoy these films. So much so, that I bought all of them on Prime. If you're on Facebook, he has a group on there.

Kuru 2017 ★★½

A family on the prowl for food for their cannibalistic son.

No great shakes, did not do much for me.

Weinstein 2018 ★★★½

Comprehensive story on the rise and fall. It gives you a pretty complete picture of what happened.

Sound of Silence 2023 ★★

Mediocre Italian haunted house movie about a ghost who can't stand the radio. Or maybe he just likes KBBL.

It starts off okay, but then it just gets worse. With increasingly bland jump scares, a boyfriend who's just there to get possessed and an end scene that drags too long.

Scary Movie 2 2001 ★★

I was in the mood for something stupid and this one did not disappoint.

Some of the jokes are dated, but I still got one or two chuckles. And truth be told, Anna Faris is pretty good in this type of goofy shit.

The Grudge 2004 ★★★★

I cannot put my finger on when exactly, but I know that I have seen this one some time in the past.

All I can say is that this has been a ball.

The jump scares are set to perfection. You get that great sense of paranoia, of not knowing where the danger is coming from. Something is coming to get you and it can come from anywhere and at any time. Everybody remembers SMG in the shower, but the jump scare in the bus does the trick just as well.

Sarah Michelle Gellar is great in this one. Her Karen immediately garners the viewer's sympathy. I also like Ryo Ishibashi (the business man from Audition) and his performance as the cop spearheading the investigation; and special shoutout to Bill Pullman, reliving bits of his performance in The Serpent and the rainbow. Only a short appearance, but it still leaves an impression, because it's Bill fucking Pullman.

Is it culturally adapted/watered down for Western audiences? Maybe so. The resulting flick is a great piece of enterntainment. And a few people will use this gateway drug to get to the real J-horror. All for the better.

Jeepers Creepers 2 2003 ★★

A boring sequel to Jeepers Creepers. Justin Long is replaced by a bus filled with generic slasher fodder. At least they're coming home from a game and not going to a party.

That said, the monster did look pretty good and it had a few good moments to save it from a one star rating.

Also... Scotty doesn't live.

The Dick Maas Method 2020 ★★★½

A comprehensive journey through the career of Dick Maas. With all the ups and downs that came with it.

From the conflicts with the producer (who looks a bit like Youp Van 't Hek nowawadays) over the international success and praise. But over the course of their lives, all humans take some bad decisions and then a dream turns into a job, a friendship goes sour,... At times touching, at times very funny.

This is an ode to dreaming big and the can do spirit. A must watch for people who love cinema magic and a type of underdog... You say “no way” and they say “watch me”

Vivarium 2019 ★★★★

Vivarium is an odd little offering.

The civilised world should be close and yet, you are somehow completely isolated. And there is no way out.

Granted, you also need some suspension of disbelief to get past all your questions concerning things like building permits, missing persons reports (especially with both main characters working for a school and so on).

We follow Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) and Gemma (Imogen Poots) as a young couple looking to buy a house. Imogen Poots delivers a solid and layered performance and Eisenberg brings what is probably his most likable character since Zombieland. Sidenote: Why a guy who is regularly cast as an annoying little pipsqueak is now a gardener all of a sudden is an... interesting choice. But anyway. Moving on.

The way they get lured by the creeper real estate guy had a tone that reminded me of Speak No Evil, with harm coming to people too polite to say “thanks, but no thanks”. Also, get a load of this real estate guy. Something tells he was raised by a Nic Cage character. Also, I'd rather buy a house from Terry O'Quinn's character in The Stepfather than from this guy.

I was immersed in the atmosphere. Their attempts to escape, the confrontation with their adopted artificial/alien son, their disturbed relationship with the “child”, Tom's digging a hole,... and the ending. Which I will not spoil, but suffice it to say that it will inspire very little fist pumping or bumping.

Vivarium. For an off the chain movie night.

The Grudge 3 2009 ★★

A few good moments here and there, but it does not nearly pack as much of a sting as part 1.

The Things We Cannot Change 2023 ★½

This movie has several issues, but it's not as terrible as this review will make it sound.

The main problem is the acting. Sometimes it reaches Tommy Wiseau-levels, discount Magneto has his delivery ruin his good look and I am still wondering what discount Megan Fox was going for. But whatever it was, it was more funny than compelling.

The script was a bit too non sequitur at times, though it has some nice bits and ideas here and there. Long story short: with a few rewrites, Blumhouse or a similar studio could turn this into something decent.

Now? More nah than yeah, I'm afraid.