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The Peanut Butter Falcon

Club Overall Rating: 8.7 / 10

Dale’s Analysis:

A well-crafted film that will hold up over time, “The Peanut Butter Falcon” pulls all the right strings due to its beautiful writing and cinematography.  The cast has fantastic chemistry together with the always captivating Shia LaBeouf at the helm. All in all it’s a movie that should not be ignored.  8.2 / 10  

Alex’s Review:

A great feel-good movie that embarks you on a journey between two kind souls.  The connection between Tyler and Zack is beautiful written and acted out with perfection.  A must-see for all movie lovers.  8.8 / 10

George’s Critique

New comer Zack Gottsagen combines wonderfully with Shia LaBeouf and Dakota Johnson to create a beautiful story and film.  The soundtrack is great, the cinematography is top notch, it really is hard not to fall in love with this excellent movie.  Don’t miss it.    “Friends are the family you choose”.  9.2 / 10

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Trailer Thursday

“Gretel and Hansel” d. Oz Perkins

Releasing January 31, 2020

Starring Sophia Lillis and Jessica De Guow

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl (Sophia Lillis) leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

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Hey everyone,

Recently we as a group have decided to create our own website and slowly transition over there, in the hopes to get more traffic and to really be able to take our “Club” to the next level and provide quality movie reviews and movie information to all over our beloved followers and fans.  We appreciate you guys spreading the love as we transition over and any suggestions about the new website are greatly appreciated!  

For now, we will continue to post here and will give you an update as time passes on. 

Thanks for all your support and hope you are enjoying our posts!

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Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (2019)

Club Overall Rating: 5.4 / 10

Dale’s Review: 

A solid addition to the horror genre, “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark” focuses on fundamentals that make up a “scary movie” with jump scares and nightmarish monsters.  Unfortunately those aspects are really the only thing the movie has going for it.  5.3 / 10

Alex’s Critique:

Amateur rating with the whole number, but the movie fell flat to me.  A few good jump scares but the plot was fairly transparent and unoriginal.  Inspirational trying to reinvent the books with the movie, and unfortunately it didn’t pay off like one would have hoped. 5.0 / 10

George’s Analysis:

The combination of jump scares, humor, and creepy stories, makes “Scary Movies To Tell In The Dark”  a solid introduction to the horror genre for young teens.  A good film to take your kids too but scary movie fans looking for something new to love won’t be too impressed.  I will say the monsters looked pretty good though, and I did enjoy the acting from these young stars. 6.0 / 10

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Trailer Tuesday 

“Ad Astra” d. James Gray

Releasing September 20th, 2019 

Starring Brad Pitt, Liv Tyler, Tommy Lee Jones

Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father (Tommy Lee Jones) and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of humans on Earth. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.

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Watch It Wednesday

Blue Ruin (2013) 

“I’d forgive you if you were crazy, but you’re not. You’re weak.”

Currently on Netflix. If you haven’t seen this, be sure to check it out.  You will not be disappointed.

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by Pat C

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Ready Or Not (2019)

Club Overall Rating: 6.1 / 10

Dale’s Thoughts:

Ready Or Not is a relatively entertaining flick with solid performances.  Its dark humor hits its mark, although the story somehow seems predictable and a bit underwhelming.  You’ll leave the theater content as long as your exceptions are reasonable.  (5.5) 

Alex’s Analysis:

Ready Or Not is a unique film in that it incorporates aspects of many different genres.  It is essentially a thriller that has a substantial amount of comedic relief.  Surprisingly, this combination works better than expected, likely due to the disparity between the normalized personalities of the actors and the unorthodox situation they are put into.  Despite Samara Weaving putting up a stellar performance, the film’s plot falls short and doesn’t engage the viewer. (6.1)

George’s Review:

I found Ready Or Not to be fun and entertaining; a great, one time watch kind of movie.  I definitely felt some Evil Dead vibes and really enjoyed the acting, especially Samara Weaving as the lead Grace.  She really hit it out of the park with her role.  Some laughs mixed in with a little bit of gore here and there make for a solid dark comedy, and the short run time makes for a good mid-week movie night.  Check it out and let us know what you think! (6.6)

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The club is excited to see “Ready or Not” tonight, a dark comedy in which a newly-wed woman has to fight for her life as she is hunted by her in-laws, in what seems to be part of some diabolical ritual.

We think this movie looks pretty promising, and the early reviews seem to agree!

The title role, Grace, is played by Samara Weaving, is a newcomer to the box office role.  She got her start on Australian TV and then, in one of her first movie roles played along side her Uncle Hugo Weaving in “Mystery Road” (Agent Smith from The Matrix Series).

Adam Brody plays along side Samara as her new husband Daniel Le Domas.  Adam got his big start as the beloved Seth Cohen on “The O.C.”.  He has appeared in various movies throughout the years, but this is one of his first lead roles in a while.

We look forward to sharing our thoughts about the film tomorrow, and if you have seen it, make sure to drop some comments or even your own review in our ask!

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“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention too”

— Robin Williams as Sean Maguire; “Good Will Hunting” (1997)

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