Ginger Snaps (2000)

My mother bought this movie years ago for me out of the $5 bin at Walmart. I did not expect much but I loved it. Upon rewatching it I fell in love again.

Ginger Snaps is a werewolf movie but it is very different than all of the rest. Ginger Snaps is told from a female perspective and is very blatant.

Bridget and Ginger are 15 and 16. Both have still yet to blossom into their womanhood by getting their period. Ginger gets hers and then... WEREWOLVES.

The soundtrack sticks out to me every time.

Both girls are creepy as hell and I love it.

A Simple Favor (2018)

I have been looking foward to this one since I saw the trailer last year. A Simple Favor is a thriller at heart with a dash of comedy sprinkled in.

Two women are the focus in this film. Stephanie played by Anna Kendrick is a single mom and blogger striving to be the perfect mom. Her son meets the son of Emily played by Blake Lively who is a successful woman and a bit of a fashionista, ok more than a bit.

Somehow Stephanie and Emily become friends though it may be debatable if that is one sided. The mystery starts when Emily goes missing.

This was a wild ride. It had twist after twist and some I expected to pan out a certain way ended up leading to some more twists.

Assassination Nation (2018)

 

At first the premise of this movie seemed dumb but I liked the trailer and the striking use of color. Assassination Nation follows a group of girls in a town where everyone's dirty secrets get aired. Madness ensues.

 The soundtrack gets things moving but its the supporting cast that got me invested. All the cliches and steriotypes are there but then they are turned on their head.

This film has a feminine voice that proclaims loudly it's message. While sometimes it was hard to believe the extreemes we are shown I was invested enough that it didn't bother me.

I plan on seeing this one again. 

Halloween III (1982)

 

I have only ever seen Halloween and Halloween II. So I had no clue what I was getting into with this movie. My friend Mikey insisted that I just HAD to see it so i figured why not. 

The thing he forgot to mention was... This is not a movie about Michael Myers. I spent the first hour waiting for him to show up. Oncce that was over I was able to fully focus on the movie. The acting was over the top in the way that some older movies are but it worked. The main character Dr. Challis is a charismatic dude that has a heart but doesn't always make great choices. His companion Ellie played by the lovely Stacey Nelkin is searching for answers.

This is all set 8 days before and leading up to halloween. There is a comercial for halloween masks which is set to the tune of London Bridge which is wicked catchy. Over all this was a great horror movie.

 

The Predator (2018)

 The Predators or Yautja as they are sometimes called are some of my favorite monsters/aliens in cinema. They live by a warrior's code where the strong fight the strong. That being said some of the Predator movies have not been very good. 

The Predator exists in the same world as the other movies, this is not a reboot. The government knows about them and has been studying them. The cast here is strange but it works well. Olivia Munn plays a scientist trying to study the Predators though she often points out that they are hunters not predators which has some humor.

This movie is funny which you wouldn't think would work in a Predator movie but it just does. Munn is traveling with a team of ex military who all have problems. The addition of a child to the mix is kinda cool. 

My biggest gripe was the super Predator. We didn't need to make them bigger to make them scarier. In my opinion he should have been a Yautja with cooler armor or just better skill. His size and his movements were lame.

Overall I liked it but it wasn't great.

Sierra Burgess is a Loser (2018)

A Netflix original, I was first interested because of Shannon Purser who had played Barb in Stranger Things. When I saw the trailer I knew I had to see it. I didn't get to see this the day it released so I got to hear reactions from some of my friends.

Sierra is a misfit, we all feel like that sometimes. She is smarrt and funny but she's not the most attractive girl in school and like the title says she is a loser.

If you saw the trailer you know the basic premise. A boy texts Sierra thinking she is Veronica. Rather than correct him she continues the charade.

The characters seem pretty predictable at points but you really latch onto them. My favorite was Veronica not just because of her name. They gave the pretty girl cheerleader some depth.

Netflix continues to hit it out of the park. They are making all the right choices in my opinion.

Sierra Burgess is a Loser reminds me of a movie from my youth called Angus, another smart fat loser comes to apreciate their worth.

See this movie, you're doing yourself a favor.