Bubba Sawyer

Not a masterpiece by any means, but it's a fun shoot 'em up that never outstays it's welcome. The dialogue is relatively funny and engaging, and not for the faint if you like your films politically correct. Especially the lines coming from Willem Dafoe. The performances are decent enough, even if the two leads(Reedus and Flannery)can't really stick to their Irish accents. The Boondock Saints does exactly what it says on the tin. If you're expecting Quentin Tarantino tier dialogue or masterful direction then look elsewhere. You watch this film with a few beers and some friends, it was made for that. You can tell Troy Duffy had lots of potential, but it never really came to fruition because of his abrasive and arrogant behaviour at the time(see the documentary "Overnight"). As it is, it's deserving of it's cult status and you should definitely check it out at least once. The sequel? Whatever.

Based on a story by Joe Hill, "The Black Phone" is one of the more interesting horror films in recent memory. It deals with a very dark subject and it's set in a decade where it was rife. "Stranger Danger" is what I'm talking about. Ethan Hawke plays a disturbed killer extremely well, and the child actors did an impeccable job with the material. It's a very claustrophobic and tense story that hits all the marks pretty much perfectly. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but what it does do is creep you out. There's some twists along the way with the children, but I'll leave that for now. It's very Stephen King-esque but it thankfully doesn't feel like a cheap knockoff. Joe Hill, is also the son of Stephen King. Hence the similarities. Recommended to all horror fans.

I have to say I utterly adored this. An 80's styled low budget pastiche of Watchmen and The Justice League. I saw a comment online that called it "Grindhouse Watchmen" and to a degree I think that's about right. In a world where superhero shows are massive productions with an almost endless supply of money in the budget, this had a "handmade" feel. It was obviously crafted with a lot of love. From the writing, editing, and of course the crazy animated sequences of which there are plenty. All of them done in multiple styles. Sadly I think a lot of people simply aren't giving this show the chance it deserves because of it's budget, or because they didn't understand the entire point. It's supposed to be a rip-off, a bootleg. It's a low budget "what if?" Of sorts. I very much enjoyed it, and Diamond Dallas Page is a damn legend. BANG!