I came across this movie on YouTube and decided to give it a watch. It's pretty old, but it's available with subtitles, which helped a lot since the dialogues are in Malayalam.

The cinematography is top-notch , you get to see beautiful scenery throughout the entire film. The acting is splendid from everyone involved, kids and elders, the actor who plays the boogeyman (Kummatty) did a great job.

Spoilers ahead:

The premise is that kids are initially scared of Kummatty but over time they come to like him. He does a trick where each of the kids gets converted into an animal for some time. But during this, one of the kids runs off toward his home. When Kummatty brings the other kids back to human form, this kid doesn't get converted back, so he has to live as a dog.

For a while, it looks like he'll have to live that way forever. Thankfully, Kummatty comes back and converts him back to a human.

When he was a dog, he realized what it's like to be chained and to not have freedom. So when he comes back to his house, he releases the bird his family keeps in a cage.

There are traditional folklore songs. Even without understanding the language, the subtitles help you get the gist of it.

Honestly the best part of the movie is the scenery, the bird calls and sounds of nature in the background.

I would like to know if anyone has watched this movie and felt the same.

Thanks for reading!

I watched 9 to 5 in theaters

I saw this as a kid and I must have tuned out the first time, like i watched it but i didnt really "see" it.

because I don't remember most of the movie until now

Dolly is ofc great in it. Really liked Tomlin too , just saw her in another old movie recently but less old (the kid 2000) where funny enough ...she's also an overworked doting secretary that hates her boss. The scene with her as snow white was kind of weird as hell and didn't seem to relate to her character at all and I have no idea why they went that way, but it wasn't a bad scene, just strange. It was interesting and strange 🤔

Actually just realized each fantasy foreshadowed something they actually did in real life, Tomlin poisoning in snow white scene, Parton lassoing in her fantasy (tying him up phone cables) and fonda hunting him down with a rifle (actually shot at him irl)

Jane fonda really caught my eye though and I'm going to have to go back and watch more of her old movies because between this and me seeing california suite (1978) a year ago I am so captivated by her acting. She just seems to absorb into her characters. I really was only familiar with her for years off Barbarella and didn't realize like oh shit, she's actually a legit actress.

For example the early xerox room scene, this is like a snl silly sketch comedy premise where the machine is just spitting paper out in a cartoon way, but the way fonda is carrying it, with visible distress and that close up whimper at the end holding back the urge to cry turns a sitcom gag into a symbolic existential nightmare thats all too relatable. it really does feel like you're watching a real person in that scene, despite the absurd premise, she just comes across so natural

Spooky season continues.

The Craft is such an interesting smashing of genres. Its as if Hocus Pocus, Obsession, and Carrie had a baby. Its 70% high school teen drama and 30% dark witch fantasy. The dynamics between our main characters are... odd. Why Sarah wants to remain with the dickhead football player is baffling. Why Sarah insists on hanging out with the witches after being rejected a couple times is also baffling. But then again, teen relationships never make sense.

I loved that the film didn't hold back. We get lightning strikes, death, almighty power, and teen frenemies. What more do you want?

I really enjoyed the film and I would definitely watch it again. Its a great Halloween rotation film.

The character I connected most with was Neve Campbell. Seeing her go through the medical procedures made me think of The Exorcist. Her shy, yet plotting nature made her the most interesting

8.4/10

It has been a long time since I watched it last. As a lover of psychological horror and suspense I decided to revisit it this Halloween season. Steven Spielberg's first movie is a made for TV stripped down onslaught, if not a little unfocused at times. There are some obvious gaffs and continuity issues, as can happen in the times before digital effects, but Dennis Weaver does a fantastic job portraying a man slowly unraveling under the ominous presence of the truck and its mysterious driver. The movie does a fantastic job of portraying vehicles as characters as well and kept me engaged throughout.

For me it still holds up. There are movies that did this that came later, like The Hitcher and Jeepers Creepers, but you could do worse than tracking down Duel this Halloween season.

Number 221 in my A-Z watch. Paranormal Activity 2 is a prequel to the original film, covering the events immediately leading up to the first movie. In which we find a suburban family welcoming their new son and finding unnerving and inexplicable events in the house.

The first film was a tough movie to try and follow up, but i actually think that they did a pretty solid job of doing so with this. It felt like it kept the heart of the first one and only expanding where it needed to. A bigger house and more characters, but not overwhelmingly so.

I really enjoy how much these films use silence to build tension. You are told that something creepy is going to happen and it still gets you. I also liked how they still felt like they were slow playing the lore and backstory. Give us just enough to answer a question but generate three more.

7.5/10 Genuinely feels like a worthy addition to the franchise. I thought the ensemble performed really well together and i actually thought Molly Ephraim gave a pretty standout performance as the older sister.

Everyone always talks about the exact same handful of movies when it comes to underground cinema. It gets old. If you want something genuinely overlooked that has a gritty vibe and an insane soundtrack, go watch Killing Zoe from 1993. Roger Avary directed it and Tarantino executive produced it right when they were doing Pulp Fiction. It is basically a warped, drug fueled nightmare version of a bank heist movie set in Paris.

Honestly the buildup is the best part. Before the actual heist, the gang hangs out in this creepy basement club that looks like a dark cave underneath the city. They just spend the night doing heavy drugs and losing their minds. Right in the middle of the trip, the crazy leader played by Jean Hugues Anglade just casually drops that he has AIDS from a dirty needle. It is super bleak and shows you how doomed the whole crew is before the robbery even starts.

The next day they hit the bank on Bastille Day and the whole thing immediately goes south. The cops trap them inside and the leader just starts executing hostages left and right. The wild part is when Zed, the American safecracker played by Eric Stoltz, realizes the girl he hooked up with the night before is actually a teller at the bank. It is just a messy, violent downward spiral that deserves way more love. Plus, that closing song Kanaan by tomandandy is an absolute raw beast of a track.

And honestly, where else are you going to see Ron Jeremy get blasted with a shotgun? An amazing watch!

In my humble opinion. 

Cheers!

Ever After is a reimagined version of the Cinderella fairy tale, presented as the "real" version of the story and framed around one of Cinderella's descendants telling the story to the Brothers Grimm. It's aimed at adults and removes the supernatural elements traditionally included in the story, with most other main plot points held consistent.

Some spoilers below, though I'm sure you all know how this one ends.

I remember this as a fun film, even as a middle school boy who didn't much care for the romance. It's witty, imaginative, and heartfelt. The romance between Cinderella and the Prince feels extremely 90's. She has big progressive ideas about how education will lift people up and the poor aren't to blame for their station, while he thinks they just exist to serve him. He's intrigued by her ideas, and also can't help but wonder why she keeps leaving abruptly every time they see each other. Also, major spoiler - I love that she saves herself in the end, before he's able to ride to the rescue.

The stepmother and one of the stepsister's are perfectly foul. The way they believe in their station absent evidence of their superiority, plus their cruelty to everyone around them and constant scheming for the Prince's attention, make them the perfect subject of the audience's hatred.

Leonardo da Vinci was an amazing addition to the film. In addition to the whimsy and comical moments he adds, he makes a great life coach for the Prince. I also enjoyed the Gypsies. The way Cinderella saves the prince from them reminded me of the Siege of Weinsberg. It's similar enough that I think it had to be the inspiration for that moment in the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Weinsberg

If you need your period pieces to be accurate, there's enough wrong with this one to just piss you off. Likewise, if you don't like mushy romance movies, this might not be for you. I found it entertaining and charming, with a delightfully cathartic ending.

Somehow, Freddy returned… a dog called Jason, of all things, pisses fire on Freddy’s bones bringing him back. That’s the artistic level we’re playing on here, flaming dog piss. Apt really for this fourth entry.

Renny Harlin directed this one and had apparently decided to do something fresh with the franchise. His approach was more humour, to give more screen time to Freddy and make him larger than life. All very commendable if it wasn’t so poorly handled, turning Freddy Krueger into a wise cracking clown. Harlin wants us to root for Freddy and laugh with him. This might have worked more if the script was better and more thought had gone into the dream sequences that both the first and third films excelled with.

For the most part characters are dispatched quickly and in a manner that serves his quips. For example, killing someone in a water bed, “How’s this for a wet dream?” Elsewhere, wearing shades on a beach and kung fu fighting do battle for the low point of the film. While the finale is unsurprisingly nonsensical, the effects are still impressive with all the little hands clawing at Freddy but you’ve got to get through a whole lot of filler to get there.

Three of the survivors from the previous film, Kincaid, Joey and Kristen return. However, actress Rosanna Arquette does not. In her place we have the bizarrely named Tuesday Knight. She, like most of the cast, are universally awful. Their stays of execution are short however, used as they are as an excuse to tie the franchise together and launch Alice, a game, but rather uninteresting Lisa Wilcox. Although it’s hard to blame her considering what shes dealing with.

Dreary Alice, all cardigans and lank hair is introduced lost in her imagination where she’s more confident and in control, then pulled into a dream by Kristen she becomes… The Dream Master!, taking on the attributes of the deceased, collecting them like Pokemon so she can do battle with Freddy. Like his resurrection, the how of all of this is not really explained, rather we just go with the flow, one quip at a time.

Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger and also in drag as a nurse minus burns seems to be enjoying himself. It’s here where the character starts to truly embrace the farcical; humour over horror. It’s also the most vocal he’s been so far in the films, which would be great if we had the menace and terror of the original and part three Freddy. it’s just a shame that menace has been replaced with cringe. Both Freddy and the franchise should’ve stayed buried.

So.... I just watched an old film (Three O'Clock High), this is a first time watch for me. Let me preface by saying I love old movies, some of my favorite Genre's are 80's and 90's films. Everything about the decades, storytelling and filming for even lesser known films was so well done. So much more than the films that are released today.

Luckily I was able to find this online for free but I am an avid collector for Physical Media, right after I post this review I am going to go out and pick up the Blu-ray for this and re-watch it again, that is how I much I enjoyed it.

I could tell from the first 10 minutes this movie was right up my alley, the nuance of Jerry getting ready in the morning, the bond with his sister, the type of day he was having. It just all clicked. The more and more the film went on I just couldn't believe how this passed by me all these years. When Jerry finally paid off Buddy to not fight but quickly reversed that choice, the filming of the clock ticking as it got closer to 3PM, the music, the walking to the courtyard, I just loved it. Even enjoyed the ending, leaving it a little ambiguous for which girl he is going to choose, even the teacher maybe!

It's a quick review but I've seen this movie has been posted about numerous times, just wanted to share some love. Now I will have to watch this with my wife, though I doubt she finds it as enjoyable as I did. I now have another great movie to recommend to people looking for an older film, already looking forward to the rewatch.