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I have a long one today, if anyone's interested. I did a triple-feature of JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: RADIANT CHILD, BASQUIAT and DOWNTOWN 81. outlawvern.com/2024/11/14/jea…

I loved Sean Baker's ANORA, which feels kind of like a rom-com that turns into an Elmore Leonard story that turns into something much more stressful. Sad, but also really funny and very warm toward its lead character. outlawvern.com/2024/11/18/ano…

Today I review two horror movies where the main character is a wrestler: 2018's WRESTLEMASSACRE (wannabe wrestler loses it, goes on gory grappling rampage) and 2022's HERE FOR BLOOD (wrestler battles cult trying to sacrifice a kid he's babysitting). outlawvern.com/2024/11/19/wre…

Here I declare TRIGGER WARNING a "slightly above average for this sort of thing" b-action vehicle for Jessica Alba. Fairly generic, but with at least one really good fight, and she's cool in it. Not sure what they're going for with the title. outlawvern.com/2024/11/20/tri…

I really liked REZ BALL, the moving high-school-basketball-team-overcoming-tragedy drama from director Sydney Freeland and co-writer Sterlin Harjo (creator of Reservation Dogs). It's on Netflix. outlawvern.com/2024/11/21/rez…

FANTASTIC PLANET (1973) is a beautifully bizarre trip to an alien world where very enlightened and civilized beings see humans as pets, vermin, or terrorists. I love that it has plenty to say without being one straight forward allegory. outlawvern.com/2024/11/27/fan…

I really liked NUTCRACKERS, a Christmas comedy in which jerky Ben Stiller is forced to look after orphan nephews and finds his heart. Being a David Gordon Green movie it's beautifully shot and built around a quartet of quirky non-actor brothers. (On Hulu.) outlawvern.com/2024/12/02/nut…

SKINNED DEEP is a wild 2004 indie horror movie directed by makeup FX veteran Gabriel Bartalos. It reminded me at times of HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES, THE ROAD WARRIOR, TCSM2 and an amazing horror maze with a stunt show in the middle. outlawvern.com/2024/12/03/ski…

I was intrigued by the idea of an anime movie about jazz musicians, so I watched BLUE PLANET (2023). outlawvern.com/2024/12/04/blu…

In STING (2024), an intelligent spider falls from space, becomes a little girl's pet, grows large and tries to eat everybody in the building. Set in NYC but it's an Australian production from Kiah-Roache Turner, director of the WYRMWOOD movies. outlawvern.com/2024/12/05/sti…

The cozy, crackling fire is back for blood in ADULT SWIM YULE LOG 2: BRANCHIN' OUT, in which sole part 1 survivor Zoe attempts to escape into a Hallmark Channel holiday rom-com. It's a totally different experience than the first one, but I loved it. outlawvern.com/2024/12/09/adu…

THELMA is a cute comedy where a 93 year old grandma played by June Squibb gets scammed, wants justice and starts acting like her life is an action movie. And Richard Roundtree came along for one last ride. outlawvern.com/2024/12/10/the…

You know how it is: sometimes you're too uptight, so you call a 976 number tosummon an inter-dimensional goblin and learn how to party. FRANKIE FREAKO is PSYCHO GOREMAN writer/director Steven Kostanski's contribution to the little rubber puppets genre. outlawvern.com/2024/12/11/fra…

Jack Nance is... ERASERHEAD I hadn't seen this since I was pretty young, but it turns out I still like it. outlawvern.com/2024/12/12/era…

In THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT (2023) a guilt-ridden man is haunted by the embodiment of the true meaning of Christmas, who appears to him as his favorite wrestler, and wants him to perform a human sacrifice? Hard to explain. outlawvern.com/2024/12/16/the…

John Waters' DESPERATE LIVING (1977) is set in a town made of junk where outcasts go to start over. At the end they overthrow the fascist buffoon who has been tormenting them and making everything so stupid, so it's a warm tale for our times. outlawvern.com/2024/12/17/des…

Happy to say I kinda liked HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN. The production values are shoddy compared to previous HELLBOYs, but it's more in the vein of the comics, with Hellboy stumbling into a down and dirty Appalachian folk horror tale. outlawvern.com/2024/12/19/hel…

No judgment of anybody else but I feel gross posting here with the nazi owner stealing from the poor and shit. I'll keep the account open in case he gets eaten by an alligator but for my new reviews check outlawvern.com or the blue place. Thanks for the good times, pals!