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Charlie Brown’s All-Stars (1966)

The Peanuts special produced between Christmas and Great Pumpkin celebrates summer pastime fun.

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Love, Rosie (2014)

Maybe this deserves a higher rating given that I actually kind of like the leads

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House (1977)

What an inventive, ludicrous joy of a movie. Emotionally evocative at the right moments, too. Brimming with postwar satire and angst as the fuel for the insanity. A great, apocalyptic climax and ending. This one really stirred me.

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Robert (2015)

A total zero of haunted doll movie.

Reviewed as a guest on Buzzed on Movies!

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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

Significantly diminished returns in a second entry, although still with some good creepy moments and bizarre ideas, tying the demon with a sort of pubescent sexuality. The lore makes no sense though.

Edit: I am apparently a dingus because once you start to parse it, there’s lot of gay subtext that I didn’t pick up on

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Creepy, suspenseful, well-made slasher with a great premise (don’t fall asleep!) a really thrilling climax and a few resonant images (the bathtub!)

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Brave (2012)

I can never decide if this one is underrated or properly rated. It feels like two movies grafted into one — a comedy about a mom and a daughter coming to understand each other via transformation hijinks, and a more mythic tale of a young girl discovering the dark truths of the world via creepy bear. Both are solid premises and decently executed… but peculiar together.

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The American President (1995)

About as wholesome and idealistic as the story of a lobbyist sleeping with the president could be. I always love listening to a Sorkin-written screenplay.

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The Kissing Booth (2018)

A rare movie I actively hate. Misogynistic and pointless, kind of filthy but never fun, terribly directed. I was ready to at least enjoy the romcom bits of the best friends falling for each other… but even the love triangle is botched. Avoid.

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It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

A pleasant studio-era romcom set at Christmas with some interesting class stuff going on. The romantic tension is pretty light, but the farce and comedy stuff is breezy fun. And they all end up caroling together in the end. Hooray!