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Dr. No (1962) – License to kill, but no license to chill, Jim needs a hobby and a pair of pants.

Ben Dover April 10, 2026 No Comments

A Fossil in a Tuxedo If you’re tired of scrolling through endless menus of teenage vampires and “influencers” trying to find a decent flick, you might have noticed a relic…

Action Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi

Back to the Future Part III (2000) – I came for time-traveling shenanigans, not a senior citizen’s square dance.

Ben Dover April 3, 2026 No Comments

COWBOYS, CLOCKS, AND CALCULATED CASH-GRABS Well, they finally did it. They sent the kid with the puffy vest to the one place I actually wouldn’t mind visiting if it weren’t…

Action Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi

Back To The Future Part II (1989) – If I wanted to be this confused about what year it was, I’d just have another glass of scotch and stare at my calendar.

Ben Dover April 3, 2026 No Comments

FUTURE TENSE AND PAST IMPERFECT If you thought the first movie was a headache, grab some aspirin and sit down. This “sequel” (a word Hollywood uses to describe “give us…

Action Adventure Comedy Family

Back To The Future (1985) – It’s got heart, even if that heart is slightly confused about its own family tree.

Ben Dover April 3, 2026 No Comments

HILL VALLEY OR HILL NO? If you went to the movie theater in 1985 like I did, you were likely to see a crowd of teenagers wearing neon vests and…

Comedy Crime

Bad Man (2025) – Fargo for dummies

Ben Dover March 21, 2026 No Comments

Preview: A Southern Fried Mess In an era where “entertainment” usually involves a teenager dancing for thirty seconds on a telephone screen, director Michael Diliberti brings us Bad Man (2025).…

Action Comedy Sci-Fi

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2026) – Finally, a movie that hates your grandkids as much as I do.

Ben Dover March 21, 2026 No Comments

A Chaotic Quest to Save the Future: Verbinski’s Wild Return Director Gore Verbinski, the man who gave us those pirate movies and that creepy girl in the well, is back…

Action Horror

Daybreakers (2010) – Immortal, annoyed, and still smoking. My kind of people.

Ben Dover March 14, 2026 No Comments

In a near‑future where vampires are the dominant species, humans are farmed for blood and those deprived of it mutate into feral “subsiders.” Edward, (Ethan Hawke) a vampire scientist who…

Animation Comedy

Clerks The Animated Series (2000) – Oh Great, Now They’re Cartoons

Ben Dover March 7, 2026 No Comments

I usually only review movies, but now that I am doing all of the View Askewverse movies I had to include this lost… ahem gem. As if listening to two…

Comedy

Clerks (1994) – A movie for people who hate people. Finally, something I can get behind.

Ben Dover March 6, 2026 No Comments

New Jersey Slackers Take Over the Big Screen In an era where Hollywood usually insists on shoving million-dollar explosions and chiseled jawlines down our throats, a little black-and-white flick out…

Action Adventure Crime Superhero

Dredd (2012) – In a city full of garbage, he’s the only one who actually takes it out.

Ben Dover February 21, 2026 No Comments

Law and Disorder in the Mega-Slums In a world where the air is probably 90% exhaust and people live in “Mega-Blocks” that look like filing cabinets for the poor, comes…

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The Sisters Brothers (2018) – Two hitmen, one toothbrush, and zero clue how to deal with their feelings.

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Savages (2012) – Super Mario Bros. only with more violence and weed.

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Face / Off (1987) – Absolute proof that Nicolas Cage has always been completely out of his mind.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – No computers, no TikTok dancers, just raw 1970s madness.

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