SilentLuminary Reviews

Genre: Horror/Comedy Time: 1hour 32mins Director:  Scott Glosserman Quick Summary:  The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo. You know what I wasn't expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. This is a pretty unique take on a horror film that I don't think I have actually seen, creating a mockumentary about a serial killer planning his first killing spree. The serial killer is the one doing the talking and explaining, telling us how and what he's going to do, why and explaining the backstory. It's like someone created a self-insert fandom character and literally brought them to life.  I wasn't overly keen on the documentary footage being someone who doesn't like them anyway, but it wasn't too bad. I really enjoyed the interview moments as a lot of them went really meta explaining horror movie tropes and jokes. Honestly, it reminds me a lot ...

  Genre: Sci-fi/ Thriller Time: 2h 9mins Director:  Terry Gilliam Quick Summary:  In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet. My poor monkey brain hurt after this paradox. I'll be very honest. I was confused for 1 hour 45 minutes of this film. Even though I was fully paying attention to what was going on, I felt like I was always missing a piece of information. And you know what? It's a brilliant way to keep you watching.  Bruce Willis, I do really find hit or miss. I think I prefer him when he's doing strange films. He was really entertaining in this, battling his own mind and trying to figure out if he's actually insane and living in a fantasy world or not and he's actually a time traveller. Even I wasn't sure for a good portion of the film. It constantly gives you evidence for either side so you're guessing right until th...

  Genre: Sci-Fi/ Drama Time: 1h 46mins Directors:  Hugo Lilja, Pella Kågerman Quick Summary:  A spaceship carrying settlers to Mars is knocked off course, causing the consumption-obsessed passengers to consider their place in the universe. Full of hopelessness and despair, this film will make you terrified of space travel and I absolutely loved it.  Something I really loved about this is it really shows you how infinite space could be. We don't know how big space is and we don't know if it stops. This hangs onto that and throws in the ultimate hopeless situation of being lost and their existence could be meaningless.   This mainly focuses on one woman and her lifetime on the ship, but we get small peaks into other's lives. We don't actually get to hear any inner thoughts which honestly did surprise me as we only learn through spoken dialogue, but I realise this isn't about the one woman. It's about the whole ship's downward spiral into chaos. We get to wat...

 Can't have the sweet without the sour. So here is the worst films I've reviewed this year. Going from most worst to least:  1. Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (2011) 2. Polite Society (2023) 3. Kill Theory (2009) 4. The Stranger (2022) 5. Kirikou And The Sorceress (1998) 6. Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) 7. A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012) 8. Halloween: Resurrection (2002) 9. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) 10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) 11. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) 12. Blood Simple (1984) 13. White Noise (2022) 14. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) 15. Bound (1996) 16. Spiral (2021) 17. Saw X (2023) 18. Knock At The Cabin (2023) 19. Alice Darling (2022) 20. Scream 3 (2000) 21. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

 It's that time of year again when I show you my favourite watches of this year! Click the title and it will take you to my review :) Going from most to least: 1. Babylon (2023) 2. Trainspotting (1996) 3. The Cat In The Hat (2003) 4. The Last Unicorn (1982) 5. The Lego Batman Movie (2017) 6. The Last Command (1928) 7. In The Mood For Love (2000) 8. The Fifth Element (1997) 9. Alien (1979) 10. Aliens (1986) 11. Batman Returns (1992) 12. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 13. The Red Shoes (1948) 14. Falling Down (1993) 15.  The Dark Crystal (1982) 16. Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 17. Saltburn (2023) 18. Who Framed Rodger Rabbit (1988) 19. Barbie (2023) 20. The Killer (2023) 21. Submarine (2010) 22. M3GAN (2023) 23. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (2023) 24. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 (2014) 25. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017) 26. E.T The Extraterrestrial (1982) 27. Puss In Boots The Last Wish (2023)  28. The Lighthouse (2019) 29. The Crowd (1928) 30. Killer Klowns From O...