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Frank's Movie Log

My life at the movies.

  1. The Brat 1931

    D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by John Ford. Starring Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart, Frank Albertson, and William Collier Sr..

    Sally O’Neil plays the titular Brat, a young street urchin with a heart of gold who opens the film before a night court judge, on trial for stealing a meal. Alan Dinehart plays Mac Forrester, an aristocrat novelist who’s buddy-buddy with the judge and sitting in on the court for story ideas. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    29 Jul 2022
  2. Saw III 2006

    C: 3 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, and Bahar Soomekh.

    It’s rare the third entry in a franchise improves on its predecessor, but Saw III proves it possible. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    28 Jul 2022
  3. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022

    B-: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Benedict Wong.

    Sam Raimi returns to the superhero genre. Doctor Strange must protect a teenage girl capable of travelling between universes. Minor spoilers follow. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    23 Jul 2022
  4. Saw II 2005

    C-: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Donnie Wahlberg, Beverley Mitchell, Franky G, and Emmanuelle Vaugier.

    Jigsaw (the villain behind the first film’s perils) returns to torment a cop played by Donnie Wahlberg. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    22 Jul 2022
  5. Phantasm II 1988

    C-: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Don Coscarelli. Starring James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, and Paula Irvine.

    The first film’s survivors hunt the Tall Man in the Pacific Northwest. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    21 Jul 2022
  6. Intruder 1989

    C-: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Scott Spiegel. Starring Liz Kern, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks, and David Byrnes.

    An unstable man terrorizes the night crew working at a small-town supermarket. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    21 Jul 2022
  7. Under the Skin 2013

    B-: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Jonathan Glazer. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, and Dougie McConnell.

    Scarlett Johansson plays an alien posing as a human to prey upon unwitting males. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    10 Jul 2022
  8. Saw 2004

    B-: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by James Wan. Starring Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, and Ken Leung.

    Two men awaken chained to opposite walls of a grimy bathroom. A bloody body lays sprawled on the floor between them. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    08 Jul 2022
  9. Sleepaway Camp 1983

    C+: 3 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Robert Hiltzik. Starring Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, and Christopher Collet.

    Ricky attends summer camp with his cousin Angela, where a series of grisly murders occurs. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    07 Jul 2022
  10. The Boxer from Shantung 1972

    C+: 3 stars (out of 5)

    Directed by Cheh Chang and Hsueh-Li Pao. Starring Kuan Tai Chen, Li Ching, David Chiang, and Mario Milano.

    Chen Kuan-tai plays a young man who rises from penniless day-laborer to gangster boss in early twentieth century Shanghai. Continue reading...

    Watched on
    07 Jul 2022

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