Jakob Conkling

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

How To Eat Fried Worms

Reviewed Oct 13, 2020

When Gummer is hired to capture a deadly creature terrorizing South Africa, he and his new sidekick, Travis Welker, engage in another battle of survival against the fiercely aggressive Graboids. Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror, Science Fiction

The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

Would you set me on fire? I'd set me on fire. I'd set me ...

Reviewed Oct 9, 2020

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey. Genres: Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins

Once Upon A Time In Perfection

Reviewed Oct 6, 2020

In 1889, seventeen men die under mysterious circumstances, and spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there's nothing left but a shell of a community. Genres: Action, Comedy, Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror, Western

The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (1985)

Sleazy Riders

Reviewed Oct 2, 2020

A motocross team on their way to trial a new super-fuel head out across the desert lead by Rachel, who, unbeknownst to the rest of the group, is a survivor of the cannibal clan which menaced the Carter family several years before. Genres: Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

I think we're more than six degrees away from Kevin Bacon...

Reviewed Sep 29, 2020

Survivalist Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, to find that the little town has been shaken up again by morphing, man-eating Graboids. Genres: Action, Comedy, Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

You mean this isn’t the one with Julie Andrews twirling...

Reviewed Sep 25, 2020

Taking an ill-advised detour en-route to California, the Carter family soon run into trouble when their RV breaks down in the middle of the desert. Stranded, they find themselves at the mercy of monstrous cannibals lurking in the surrounding hills. Genres: Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Tremors 2: Aftershocks

Do you like Shriekers?

Reviewed Sep 22, 2020

Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil. Genres: Action, Comedy, Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror

The Last House on the Left (2009)

It couldn’t possibly be more brutal than my subprime mo...

Reviewed Sep 18, 2020

When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no one is going to forget. Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Tremors

Grabboids like to eat Bacon

Reviewed Sep 15, 2020

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground. Genres: Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

The Last House on the Left (1972)

One, two... Fred and Krug are coming for you!

Reviewed Sep 11, 2020

On the eve of her 17th birthday, Mari and friend Phyllis set off from her family home to attend a rock concert in the city. Attempting to score some drugs on the way, the pair run afoul of a group of vicious crooks, headed up by the sadistic Krug. Genres: Crime, Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The New Mutants

The Fault In Our Bears

Reviewed Sep 8, 2020

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

Clerks

We hate loiterers, but love an audience. Isn't it ironic?

Reviewed Sep 4, 2020

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives. Genres: Comedy, Theatrical Release

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Yes Way! 2020 has a brand new theatrical movie to review!

Reviewed Sep 1, 2020

Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the stakes are higher than ever for the now middle-aged Bill and Ted who set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Time Travel

The Dark Crystal

Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? Because this...

Reviewed Aug 28, 2020

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil. Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Theatrical Release

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey

Station!

Reviewed Aug 25, 2020

Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Time Travel

Cast Away

The tribe has spoken!

Reviewed Aug 21, 2020

Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home. Genres: Adventure, Drama, Theatrical Release

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

"We will have a most triumphant time!"

Reviewed Aug 18, 2020

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Time Travel

Secret Window

How much is that doggie in the window… oh wait! Nevermind.

Reviewed Aug 11, 2020

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity. Genres: Mystery, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Langoliers

Fly The Hungry Skies!

Reviewed Aug 4, 2020

A jet leaves on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston. But early in the flight, ten passengers awaken to a startling realization: All of the other passengers have vanished. Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Time Travel, TV Mini-Series

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

The Reborn Identity

Reviewed Jul 28, 2020

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack. Genres: Action, Drama, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Sum of All Fears

Good Nuke Hunting

Reviewed Jul 21, 2020

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians. Genres: Action, Drama, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Clear and Present Danger

Just Say No Recasting

Reviewed Jul 14, 2020

Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible. Genres: Action, Drama, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Patriot Games

Get off my franchise!

Reviewed Jul 7, 2020

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge. Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Brown Arrow

Color of Night

50 Shades of Raspberry

Reviewed Jul 3, 2020

A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense affair with a mysterious woman who may be connected to the crime. Genres: Mystery, Romance, Theatrical Release, Thriller