Horrible B Movies Of The 90´s: Howling VII - New Moon Rising ( 1995 )

I have some really good memories of the 90´s and im grateful being a teenager during this time, The concerts i experienced, all the cinema visits i did every month watching so many classic box office classics, all the Nintendo and Super Nintendo games i played with my friends. Of course we spent a lot of time down at the VHS rental stores renting great martial art films, action films and of course horror movies as well. Speaking of horror movies i have to say the 90´s were filled with some really fun releases. You had the bigger Hollywood releases with great actors, then you had the low budget releases that basically went straight to VHS ( at least here in Sweden ), unless some of them were lucky to be picked up for a theatrical release. For example i remember when me and my school friend Anders picked up Puppet Master 5 on VHS. But it wasn´t in the rental store here in Sweden, instead he ordered it from the UK since Anders was a customer at a British film sale company. If you are familiar with the Puppet Master franchise you know we are talking about killer dolls, or should i perhaps say killer puppets. I was excited about this 5th film in this franchise, since i enjoyed the previous films for different reasons. My favourite have always been Puppet Master 2 and still is to this day. Puppet Master 5 was probably the last Puppet Master film i enjoyed for many years, since after that they really just cashed in on doing prequels and sequels. This film still had some fun kills with the famous killer puppets, and i would say it´s still worth a watch if you enjoy these kinds of B movies. Speaking of another famous horror franchise, who remember the classic 1981 werewolf horror film The Howling? I am still a fan of this film, and then we had all the sequels that were...very different for a number a reasons. I know the second The Howling film is a fan favourite for many people, i can still enjoy it but i prefer the original film. Howling 3, Howling 4, Howling 5 and Howling 6, what about these ones? Well, let´s just say they exist and i think most people have forgotten about them. I have seen them all in the past and i can tell you, especially the sequels from the 90´s are all horrible. One of the worst films in this franchise ( according to most film critics and audiences ) is the film known as Howling VII - New Moon Rising. I actually didn´t see this film until the year of 2018 when i found the film on YouTube (i had only seen the VHS cover of this film in the past ). I decided to watch this film to try and understand why this is such a hated film in this franchise. Have this film gotten better over the years, or is Howling VII - New Moon Rising even worse in present day, possibly one of the worst werewolf horror movies of all time?

In the small town of Pioneertown, a number of livestock and people have been killed mysteriously, and this appears to be the work of a large aninal. A woman´s decayed corpse is found in the desert, she is identified as the local woman known as Marylou Summers ( Cheryl Allen ). While the investigation is going on what happened to this woman, Australian drifter Ted Smith ( Clive Turner ) arrive to Pioneertown, looking for work. They agree to hire him at the local bar, and he seems to get along pretty good with everyone. But the fear of this large animal running out there, does make some of the local people nervous. What is really out there in the desert causing this chaos?

There are a lot of questions that we may never have answered about Howling VII - New Moon Rising.

 

Why does this film have scenes of linedancing where everyone looks completely bored? 

What´s up with the strangest cleaning dance i have ever seen inside a bar wearing Mexican hats ( for some reason ) ?

Is everyone in this town drinking booze everyday since most people seem bored and need to drink to have fun?

I could go on and probably ask at least 20 more questions because nothing makes sense with this film. In a way you could say that Howling VII - New Moon Rising is so terrible that it´s actually entertaining. And i will admit i did laugh in some scenes, because once you try to understand the plot you still don´t understand anything. This film tries to connect with The Howling franchise by showing scenes from some of the previous films, and they still manage to make no sense at all. I have to admit i almost admire how they tried making sense of everything by editing scenes in from this franchise, and they still failed. You have to at least admire the effort, how can you not? This is supposed to be a werewolf sequel, and the plot is more focused on local folks getting drunk, dancing, talking all kinds of nonsense. The town of Pioneertown actually exist, but this is an unincorporated community, located in California. There is some kind of werewolf running around where they use extreme low budget Predator night vision view, and yet that fails on every level to look cool. We have to talk about the main character Ted Smith, played by actor Clive Turner. Even if the acting performance is terrible, at least you can laugh at some of his attempts to be funny with the locals saying cheesy dialogue. Clive Turner is not only the lead actor, he directed this film, is the writer of the screenplay of Howling VII - New Moon Rising, and he is also the producer of this film. He must have been very passionate about this project considering he pretty much did all of this to make sure this film was made. What about the rest of the cast? I would say the only actor that´s actually acting is the actor John Huff as Father John. The rest of the cast is there for a paycheck basically. Howling VII - New Moon Rising may be one of the worst horror sequels i have ever seen, and i feel we need a documentary made on the story behind the making of this film. That could be one of the most fascinating dcumentary films in many years, if im being honest. I would even personally help making this documentary film be made, if we get a crew together to make it. Director Clive Turner will forever be known as the director of Howling VII, and that´s something you should remember. I am pretty sure you will never experience a werewolf film like this one.

Rating: D

If you want to watch this film, you can watch it on the following link on YouTube:

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Melania

Biographical documentary films can be quite interesting, especially if the film tell a fascinating story regarding a unique personallity or a historical event. I have seen sever documentary films ( including TV mini series as well ) which tells the story of someone fascinatuing. One of my personal favourite documentary films so far is the 2005 film known as Grizzly Man. If you have never heard of this documentary film, let me tell you some details. This is the story of conservationist, bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell, he lived among coastal brown bears in Alaska. Grizzly Man have a lot of footage of his life here in Alaska, which also became his downfall because he was eaten alive with his girlfriend by a bear. Very tragic ending, but the documentary film by director Werner Herzog is very well made, and put together in a brilliant way with some fascinating interviews as well, from people who knew Timothy. We get to find out why he was so fascinated in bears, and his personal struggle with mental health along his journey. I highly recommend that you to watch this documentary film, no matter if you can watch it on streaming or physical media. Everyone who knows me in my personal life knows how i feel about Donald Trump as a person. I think hes an ego tripped asshole basically and that is my opinion. Never liked him and i never will for a number of reasons. You can tell he is a con man selling signed bibles, selling golden shoes, digital trading cards where he is supposed to look like a superhero when he in fact looks more like a Big Mac in real life ( i do as well, i know im big dude ). Last year i heard there was a domentary film coming out about Donald´s wife Melania Trump. I can´t say i was that excited, but i will admit the trailer looked so terrible that i at least had some fun with it. The film turned out to be a massive box office flop, no matter what MAGA supporters say. The budget was around 40 million U.S. dollars and it only made about 16 million U.S. dollars in ticket sales. Plus all the millions they spent promoting this film as well that Amazon Prime paid? Anyway, i took some time to check this film out when it landed on the streamin service Amazon Prime. Is this the best documentary film of this year or is Melania a distsarer from start to finish?

Follow First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump on a journey in her life, not only what she does at the White House, but all the journeys she makes to make a difference. Melania tell the story of how Melania Trump makes an impact wherever she goes, no matter what her next mission is.

I can basically watch all kinds of documentary films as long as they have something interesting to say, or if the story is fascinating for a number of reasons. I wanted to give this documentary film a fair chance, just in case i might enjoy it more than i expected. I am going to be fully honest and say, this is perhaps the most polished, dull documentary film i have ever seen. I simply don´t care about all the luxuary shoes First Lady Melania Trump wear, what special designed dresses she wears, i don´t care what flights she went on all over the world. I want some scandals, i want something that´s actually interesting. Why would i care about a plastic product documentary film, made to make Melania Trump look like the most perfect woman ever in American history? It is almost like the Trump administration have been sitting in the editing room, trying to polish every piece to make Melania look so perfect it´s almost ridiculous. They could have spent 9000 U.S. dollars on a documentary film about me and it would still be more interesting, more fascinating than this dull plastic product. I don´t have any personal issues with Melania, if she is happy living life that´s great. This documentary film however does not make me more interested in her ( personal life ) at all. So many things just feel so polished to make her life look so perfect, im almost beginning to wonder if this was supposed to be a satire from the early stages of the script. Why not tell the story about the real Melania instead? Ok, one small positive detail, she seems very passionate about helping children all over the world, so that´s good.  Her orange husband shows up of course in certain scenes in the film and my first two questions would be:- Hey Donnie, did you miss a spot with the orange mascara? Why did you sleep during Melania´s mother´s funeral? Director Brett Ratner ( who seems to be in the Epstein files, surprised anyone? ) have made a documentary film that´s so polished that it looks fake. That alone is pretty impressive, but still doesn´t make this a good film. I don´t know about you but i would rather watch Season Of The Witch with Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman instead. At least that film is entertaining to watch compared to Melania.

Rating: D

The Beldham

Having a child changes your whole life. Before you were a parent you could go out any night you wanted, hang out with friends anytime you could see each other. You might have travelled together to a foreign country without planning anything, just living life. All of that changes once you are a parent, but this is actually good. Because at the end of the day, you will always love your own child more than anything in this world. All the memories you create together with your child, all the holidays you spend together, it´s all worth it and you can look back and remember the good times. But what if you woke up from a coma, finding out you have amnesia and don´t even remember your own child? This is exactly what happened in the 2021 horror film The Kindred from director Jamie Patterson. This film begins with lead character Helen Tullet ( played by actress April Pearson from the really good British drama film Tucked, a must see ), running outside from a appartment buidling where a man jumped from a roof. It turns out this was her own father, while a car hit Helen as she pass out. A whole year goes by and Helen is still in a coma, until one day she suddenly wakes up. She have problems remembering things because of amnesia, as her partner Greg Tullet ( Blake Harrison ) try to help her come back to ordinary life with their baby Heidi. As Helen train herself through rehabilitation. she gets flashbacks from her past where she is trying to understand her father´s suicide. The Kindred may not be a unique horror film in any way, but i do appreciate this film for lifting up the serious condition of amnesia.The lead actors April Pearson and Blake Harrison both give good acting performances, if you enjoy mysterious horror films i would recommend watching The Kindred on VOD or physical media. Last year i read about a horror film called The Beldham about a mother with a newborn, who experience strange things in her own mother´s house. Since i have a sof spot for horror films with children included, this sounded interesting to me. Is this a horror film you should see this spring, or should you skip this one and just watch The Kindred from 2021 instead? 

Harper ( Katie Parker ) moves in with her baby daughter Christine, into her mother Sadie´s ( Patricia Heaton ) house, where she lives with her partner Frank ( Corbin Bensen ). At first everything seems to be pretty normal, until Harper begin to see strange things happening around the house. Is she actuall seeing strange things happening, or is her mind playing tricks on her?

The Beldham may start off as just a pretty ordinary psychological horror film, where we begin to wonder if there is something wrong with the main character Harper ( played by actress Katie Parker ). Have she experienced something traumatic in the past? Or is there something mysterious going on inside the walls of her mother Sadie´s ( played by actress Patricia Heston, who i remember especially from 90´s comedy TV series Everybody Loves Raymond ) big house? Without going into spoilers, i will tell you what i think works with this film. The fact that this film changes tone and become more mysterious after a while, was exactly what this film needed. There was a moment where i felt that this could become too predictable, and when you make things too easy that could become a negative impact on the main story. Thankfully the plot is a little bit more complicated than that, and towards the end we do see a completey different twist that at least made the film more interesting. The acting is in general alright, and i especially appreciate the screen chemistry between the daughter and mother characters Harpie and Sadie. They clearly have a lot of personal issues between each other, while Sadie is trying to raise her baby. Nice to see legendary actor Corbin Bensen ( yes the actor who made The Dentist movies from the 90´s ) here in a nice smaller role as the character Frank. Regarding the plot, the witch influences is what really makes this film interesting. If i had to find something to say that´s negative, perhaps they could have made the plot even more twisted, or left an unexpected surprise that would have been nice. At the end of the day, i would say that The Beldham still manage to work as a horror film if you accept it´s not bloody or very violent. This is more a psychological horror film meant to play with your mind. Director Angela Gulner proves with The Baldham that you don´t need a big budget to make a good psychological horror film. Worth a watch on VOD if you enjoy old school folklore horror films.

Rating: DDD                                                                                                                       

Return To Death Park

Bounty hunters, what would life be without them? They are the one who takes care of the trash, making sure that criminals are not running away too far. You could probably say that bounty hunters are pretty much another form of officers, except they specialize in capturing fugitives who have not paid bail.  We have seen Bounty Hunters in many different kinds of movies in the past, where one of the most classic bounty hunter films have to be the 1982 sci fi action cult movie Blade Runner from director Ridley Scott. Legendary actor Harrison Ford is brilliant as the Bounty Hunter charatcer Rick Deckard, of course i have to mention the wonderful acting performance of Rutger Hauer in this film as the replicant Batty. Blade Runner is a must own on physical media or on digital, one of the most iconic 80´s movies. Let´s stay within this specific genre of Bounty Hunters films, we need to talk about a classic that doesn´t get mentioned that often anymore. In the beginning of the year 1987, action star actor Rutger Hauer released his film Wanted Dead Or Alive from director Gary Sherman ( director of the 1981 horror classic Dead & Buried ). The film tell the story of bad ass Bounty Hunter Nick Randall ( Rutger Hauer ), who is offered 250.000 U.S. dollars by the CIA to get a terrorist named Malak Al Rahim ( played by legendary KISS member Gene Simmons ), who blew up a LA theatre with a bomb. What made Wanted Dead Or Alive so good in the category of Bounty Hunter films, is the chase between Bounty Hunter Nick Randall and the terrorist Malak. Rutger Hauer is great as always, i was just surprised how good Gene Simmons was playing a terrorist. Definetely worth a watch on streaming, VOD or even physical media, Wanted Dead Or Alive is a worthy 80´s action classic. Speaking of action films, director Ken "Ace" Brewer delivered the old school action throwback known as Death Bitch back in 2024. I enjoyed this film, and especially actress Linnea Swansson´s character Alexis Walker. I did review this film on my movie review blog, so if you want to know my personal opinion go check out my review of Death Bitch. Not that long ago i was given an oppurtunity to review Ken Brewer´s slasher horror film Return To Death Park through a screener sent to me, a film i knew nothing about. Since i am a fan of slasher horror films in general, i was curious to see if this would be something in my taste. Is this one of the better films in this specific genre, or is Return To Death Park just as forgettable as Kevin Federline´s 2006 studio album Playing With Fire ( which im pretty sure most people have forgotten about ) ?

The Death Park Killer´s ( Ken Brewer ) body vanishes from the morgue, sparking new murders. A whole crew of Bounty Hunters led by Chloe ( Josi Kat ) is out looking for the masked killer, hoping to get their hands on a reward of 50.000 U.S. dollars.

Do you remember watching slasher horror films back in the 80´s and the 90´s, that was so low budget that still managed to entertain you somehow? This is exactly what Return To Death Park manage to do. This is the kind of B horror slasher film that have no deep plot, it´s all about killing people and trying to go old school in similar ways as Halloween. If you love these kinds of films and accept the limited budget, this could be something for you. Personally i would say that i enjoyed the masked killer most of all, known as The Killer ( played by director Ken Brewer ). The mask may not be very original or different from many horror masks, but i still feel that it works in the concept of this film. After all, this is supposed to be a film made for this specific genre, where you want to see bodies being stabbed and murdered in different ways. The fact that the killer is brought back to life like the 1985 horror film Re-Animator is a fun detail. We do get some hot women included as well, so this is of course one important detail if you want the male audience to be happy. I should point out that this is a sequel and i have not seen the previous films. That´s ok, i could go into this film without knowing anything from the previous films and still be entertained. Even if some acting performances are pretty terrible ( in a fun B movie way ), i do enjoy the character Shady ( played by actress Linnea Swasnsson who was enjoyable in the low budget action film Death Bitch ). Not only is her character cool, but i would have liked to see her have more screen time. Actress Bridget Powers also deliver as one of the Bounty Hunter characters, just having fun on screen. We do get some practical make up effects killings, but this is where i wish we could have had more brutal kills. I want hands flying, libs pulled out of the body ( more than just two scenes ), i just love seeing disturbing killings. Otherwise i would say Return To Death Park is like a cheesy written love letter to the B movie community, it has all the ingredients you were hoping would be included, while instead of using words the killer just slash bodies instead. Director Ken Brewer is clearly inspired by slasher horror films at VHS rental stores of the past, and this is a simple yet entertaining B movie. Return To Death Parl may never win any Oscars but it will find it´s way to the audience with big hearts for B movies.

Rating: DDD

Now You See Me, Now You Don´t

Magic tricks, some people love to see magicians do tricks while others would just rock out at a Metallica concert. I am going to be honest and say i prefer Metallica if i had to choose, being an old school metal fan does make your nostalgic metal heart go warm. I do think there are many talented magicians all over the world, and i have seen some magic shows on TV. Back in the late 80´s i remember watching the magician duo Siegfried & Roy show on Swedish TV, i can´t remember what the show was called but it was filmed in Las Vegas. I only remember some things about that show and they were definetely entertaining. And the stage costumes? I mean no one looked like Siegfried & Roy, they were like the Liberace version of the magic world. I always wondered if they were gay, doesn´t really matter but they definetely knew how to put on a magic show. We have had films inspired by magicians such as the 2006 film The Illusionist, where actor Adward Norton played the magician character Eisenheim the Illusionist. This was a fascinating film for a number iof reasons. First of all the film is inspired by the real Asutrian magician Erik Jan Hanussen, who also was a nazist, hypnotist, mentalist, oculltist and astrologer all combined. The second fascinating detail about the film was we get to see the life that Eisenheim lived during the late 1800´s, how he managed to get himself recognized through his magic shows. The costume design did look great as well i have to admit. Edward Norton is really good in the lead role, and a shout out to actor Paul Giamatti who also does a strong performance. Worth a watch on streamimg or on physical media if you prefer that. Some of you might have seen the magic trick American heist film Now You See Me released in 2013 with an incredible cast such as Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mark Ruffalo and Morgan Freeman. A charming heist film i enjoyed back in the day it came out. I did see the sequel in cinema Now You See Me 2 back in 2016, it was alright. I think Michael Caine actually saved this film to be perfectly honest. Now, i never would have expected that we would get a third film in this franchise, but here we are with another film with some casting changes. I did not see this film in cinema, i decided to watch it on VOD instead. Is this a really entertaining heist sequel to this franchise or was this a terrible idea making another one?

Ten years after the Horseman´s last performance. three young illusionists-Charlie Geese ( Justice Smith ), BoscoLeRoy ( Dominic Sessa ), and June Rouclere - impersonate the Horsemen using deepflakes and holograms to drain a corrupt crytocurrency exchange owner´s wallet and share thestolen funds.  They are approached by the real J. Daniel Atlas ( Jesse Eisenberg ) - the fiorman of the Horsemen - who reveals he was sent by the Eye, a secret society of magicians, cia a tarot card to recruit them for a mission to steal the largest diamond called the "Heart Diamond" from Veronika Vandeberg ( Rosamund Pike ), the head of a South African diamond company. To be able to pull this off, they will have to use some of their best magic tricks.

When you make a film franchise by making a third film you have to be able to keep the audience it was made for. The Expendables franchise is a perfect ecample of a franchise who knew how to do that, even if we only had 4 films so far. When it comes to the Now You See Me franchise this is supposed to be made for fans of magicians, magic tricks in general and putting on a show. This is one of the biggest issues that i have with Now You See Me, Now You Don´t. They try to do some magic tricks that are supposed to blow our minds. But if im being completely honest, most of these magic tricks felt boring, predictable and not very exciting at all. It is like they just wanted to cash in on the audience, hoping fans of the previous films would turn up. Instead of focusing on making the magic tricks, they just find a way to make the tricks look cheaper than usual. The good news is that we do have some new team members in this film, unfortunately these young actors characters doesn´t really give much to their characters. I will say though actress Ariana Greenblatt ( who i enjoyed in the 2021 Netflix film Awake ) as the character June at least give some charming scenes, i just wish she would have been given more character development. The old cast from previous films are about the same, and of course Jesse Eisenberg is hard not to like as his character J. Daniel Atlas. But not even his character can bring much magic to this film, when the tricks themselves feel uninspired. A few action scenes are...ok at best? Especially one scene in a magic tricks built house, where the upside down rooms give some enjoyable moments. We do have actress Rosamund Pike here as Veronika, and even if her accent sounds fake at least she is enjoyable to watch in her scenes. Other than that i feel that Now You See Me, Now You Don´t failed as a sequel. Where are the fun magic tricks? Where is the charming tone of the first film? This feels just like it was made just to please true fans of this franchise, but im not so sure this film will please even the fans. I wouldn´t call this a really bad film, i just feel that with so many great actors attached and this is what we got? I would have expected more to be honest. Director Ruben Fleischer directed the Zombieland films which i both enjoyed in the past. Both of them are way better than Now You See Me, Now You Don´t, wich makes this film very forgettable.

Rating: DD

Reset

When it comes to distribution companies for low budget films, one of the most well known ones is of course known as Uncork´d Entertainment. Over the years i have seen a lot of their low budget movie releases, and i have to say in general i have enjoyed many of their releases. There are a couple of exceptions of course such as the 2019 low budget horror film Pet Graveyard, this one could have been interesting but didn´t have interesting characters or a good story. Pet Graveyard tried to be a rip off of the 1990 classic Flatliners with a complete different plot basically, the idea itself wasn´t bad but they didn´t do anything interesting with the main story. Since we are talking about the distribution company Uncork´d Entertainment we might as well talk about one of their releases that should be seen. And i had to go through a long list of films and decide to pick one, and i decided to choose the 2017 independent horror film Ghosts Of Darkness from director David Ryan Keith ( director of Redwood Massacre and the sequel Redwood Massacre: Anniliation, both worth a watch ). The story is pretty simple, one paranormal investigator Jack Donavan ( Michael Koltes ) and a psychic Jonathan Blazer ( Paul Flannery ) are contacted by a mysterious man who tell them to come out to an old house in the countryside. He inform them about the past of the house, and what happened here many years ago. If they accept the offer that he have prepared for them, they will be paid well just to stay in this old house. It is well known for being haunted, which paranormal investigator Jack doesn´t believe in at all. As both men agree to stay a couple of days, they are about to experience the evil past of this house. Ghosts Of Darkness is a well made independent horror film, and the acting is better than i expected for a low budget film such as this. Pretty effective horror scenes and some good practical make up effects. Ghost Of Darkness is worth a watch on DVD or VOD if you enjoy old schoiol ghost horror films. Last year i missed out on some of the latest releases from Uncork´d Entertainment and i decided to pick one of the titles. I decided to go for the sci fi hororr film Reset, because the trailer looked interesting using practical make up effects aliens. Is this a film you should see as a horror fan, or is Reset doomed to fail finding it´s audience on VOD in a near future?

Lucas ( Adam Holley ) is a struggling father who´s daugher Eden ( Lorelai Brown ) was abducted by aliens and never came back. The aliens do visit sometimes while Lucas seems to experience time loops in his ordinary day life, when he get to revisit the same day and experience another meeting with these creatures. A local diner waitress Ruth ( Caitlin Westfall ) becomes the next person who experience the same time loops, where both of them are trying to understand what these creatures want.

Imagine if you did like a Groundhog Day version of a science fiction horror film, without any comedy ingredients and go for a much more serious plot. This is one way to describe this film Reset in a simple way. Now, when it comes to UFO movies and films about alien abductions there are a couple of titles that have pulled this through. For example the 2014 sci fi horror film Extraterrestrial from the director Colin Minihan, that film had a fun premise plus i really enjoyed the alien design as well. Reset is of course made on a much lower budget than Extraterrestrial, and that is something you can tell by the CGI effects and the alien costume. I do have some smaller issues with Reset but let´s talk about the positive first. The location of a countryside house is great, especially when we are talking about a sci fi alien abduction film. This is far away from any larger city, which means it´s far easier to feel the alien visits to be more creepy when you know not many people live here. Speaking of the aliens, i have to say i dig the design choice for these creatures. Especially the faces with the big sharp teeth, they made an effort even if they are working on a limited budget. The plot is actually kind of interesting since the main character get to repeat certain time loops with his abducted daughter, showing up in a different body ( yes i am fully aware this may sound strange ). The mystery surrounding why the aliens are doing this doesn´t get fully explained, not until towards the end. Im not sure if the conclusion is what i was hoping for, but i still think it works with the plot The main characters Lucas and Ruth,  played by actors Adam Holley and Caitlin Westfall is actually a good match for this film. The acting is good enough to work with the main plot. Ok, so one of my issues with this film is the CGI effects in certain scenes, especially a bed scene where a woman´s body seems to be controlled by alien forces. The CGI effects in this scene looked terrible and i feel they must have known this wouldn´t be effective. Perhaps they couldn´t do better because of budget issues, i still think the CGI effects needed to be fixed in this scene. In general i would say Reset deliver as a sci fi horror independent film, especially using aliens attacking as we remember from old 1950´s films using costumes. Director Michael Yaminne deliver a interesting plot twist for an alien abduction film, and i have a feeling fans of this genre might appreciate it just as i did. For the audience it was made for, Reset could be worth having on your VOD watch list.

Rating: DDD

OBS! If you want to watch the film for free you can watch the film on YouTube channel Flix For Free on the following link:

Reset (2025) | FULL SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | Adam Holley | Caitlin Westfall | Lorelai Brown

Jay Kelly

It seems that it is difficult finding Hollywood stars like the old school actors into modern days. How many young actors can you say reach the same stardom level as legendary actors such as Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Mel Gibson, Jack Nicholson, Sigourney Weaver and many others? That´s not me saying there are no good young actors out there, i know there are several very talented young actors. But it´s not difficult to see that a lot of young actors really have to work hard to become just as iconic ators as the legends we grew up watching on the big screen. But we do have actors who started off not being that good actors. Just look at Hollywood actor George Clooney, how many remember his earlier films such as Return To Horror High, or perhaps Return Of The Killer Tomatoes? Terrible but at least charming low budget B movies. Since then he have made mostly good films ( except Batman & Robin of course back in 1997 ) and some really good films. One of my personal favourite films outside of From Dusk Till Dawn that came out in 1996, i highly recommend the 2009 comedy-drama film Up In The Air from director Jason Reitman ( son of legendary director Ivan Reitman, who directed the 1984 classic Ghostbusters ). This is a very charming film where George Clooney plays the character Ryan Bringham. He works for a human resources consultancy firm specializing  in employment-termination assistance. Since he have a lot of different companies to visit, he flies constantly across America and never celebrate holidays at home with family, or other events. But things are about to change when his boss, Craig Gregory ( Jason Bateman ), decides that Ryan need to learn a new employee named Natalie Keener ( Anna Kendrick ) how to do this job professionally, as they travel together. A very simple but really well made film with excellent performances, worth checking out on streaming. Speaking of George Clooney late last year he released his latest film Jay Kelly, a Netflix comedy-drama which also stars Adam Sandler ( who is absolutely brilliant in the Netflix film Uncut Gems ), Laura Dern, Patrick Wilson and many others. i have actually not seen many reviews of Jay Kelly online which is fascinating, considering this film have a really good cast. Is this a must watch this spring, or is Jay Kelly unfortunately a waste of your precious time?

Jay Kelly ( George Clooney ) is a big Hollywood star with a long list of box office hits in his career. He have everything you could wish for, 2 beautfful daughters, a wonderful house, get to travel all over the world. But in his real ordinary life he feels like something is missing. He loves his big fan base, while his private life is suffering and he feels he need to fix some things. Is it possible Jay Kelly can find a good balance between career and his private life?

When i noticed that this film Jay Kelly is directed by the same man who directed the 2005 powerful comedy-drama film The Squid And The Whale, ( definetely worth a watch on streaming or physical media ), i was really hoping director Noah Baumbach would deliver something charming to the audience with Jay Kelly. And let me be clear about somerthing, if you really want to enjoy this film then you should probably enjoy old school Hollywood films. What do i mean by that? Well, this film basically show us into the world of actor Jay Kelly as he have worked on so many films, how he function in the movie industry, how he lives his lifestyle and the choices he makes. This is pretty much almost like a biographical film or a character that doesn´t exist and yet we get to follow his career and private life. This is not the first time this have been done before, but i will say i feel that Jay Kelly manage to capture the true spirit of Hollywood that i used to remember at the thetatres. All the amazing sets, all the people working behind the scenes, the discussions about different ideas for a film. It is all here in Jay Kelly and i have to say the idea works well with these characters. Lead actor George Clooney as Jay Kelly is of course very charming and he may have aged, but he still knows how to give a really solid performance and knows how to develope his character. I also enjoy seeing George Clooney portrait Jay Kelly as two different individuals, you have the Hollywood star but then you also have his rough past still floating around his private life. Actor Adam Sandler proves once me he knows how to act good with the right character, and actress Laura Dern is of course a perfect match for this film. Jay Kelly really show how important it is to appreciate the small things in life, not the luxuary house or an expensive car. Caring for your family and learning how to become a better person, and these are some points where Jay Kelly hits right specifically. Director Noah Baumbach have made a film that feels like a tribute to the Hollywood we used to see on the big screen, and i foung myself enjoying this film. Worth a watch on Netflix for sure, especially if you loved George Clooney in Up In The Air.

Rating: DDD