B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - DEAD END (2003)

Made for less than a million dollars, the slightly obscure Dead End is a chilling little indie you don't want to miss. It might just be the best Christmas horror movie no one ever heard of and every dollar is up there on the screen. It's quirky, weird, funny, bizarre, and scary all at once. Black comedy for sure but much more, this would make a nice double feature with The Perfect Host, another movie we're big on around here. So, grab some eggnog and a snack or two and check out the inimitable Ray Wise with legendary Lin Shaye as they take their family down a wrong turn, what's up with this road? Why doesn't it end? After all, they're just trying to make it to Christmas Eve dessert at Frank's mother's house. Tubi, Plex, Freevee, enjoy! 2.75 stars/2.75

Thursday, August 22, 2024

CLINT EASTWOOD FEST HONORABLE MENTIONS - "SULLY" (2016,) "BREEZY" (1973) & "15:17 TO PARIS" (2018) w/ trailers, ratings, where to stream

 

While still a great plane movie for the genre, it would have been much better without the artistic editing, should have gone for a more linear approach. Hanks & Ekhart work good together. 3.0 stars/5  Streams VOD only. 

Clint's only third time behind the camera (and just behind the camera on this one) produced what is probably his most endearing, poignant, and touching film - a love story about an older man (William Holden) who falls for a hippie 18-year old (Kay Lenz.) A must-see.  4.0 stars/5  Streams only on Apple or Amazon VOD.
While all three of the real heroes of this true story do a more than admirable job as the three leads, point blank, it would have been a much better film had Clint cast real actors. Thumbs still up though.  2.75 stars/5  Streams on Apple or Amazon VOD. 
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