About

I like a wide variety of films.  Here I will write about some of the newer movies coming out.  I’ll also review some films that have fewer than 5 votes on IMDB.  I will spend an inordinate amount of time watching crappy B- and C- grade movies.

On some level none of these movies matter.  Many of them will be forgotten in a few years, and many of them have already been forgotten by all but a small number of people.  At the same time we can learn from and enjoy aspects of just about any movie.  Here we will spend time talking about works of art like The Seventh Seal while not forgetting that movies like Humanoids from the Deep exist.  They each have their place in the history of cinema, and because of their crafstmanship (or lack thereof) they are worth discussing.

A quick word about my rating system.  I utilize two, the first of which you are familiar with.

This is the standard “Four Star” system.  It is a combination of how much I enjoy the film and how well crafted I feel it is, based on my limited knowledge of film.

The second is the “Pirate Flag” system.  Unless you are familiar with the Piradical Productions community in Indianapolis, Indiana, you probably don’t know how or why pirate flags are awarded.  The Pirads are fans of horror movies, action films, B-movies, and Takeshi Miike.  Not everything they like is as tasteless as Pink Flamingos, though.  It can be complicated, but generally pirate flags are awarded if I feel the Pirads would enjoy gathering together to spend a night watching the film.  Most of these films involve violence and weirdness, but sometimes they are fun cheese-filled extravaganzas.

For many films the star rating and the pirate flag rating will go hand-in-hand.  Other times, though, they will be diametrically opposed.  This is not a problem.

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