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BAMF's January 2019 Cinejourney

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7.4

The Hate U Give (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Amandla Stenberg
Regina Hall
Russell Hornsby
Anthony Mackie
Issa Rae
Common
Algee Smith
Sabrina Carpenter
K.J. Apa
Karan Kendrick
Kurt Yue
and
Mason Pike

True Rating: 10/10

Body Count: 4

BAMF's rating:

144

5.4

6.3

Polar

Familiar Actors:
Mads Mikkelsen
Vanessa Hudgens
Katheryn Winnick
Matt Lucas
Robert Maillet
Pedro Miguel Arce
Richard Dreyfuss
Inga Cadranel
Julian Richings
Johnny Knoxville
and
Darryl Scheelar

True Rating: 10/10

Body Count: 89

BAMF's rating:

571

6.6

7.9

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Rami Malek
Lucy Boynton
Joseph Mazzello
Aidan Gillen
Tom Hollander
Mike Myers
Tim Plester
John Ottman
Lasco Atkins
and
Adam Lambert

True Rating: 10/10

Body Count: 1

BAMF's rating:

7.2

7.1

Auntie Edna (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Brad Bird
Craig T. Nelson
Eli Fucile
and
Nicholas Bird

True Rating: 8.4/10

BAMF's rating:

6.8

7.5

Bao (2018)

Familiar Actor:
Pete Docter

True Rating: 8.3/10

Body Count: 1

Notes: This was such a sweet and powerful little short!

BAMF's rating:

216

5.6

6.3

The Commuter

Familiar Actors:
Liam Neeson
Vera Farmiga
Patrick Wilson
Jonathan Banks
Sam Neill
Shazad Latif
Andy Nyman
Clara Lago
Roland Møller
Florence Pugh
Dean-Charles Chapman
Letitia Wright
Nathan Wiley
Lee Nicholas Harris
and
Pete Buzzsaw Holland

True Rating: 8.3/10

Body Count: 6

BAMF's rating:

6.7

Target

Familiar Actress:
Cinta Laura Kiehl

True Rating: 8.2/10

Body Count: 6

BAMF's rating:

6.1

6.6

Falling Leaves

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 8.2/10

BAMF's rating:

5.8

6.5

Animal World (2018)

Familiar Actor:
Michael Douglas

True Rating: 7.4/10

Body Count: 41 or so

Notes: This movie is nothing at all like I expected it to be. If it had been it would have a better rating. The premise, despite not being what it promoted, is actually different and interesting.

BAMF's rating:

5.6

5.7

Close (2019)

Familiar Actors:
Noomi Rapace
Sophie Nelisse
Indira Varma
Eoin Macken
George Georgiou
and
Christopher Sciueref

True Rating: 7.3/10

Body Count: 19

BAMF's rating:

3.8

5.1

Mara

Familiar Actors:
Olga Kurylenko
Javier Botet
Lance E. Nichols
Melissa Bolona
and
Gia Skova

True Rating: 7.3/10

Body Count: 6

Notes: Olga Kurylenko used to be one to look out for, but now we hardly see her anymore. At least we got her here.

BAMF's rating:

4.9

Solo (2018)

Familiar Actor:
Ben Temple

True Rating: 7.3/10

BAMF's rating:

5.7

Caught in a Cabaret (1914)

Familiar Actor:
Charles Chaplin
Mabel Normand
Wallace MacDonald
Eva Nelson
and
Al St. John

True Rating: 7.2/10

BAMF's rating:

5.5

5.7

Revenger (2018)

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 7.1/10

Body Count: 70+

Notes: Considering that this is from the people who made The Raid this was underwhelming. Still it was a decent action flick.

BAMF's rating:

5.9

A Daughter of the Law

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 6.9/10

BAMF's rating:

193

5.7

6.1

Mortal Engines

Familiar Actors:
Robert Sheehan
Hugo Weaving
Patrick Malahide
Stephen Lang
Colin Salmon
Frankie Adams
Mark Hadlow
Joel Tobeck
Nathaniel Lees
and
Shane Rangi

True Rating: 6.8/10

Body Count: 39+

BAMF's rating:

5.2

5.7

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Familiar Actors:
Wendi McLendon-Covey
Jeremy Ray Taylor
Ken Jeong
Chris Parnell
Peyton Wich
Shari Headley
Kendrick Cross
R.L. Stine
and
Jack Black

True Rating: 6.8/10

Body Count: 5

Notes: It's not quite as fun or as good as the first one, but it's not too bad of a follow up.

BAMF's rating:

6.2

5.5

Mabel's Blunder (1914)

Familiar Actors:
Mabel Normand
Wallace MacDonald
Al St. John
and
Eva Nelson

True Rating: 6.8/10

BAMF's rating:

102

6.8

The Last Dragon (1985)

Familiar Actors:
Vanity
Mike Starr
Ernie Reyes Jr.
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Chazz Palminteri
and
William H. Macy

True Rating: 6.7/10

Notes: It's a cheesy as hell martial arts movie that's quite an entertaining watch. Definitely a cult classic worth checking out.

BAMF's rating:

5.9

Her Defiance

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 6.7/10

Body Count: 1

BAMF's rating:

$Motherhood: Life\'s Greatest Miracle$

6.1

Motherhood: Life\'s Greatest Miracle

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 6.5/10

Note: Wow that really hit the topic on the nose. Definitely would be quite controversial to have this made these days.

BAMF's rating:

4.9

4.7

Familiar Actors:
Margaret Qualley
Anthony Mackie
Danny Huston
and
Tom Payne

True Rating: 6.3/10

Body Count: 3

BAMF's rating:

6.2

Broadway Love

Familiar Actor:
Lon Chaney

True Rating: 6.3/10

Notes: It was very strange seeing Lon Chaney in a romance considering he's known for horror.

BAMF's rating:

219

6.6

6.4

Tale of Tales (2015)

Familiar Actors:
Salma Hayek
Vincent Cassel
Toby Jones
John C. Reilly
Shirley Henderson
Stacy Martin
and
Jessie Cave

True Rating: 6.2/10

Body Count: 10

Notes: It's long, weird, and a bit of a slow burn. Still it's a pretty interesting idea with an excellent cast.

BAMF's rating:

5.7

49-17 (1917)

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 6.2/10

Body Count: 3

Notes: This was my first look into the Pioneers of women in filmmaking on Netflix.

BAMF's rating:

The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West

5.8

5.7

The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West... (1916)

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 6.1/10

Body Count: 1

BAMF's rating:

4.6

4.4

211

Familiar Actors:
Nicolas Cage
Sophie Skelton
Michael Rainey Jr.
Weston Cage
Cory Hardrict
Amanda Cerny
and
Vitaly Zdorovetskiy

True Rating: 6/10

Body Count: 33

Notes: Other than Nicolas Cage it isn't bad for a B action movie.

BAMF's rating:

4.6

5.3

He's Out There (2018)

Familiar Actress:
Yvonne Strahovski

True Rating: 5.8/10

Body Count: 2

Note: I really don't know what is happening here, but the performances are decent enough.

BAMF's rating:

5.5

5.7

Gnome Alone

Familiar Actors:
Becky G
Josh Peck
Tara Strong
Olivia Holt
David Koechner
Jeff Dunham
Patrick Stump
Hamilton Nash Grier
Madison De La Garza
George Lopez
Fred Tatasciore
Ben Diskin
Carlos Alazraqui
Dee Bradley Baker
Jim Cummings
and
Robert Tinkler

True Rating: 5.7/10

Body Count: 26

BAMF's rating:

2.8

Slasher Party (2019)

Familiar Actors:
Timothy DelaGhetto
Ray J
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
Sarah McDaniel
Danny Trejo
Kinsey Wolanski
and
Vitaly Zdorovetskiy

True Rating: 5.7/10

Body Count: 10

BAMF's rating:

125

5.5

6.1

The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Claire Foy
Lakeith Stanfield
Sylvia Hoeks
Stephen Merchant
Cameron Britton
Vicky Krieps
and
Andrej Pejic

True Rating: 5.6/10

Body Count: 18

Note: I miss Noomi Rapace and Rooney Mara in the role. They did it better!

BAMF's rating:

5.3

A House Divided

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 5.6/10

BAMF's rating:

4.5

5.1

Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018) (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Mamoru Miyano
Takahiro Sakurai
Kana Hanazawa
Tomokazu Sugita
Yuki Kaji
Ari Ozawa
Daisuke Ono
Ken'yu Horiuchi
Kazuya Nakai
Kazuhiro Yamaji
and
Robbie Daymond

True Rating: 5.2/10

Body Count: 24+

Notes: From the Japanese I expect way better than this Godzilla.

BAMF's rating:

2.3

4.9

Grand-Daddy Day Care (2019)

Familiar Actors:
Clint Howard
Danny Trejo
Reno Wilson
Julia Duffy
Barry Bostwick
James Hong
George Wendt
Jayden Bartels
and
Stacie Greenwell

True Rating: 2.8/10

BAMF's rating:

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Awards & Other Things

Best Picture of the Month: The Hate U Give
Oddest Picture of the Month: Tale of Tales
Worst Picture of the Month: Grand-Daddy Day Care
Best New to me Actor: Hera Hilmar (Mortal Engines)
Best Lead Actress: Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give)
Best Supporting Actress: Regina Hall (The Hate U Give)
Worst Actress: Kinsey Wolanski (Slasher Party)
Best Lead Actor: Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Best Supporting Actor: Russell Hornsby (The Hate U Give)
Worst Actor: Vitaly Zdorovetskiy (Slasher Party)
Guilty Pleasure Fun Picture: Target
Surprise Good Picture of the Month: Target
Most Brutal Death Scene: Polar
Best Sequel or Remake: Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Worst Sequel or Remake: Grand-Daddy Day Care
Best Twist: Target
Best Visual Effects: Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Worst Visual Effects: The Last Dragon

Under the Radar Movies I Recommend Seeing:
Bao
The Hate U Give
Target
Auntie Edna
Polar
Falling Leaves

Most Seen Actors This Month:
Danny Trejo- 2
Vitaly Zdorovetskiy- 2
Mabel Normand- 2
Al St. John- 2
Wallace MacDonald- 2
Eva Nelson- 2