james mckenna

he/him. @lucasmuseum tech. film watcher. seltzer consumer. acab forever. (all opinions are my own obviously) #horror

Favorite films

  • Hellbound: Hellraiser II
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • Event Horizon
  • Showgirls

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  • The Abyss

    ★★★½

  • Blue Beetle

    ★★★

  • A Haunting in Venice

    ★★★

  • Kiki's Delivery Service

    ★★★★★

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  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★★½

    removing half a star because cillian murphy didnt hang dong.

    besides that, CINEMA

  • Cocaine Bear

    Cocaine Bear

    ★★

    man, i wanted to enjoy this SO much more than i actually did. the jokes don’t land at the pace they should, the gore is fleeting, the choice of how it got edited is WILD and some characters are wholly unused or flat out unexplained. as off as i felt about the movie itself, i do have to give massive props to alden ehrenreich and o'shea jackson jr. absolute standouts of the film by a long shot.

    now that i…

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  • The Abyss

    The Abyss

    ★★★½

    as an adult in my thirties i am now realizing i have zero goddamn clue how water pressure works.

  • Blue Beetle

    Blue Beetle

    ★★★

    jaime: it's like batman's stuff.
    rudy: batman's a fascist!

    my god, why did it take until 2023 for someone to realize how to correctly deploy george lopez into a movie?

    not enought people are talking about how this was actually a delight

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  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre

    ★★

    did you want texas chainsaw massacre to have a school shooting plot that goes nowhere? BOY do i have a movie for you.....

  • Knock at the Cabin

    Knock at the Cabin

    ★★★★

    oh BOY did i reaaaaally like this but GOD DAMN does dave bautista take the proverbial ball and run with it.

    cant say enough good things about this honestly. m night returns to his roots to hit a tense home run that gave me massive "signs" vibes with the emotional stock behind it.

    also shyamalan gets a forever pass for future films for allowing dave bautista to go absolutely OFF.

    hell yeah.