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Werewolves and the Sanderson Sisters

 Sunday: Wolfwalkers (2020)

       Robyn and her father move from England to a city in Scotland. The city is surrounded by high walls to keep the wolves out. Robyn's father was brought there to hunt the wolves. The Lord Protector wants the nearby forest cleared of wolves so he can expand. Robyn wants to be a hunter like her father. One day she follows him into the forest. She falls into a trap. A wolf comes and helps her out. Robyn chases the wolf into a secret lair. Only to find the wolf gone and before her is a little girl. Mebh introduces herself. She is a wolfwalker. When she sleeps her wolf form comes out. Now sympathetic to the wolves Robyn must find a way to help them. I liked this movie. 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Friday: See How They Run (2022)

       A successful play on the West End in London is going to be turned into a movie. Then the would be director of the movie winds up murdered. Everyone is a suspect. Seasoned Inspector Stoppard and rookie Constable Stalker are brought in to solve the case. They have to find who in the theater killed the director. I thought this film was good. A little campy but it's supposed to be. It's a who done it with some classic film noir elements. 

Saturday: Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)

      Becca and her friend Izzy have a ritual every year where they go into the forest and "perform" spells to help the upcoming year. The new candle they light ends up being a black flame candle. It brings back the Sanderson Sisters. The sisters are desperate to survive the night and regain their youth. Instead of draining the life from children they want to become all powerful. Becca and Izzy try and stop them. I liked this movie. I wasn't sure how this movie would turn out. The first one is such a classic. Part of its appeal is the nostalgia you get when watching it. It's hard to recapture nostalgia. They did a decent job of it in this movie. They touched on bits that we like while also adding new elements.

Sunday: Plymouth Adventure (1952)

       Captain Jones makes his money taking people on his ship to the new world. Before his upcoming voyage he is told to take them to Plymouth, Massachusetts instead of Virginia without telling his passengers. He doesn't care as long as he gets his money. They face many obstacles. The journey is rough, but they make it to Plymouth. This movie was alright. Better than I thought it was going to be. Mostly I watched it because Captain Jones was played by Spencer Tracy.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Friday: Amsterdam (2022)

       While serving in WWI Bert becomes close friends with a black man named Harold and a nurse named Valarie. After the war they spend sometime together in Amsterdam. They become a family. Harold and Valaries fall in love. It comes to an end. Bert has to return to his wife. He gets in trouble back in New York. Harold is a lawyer and goes back to help him. Valarie uses her family's influence to help. Back in the U.S. Harold and Valarie can't be together. Later while trying to help the daughter of their general, who is suspected of being murdered, Bert and Harold witness her being killed. They are blamed for killing her. Bert and Harold have to prove their innocence and find out what is really going on. I thought this movie was ok. It has its moments. But overall it's not very good. The script is horrible. If there is a script at all. It's so disjointed. The acting is off too. I don't know why they had to cast Taylor Swift in it. She is a horrible actress. Thankfully (spoiler alert) her character dies pretty quickly so we don't have to suffer too long.

Saturday: Werewolf by Night (2022)

         The Bloodstone family wields a magical stone that helps them fight monsters. When the head of the family dies the stone must be passed on. It should go to his daughter, but she has long been estranged. So the top monster hunters are gathered to compete to win the stone. Among them is Jack. He has other motives for being there. He also has a secret that could put him and everyone else in danger. This movie is good. It's a Marvel movie. It's in black and white with the only color being the red of the stone. Although with most modern movies in black and white it's not truly black and white. You can almost see the colors. This movie was made like a classic horror film like The Wolf Man or Dracula. They even put the cigarette burns in the corner. Like they used to do to indicate it was time to change the reel. 

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