Back Row Seating

While not a Halloween movie, it is a spoopy movie, and that counts just as well in October, right? Well, if it's a good movie, I suppose it would count. But is Darkness Falls any good? I dunno; I watched it when I was twelve, and I """liked""" it enough to watch it more than once and have a shot burned into my brain-hole, so it must have had some redeeming qualities?

Maybe I was just a dumb kid, who knows, but we're gonna find out on this episode of Back Row Seating!

Yo! It's time to return to the world of Hogwarts! Only this time, we're not alone... With TheDreadedNeko in tow, and a new cinematographer, the world of the second film installment of Harry Potter is our oyster. Will it improve upon the original? Only a watch will tell, but I can tell you already that the two of us at Hogwarts certainly would see the detention hall a lot.

Wait until the end for TheDreadedNeko to get sorted into his house!

Confession time: I've never seen this film before... Growing up with then-pious parents, Halloween was very much a foreign, uncelebrated holiday growing up, so I've often lacked the "magic" of the season. What better way to start October with a film that's very much about the spirit of Halloween? Let's see how it stacks up to the decades of praise!

I'm shippin' up to Boston! In preparation for my trip to Beantown, we're gonna revisit one of my favorite crime/mob films; directed by the great Scorsese himself. Yes, let's have our mind's blown by the subversive plot twists, Mark Wahlberg's placid acting, and by all the handfuls of drugs being thrown about by Jack Nicholson. 

Pinocchio again! Having reviewed the original, it's time to begin the Year of Pinocchio with the Disney+ remake starring Tom Hanks and my main man, Luke Evans et. al.! The critical response to this film has been deplorable, but as somebody with zero nostalgia for the original, I'm intrigued to see where Disney might have improved upon the original film, which was in dire need of it, certainly. So let's get this show on the road! It can't be any worse than the scary version from the 90s...

The Year of Pinocchio has begun!

Not at all a staple of my 90s-kid childhood, I can't even remember ever watching the original 1940 version of the Disney classic, although I must have seen it, given my traumatic recollection of one of it's more terrifying scenes- and it is a children's movie, right?! In any case, in order to see the present, we much first view the past: where all these current iterations owe their existence. So let's go back and check it out!

In 2009, I was told not to watch this film. Ironically, I was told that by one of /my/ 'Summer's'. While I never put much stock in that recommendation, for whatever reason, I kept putting this film off- from one Summer, to another Summer- and now it's 2022 and I'm finally sitting down to watch it. When will the catharses end?!

Whatever we feel, at least we'll have Joseph Gordon-Levitt

*This is the theatrical cut of the film, not the extended edition

We're taking it back to my 90's kid childhood, ladies and gentlemen! Nine-year-old me was chompin' on Oreos and mini Doritos still, and my suspension of disbelief was at an all-time high. So how will adult me view this same film? I don't dislike this series, but after the third book, the time commitment going forward appeared immense, so I stopped after what was my favorite of the books (and films) so far. So we're gonna fix that and watch 'em all!

Holy Wolfwalkers vibes, Batman! I'm super stoked to check out this wild adventure film straight outta Netflix, largely due to how massive the trailer seemed to be setting up the world. My biggest presumption is that it'll be too large, and the pacing will be wonky, so let's see how true or false that turns out to be! Anchor's away, and yar'hoy!

Hey, Lightyear is here! and my preclusions for this film have already been confusing based off of the trailers and teasers. Is this a mature film for the now-adults who grew up with the original Toy Story 1-2? or is it a silly kid adventure for all audiences? Maybe the 1970's David Bowie fans?! Who knows! but we'll find out.