The House with a Clock in Its Walls

September 21, 2018 by Guest User in reviews, sandy devito

Directed by Eli Roth
Starring Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Owen Vaccaro
Running time: 1 hour 44 minutes
MPAA rating: PG
Genre: Fantasy, Family

by Sandy DeVito, WitchQueen of Darkness

What a delight!

I knew I was going to like this film. Call it a hunch. I get those sometimes with certain films. I like Eli Roth's films. Whether you're a fan or not, you have to admit his love of horror is obvious and guileless. That's a love I share. The House with a Clock in Its Walls is the love of horror that blossoms in the pit of a child's stomach, that interest in the strange and unknown that often needs a mentor to come into itself. Here, Roth is the chauffeur for a new generation of young people who like the weird stuff in life. He couldn't be a better fit for this material; his enthusiasm is evident in every frame. How could I not love something as heartfelt and Halloween-candy-sweet as this? It will be a Halloween staple for years to come. Children are going to love this film. It's spooky, just the right amount of scary, and its heart is truly in the right place. The production design! I was dying. I was eating that shit up. The house! The pumpkins! The tiny minute details on the books, the creepy dolls, Lewis' bedroom with the murals of moons, all the clocks, the costumes! Love after love after love.

Can't Care - Week of June 20, 2016

June 24, 2016 by Guest User in can't care, francis friel, jaime davis, rosalie kicks

Welcome to this week’s installment of Can’t Care, Moviejawn’s weekly roundup of all the entertainment news we just can’t care about.

Francis Friel, The Projectionist

Well-met, friends. Wanna know what I can't care about?

Darth Vader. In any flavor.

Can't Care - Week of March 21, 2016

March 23, 2016 by Guest User in can't care, francis friel, jaime davis, rosalie kicks

Welcome to this week’s installment of Can’t Care, Moviejawn’s weekly roundup of all the entertainment news we just can’t care about.

Francis Friel, The Projectionist

I can't care. I just cannot care, I swear to god. Disney's all upset cause The Force Awakens got blu-ripped and is all over the dang internet? Seriously? I can't care. They paid Lucas over three billion bucks for the rights to the entire Lucasfilm intellectual property, characters, set designs, star destroyers, neckbeards, jar jars, golden bikinis, "old man wizards" and every other goddammer in the galaxy and made half of that money back by making ONE FILM and they want me to be UPSET that someone thought ahead and ripped the shit outta that blu-ray a couple weeks early? Are you KIDDING ME?? I can. not. care. Can't care. I hope the script to Episode VIII leaks all over Kathleen Kennedy's living room floor. Lucasfilm. You're kidding me, right?