Great turnout for John Dickie at Reeds Records in St Thomas on Record Store Day

126: THE MUMMY (2026) dir. Lee Cronin

THE MUMMY by way of EVIL DEAD RISE. I liked that it played on a bigger canvas than most modern horror, going back and forth between Egypt and Albuquerque. Overlong, and the final reel gets too bonkers for the emotional beats to land. Solid, not great

125: REVIVER I (2025)

3 shorts - CAROLINA (1972), DAY OF THE STALKING HORROR (1980), FRIDAY 13 (1973), and 1 feature - BOOTS AND THE PREACHER (1972) - all previously thought lost, lovingly restored from original elements by Vinegar Syndrome. Worth it for Jim Arp's tunes in PREACHER

#124: LETHAL WEAPON 3 (1992) dir. Richard Donner

I'd forgotten how fragmented, annoying, and downright meanspirited this one is. More and more I realize what a blessing it is that the series stopped at 4

#123: KISS KISS, BANG BANG (2005) dir. Shane Black

I've lost count of how many times I've seen this. It's slightly ahead of THE NICE GUYS for best implementation of Black's buddy comedy formula. Val Kilmer in particular was never better

#122: SCARED SHITLESS (2025) dir. Vivieno Caldinelli

Second time around seeing this on the big screen, this time as part of National Canadian Film Day. Had a blast, same as before. Hoping that in time it becomes recognized as the Canadian horror classic it is

In the city for the National Cdn Film Day screening of SCARED SHITLESS. Rain drove me into a Mexican restaurant where a boring man in a turquoise leather jacket was sitting at the bar, trying to explain what he remembers about the "bloodline of Jesus" conspiracy to a waitress too polite to walk away

#121: MASSACRE (1989) dir. Andrea Bianchi

A so-so late era meta giallo set during the filming of a horror film. Leans hard into sleaze as a way of apologizing for not making a whole lot of sense. VinSyn's 4K scan looks incredible, as always

Starting to look for apartments in Toronto and I was struck by how, after all my bellyaching, I'm actually going to miss being witness to generation after generation of pigeons being born on my balcony here in London

#120: HUNTING MATTHEW NICHOLS (2024) dir. Markian Tarasiuk

Always cool to see a movie leaning into the moodiness of Vancouver Island. Towards the end there's a shot of birch trees that gave me the willies. No idea why but I had to look away. Go figure

#119: PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026) dir. Phil Lord & Chris Miller

Every bit as good as everyone said it was

#118: FACES OF DEATH (2026) dir. Daniel Goldhaber

Starts strong but gets out over its skis by the time its two plotlines converge. Still, great production value, score, and performances. Barbie Ferreira is stellar as the lead

To all who celebrate

#117: WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? (1988) dir. Robert Zemeckis

Seeing this on a big screen with a crowd whose ages ranged from under 5 to over 70 was about as close as I ever expect to get to magic

#116: OFFICE KILLER (1997) dir. Cindy Sherman

Some people apparently love this, whereas I thought it failed at being both a slasher film and a satire of 90s cut-throat corporate culture. However, you can't deny Carol Kane's off the wall peformance or Evan Lurie's soundtrack

#115: LETHAL WEAPON 2 (1989) dir. Richard Donner

Darker and meaner than the first film, particularly in the second half. The toilet bomb scene also doesn't make any goddamn sense within the flow of the thing. Still, a solid sequel to the near-perfect original

He sure does. Everyone else is so damn serious and he's munching on worms

#114: SPAWN (1997) dir. Mark Dippé

I don't care that the CG stinks and the director's cut is virtually indistinguishable from the theatrical - I saw this in theaters back in '97 and still like it today. The Arrow 4K is also about as good as it's ever looked (or will ever need to)

Sweet Christmas is DHURANDHAR: THE REVENGE boring. It opens like KILL meets RAMBO: LAST BLOOD and then essentially becomes a series of slow motion Islamophobia montages. Four hours of this nonsense. If you want "ripped from the headlines" pulp from India, watch ARTICLE 370. It's almost 2 hrs shorter

#113: DHURANDHAR 2: THE REVENGE (2026) dir. Aditya Dhar

With Indian action cinema, you expect and account for the ultranationalism, as well as the anti-Muslim sentiment. That doesn't excuse it, of course, you just know it's coming. What you don't expect is boredom and this film has 4hrs worth of it

#112: TROPIC THUNDER (2008)
dir. Ben Stiller

On this watch-through it occurred to me I know the whole movie, word for word

#111: FORBIDDEN FRUITS (2026) dir. Meredith Alloway

Came completely out of left field to become one of my favorite films of the year. Funny, sweet, and cutting in equal measure. Lili Reinhart is phenomenal and the rest of the cast bring their A-game too. Think MEAN GIRLS meets THE CRAFT

#110: LETHAL WEAPON (1987) dir. Richard Donner

I refuse to let Mel Gibson's fuckery ruin this series for me. Also, how wild is it that Shane Black has more or less kept writing the same screenplay since the 80s and, at least for a while, got ever increasing amounts of money for it?

#109: THEY WILL KILL YOU (2026) dir. Kirill Sokolov

One reviewer described this as "Sam Raimi's KILL BILL, although nowhere near as much fun as that sounds" and that about nails it. Inventive in places and I'm a big Zazie Beetz fan, but it kinda felt like a slog

#108: BODYCAM (2025) dir. Brandon Christensen

This thing rips. Supernatural urban horror, which is exactly my shit, firing on all cylinders. Between this and NIGHT OF THE REAPER, Christensen had one hell of a year in 2025.

Thanks dude!

I'd look it up myself but I'm on a plane and the internet is shit for anything save messaging

I haven't! Thats gotta be fascinating. He's always seemed like such a character. I don't suppose you remember the name?

#107: IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS: 1995-1999 (2025) dir. David Weiner

It says a lot about how enjoyable this series is that I was willing to watch the whole thing, even at 6 hours long

#106: CAT CHASER (1989) dir. Abel Ferrara

It's weird seeing a Ferrara film with a budget. This one is an Elmore Leonard adaptation that really makes you appreciate OUT OF SIGHT and JACKIE BROWN. A long 90 minutes and I can't imagine the rumored 160m director's cut improving the situation