Bria Lou Reviews

Hey Guys x As a huge fan of horror, I really love whenever Halloween comes around, particularly because some of my favourite movies play on TV 24/7. So I thought that I would compile a list of some of the best underrated horror movies that I've watched this month, just in time for Halloween today! Coraline This has become a really classic Halloween movie, particularly for people that aren't really that into horror. And it's in this list as 'underrated' for anyone that doesn't believe cartoons can also be horror movies, because this is one! It's about a girl called Coraline who finds a secret door in her house that leads to an alternate world - with alternate parents. It's the perfect movie to watch if you want a bit of a scare tonight without being truly freaked out. Monster House This is probably my favourite cartoon horror, for so many reasons. It's about a group of kids who truly believe that the house next door is alive, and they...

Hey Guys x This film came out on the Sky Premiere channels recently, and while the description didn't really attract me that much, I was mainly watching in the hope that it would kind of turn into a political thriller or something. And then of course, Hugh Jackman. In 1987, Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) becomes the front runner for presidential nomination. However, when a scandal is brought to light, he finds that his exploits threaten to ruin both his campaign and his marriage. I didn't hate this film, but I certainly didn't love it, for so many reasons. At the beginning, it's quite interesting. You'd think there were no more unknown political stories to tell, but this was a story that I didn't know about, and a lot of people also might not know who Gary Hart was. For a while, there's nothing new. If you've seen any politics-based movie, you've seen Hollywood's version of the campaign trail. This is no different in any way. T...

Hey Guys x This is another older review, which you can see. This movie came out in 1954 and is known as one of Hitchcock's best. L. B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is confined to a wheelchair after an accident. When boredom forces him to watch the daily lives of the people in the neighbouring block, he becomes convinced that a murder has taken place. But is he seeing what he thinks he's seeing? And can he get someone to believe him? There's a reason that this film has such a great reputation - it's amazing! It's a film that has obviously inspired so many films that came after it. My favourite of which is a film called 'Disturbia', which has pretty much the same plot but it's an updated version, starring Shia LaBeouf. If the plot of a film is interesting enough on its own to inspire various adaptations, that's because it's amazing before it even makes its way to the screen. One of the best things about it was that, although it takes place...

Hey Guys x I'm a huge fan of the original Child's Play film, and one or two of the sequels, so when I heard that this movie was getting re-made, I was really excited. I'm not always excited for re-makes, but when it's of old horror movies that could easily be improved upon with today's technology, that to me seems like one of the best reasons to re-make a film. After moving to a new house and feeling guilty about her son Andy's (Gabriel Bateman) loneliness, Karen (Aubrey Plaza) buys him a Buddi doll. However, when the Chucky the doll (Mark Hamill) starts to starts acting out of the ordinary, it's up to Andy to stop Chucky before he puts everyone's lives in danger. My major problems with this film have to do with how much of a good concept the original version was. So if you haven't seen the original, then you'll probably like this a lot more than I did. For a start, the premise of the original film was a lot more entertaining, a lot mor...

Hey Guys x I think I only saw the trailer for this once when I was at the cinema, but apart from what I never saw it or heard of it. However, the premise was interesting enough that I kind of wanted to see how it turned out. After struggling to conceive, Tori (Elizabeth Banks) and Kyle Breyer (David Denman) are gifted with a baby boy. But as Brandon (Jackson A. Dunn) grows up and begins to exhibit strange behaviours and scary thoughts, everyone around Brandon finds themselves in danger. But who really is Brandon Breyer? And just how scared should the people around him be? I went into this film expecting it to be really bad (because that's what I'd been told), so I was actually pleasantly surprised by it. Not that I really liked it, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. It starts off how you imagine Clark Kent's early life was. Some of the similarities are so obvious that they definitely can't be a coincidence. It feels like a Sma...

Hey Guys x I said in another post that I was going to be writing reviews of older movies, and as this one had been on my 'to watch' list for such a long time, I thought it would be a great one to review! Plus there are some great connections between this and 'Joker' , which I've already reviewed. Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is a man suffering from insomnia. When he gets a job as a taxi driver, we see his gradual descent into obsession, as he dreams of cleaning up the dirty streets of New York City. I loved this movie, for so many reasons. Mainly because it's just an example of the classic movie-making that films nowadays try and fail to replicate. It feels like the writer just thought 'let's write the way people actually speak', and it was really successful because there wasn't a sentence that felt out of place or unrealistic. Another thing that the film does successfully is the use of voiceover. Whether we like it or not, we'r...

Hey Guys x I remember when this came out in the cinema, and the only thing that caught me was the names of the actors, most of which I was (and am) a huge fan of. However, while the story itself sounded interesting, it didn't really grab me. Because of this, I only ended up seeing it when it came on the Sky Premiere channels. A group of strangers come to stay in the El Royale hotel, unaware that they're all about to go through their own redemption stories, helping each other with revenge or forgiveness, as their stories interweave. I still kind of don't know how I feel about this film. I liked it enough to watch it again but... it's a strange one. The beginning scene is set up like a play, which was really great from the audience's point of view. It really draws the audience in well before they even begin to understand what's happening. And in a sense, it starts to feel like classic Hollywood, even though it's anything but. The film has a great g...

Hey Guys x This had been on my 'to watch' list for a while, purely based on the premise, which I found interesting because it didn't really seem like anything I had seen before. So after finding out that it was on Netflix, of course I had to watch it. Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) moves from New York to LA to work with his uncle in Hollywood. There, he meets Vonnie (Kristen Stewart) and immediately falls for her - even though she has a boyfriend. But when Bobby finds out the true identity of Vonnie's boyfriend, their friendship crumbles and Bobby goes back to New York. However, when Vonnie comes back into his life years later, can he leave the past behind him? I enjoyed this movie a lot more than I thought I was going to. For a start, the set pieces, scenery and locations were all beautiful. They really gave the film that 'old Hollywood' feel that was so essential for a movie with this plot. In this sense, it kind of felt like the movie 'Once Up...

Hey Guys x I just got out of the cinema and I had to write this review straight away because there's so much I want to say, and I didn't want to forget anything! Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) dreams of being a comedian, always knowing that his purpose in life is to make people laugh. But society doesn't always want to laugh. Instead, Fleck is ignored, degraded, made fun of, preyed upon and ostracised, simply because he's different. This treatment leads Fleck to slowly descend into madness, as he tries to give society exactly what it deserves. A lot of people have been saying great things about this movie, and I'm adding my voice to the many and saying that this movie is completely incredible, and everyone needs to see it! For a start, yes this is a movie about a comic book villain, but I wouldn't call this a comic book movie, at least not in the traditional sense. It is so grounded in reality, so human, that it is 100% a film for anyone to watch, even...

Hey Guys x This is a film that came into Netflix in the last two weeks or so. I hit the 'remind me' notification as soon as I read the description because, as well as it seeming like a really original love story in terms of the premise, I'm also constantly in need of LGBT+ love stories, and this looked like a great one. Lucy (Ellen Page) and Mercy (Kate Mara) are on opposite sides of a political issue - Capital Punishment. However, for both of them, it's personal. So when they meet at a protest, they know that falling for each other would be the worst idea. But the girls become drawn to each other, and soon even the seriousness of their political stances can't keep them apart. But when Kate's views begin to negatively affect Lucy's family life, the girls must make a choice. Does love conquer all? Or are there some differences that no one could resolve? I liked this movie a lot. It wasn't what I expected it to be in so many ways, but it w...