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Synopsis: A weekend at a rented mansion with college friends already feels awkward for Haley, who is there with her ex-boyfriend, Grant. When the group discovers a box of old hand-painted tarot cards in the basement they ask a reluctant Haley to read their fortunes. Soon after, they begin being stalked by a long dead cursed astrologer who wants to kill them in a fashion determined by their readings.  Who's in it? The movie stars Harriet Slater , Adain Bradley , Jacob Batalon , Larsen Thompson and  Olwen Fouéré . Review: It had been a while since I had watched a horror movie with my wife and even longer since we found one on Netflix. I resolved both last night when I selected the movie Tarot . Overall, while it was basically what I was expecting it to be, it still turned out to be surprisingly good. I think the best way to describe this movie is it was a combination of Ouija and the Final Destination   series. The group of friends starts out by tempting fate by messin...

Synopsis: After cutting her hand receiving stitches on her birthday, Angela begins behaving strangely and eventually causes a car accident that leaves her in a coma for 40 days. After waking up, she behaves even more strangely and is ultimately committed to a psychiatric hospital. However, the Vatican believes the only way to help her is with an exorcism. Who's in it? The movie stars Olivia Taylor Dudley , John Patrick Amedori , Dougray Scott , Michael Pena and Peter Andersson . Review: Since yesterday evening was one of the few evenings my wife and I didn't have a lot going on, I decided to find a movie to watch while eating dinner. Even though this isn't the type of film I would normally watch (too many subpar ripoffs of The Exorcist out there) I decided to give it a try. It ended up being an OK movie but honestly could have been better. My biggest problem with this film is it ended up being kind of predictable. As I indicated before, most exorcism movies are essentiall...

Synopsis: Still in mourning, Libby,  a widowed mother of two, moves to her aunt's goat farm hoping for a fresh start. At her aunt's insistence, she reluctantly begins to run the farm with the help of her aunt's divorced farm manager, James O'Connor. Who's in it? The movie stars Leslie Bibb , Josh Duhamel , Nora Dunn , Isiah Whitlock, Jr . and Sharon Lawrence. Review: My wife came across this film on Netflix yesterday afternoon. Normally, it's the type of movie she would enjoy and I would avoid watching. But, since we couldn't decide on anything else and I had to make dinner anyway, I told her to just put it on. Overall, it turned out to be better than I was expecting. I'll start out by saying this movie is misclassified as a romance film. Yes, there was, predictably, some sparks between Libby (Bibb) and James (Duhamel). However, the majority of the film centered more on Libby's efforts to get over the guilt of her husband's death while coming ...

Synopsis: After a successful newspaper publisher dies unexpectedly, his slacker son, Britt Reid, partners with his father's former mechanic (a genius inventor and martial arts expert) to form a crime fighting duel. Who's in it? The movie stars Seth Rogan , Jay Chou , Cameron Diaz , Christoph Waltz and Jamie Harris . Review: We were under a heat advisory yesterday afternoon and, since I was pretty much wiped out from mowing our lawn earlier, I decided to sit down on the couch and watch a movie. After some consideration, this is the one I wound up picking out. Overall, my opinion of this movie was mixed. It wound up being better than I was expecting but, at the same time, there was definitely room for improvement. I think my biggest problem with this movie is it never really gave me a reason to root for Britt (Rogan). To start, his motivation for becoming a crime fighter was a bit unclear. In fact, the movie almost makes it seem like he just did it out of boredom. Then, once ...

Synopsis: Shortly after moving to California to start a new life, Simon and Robyn run into one of Simon's ex-classmates, Gordo. Even though Simon has no interest in reconnecting with his former classmate, Gordo has other ideas and continually stops by the house when Simon isn't home and leaving gifts for the couple. Simon wants to put an end to it. However, Robyn doesn't think Gordo is a threat and begins to suspect there is something from her husband's past he isn't telling her. Who's in it? The movie stars Jason Bateman , Rebecca Hall , Joel Edgerton , Allison Tolman and Tim Griffin. Review: I really should have mowed my lawn yesterday. But, I just couldn't get up the energy to do that so, after running a couple other errands, my wife and I wound up watching an afternoon movie. We originally started watching Meet the Blacks , but quickly discovered neither of us was enjoying it and started searching for something else. After going through doze...