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The Lighthouse (2019)

Before I see Nosferatu, I wanted to see Robert Eggers' 2019 film, "The Lighthouse". Willem Dafoe (who's becoming an Eggers regular) and Robert Pattinson star.The picture is very vivid and raw, something of a psychological horror story. Dafoe is terrific. Pattinson is a revelation. The harshness and monotony of their daily lives are fascinating, even though not that much actually happens. Pattinson's character is the newbie or "wickie". Dafoe's character is the veteran and will not allow Pattinson to do anything with the light, relegating Pattinson to the most menial tasks. Dafoe's character claims the previous "wickie" went mad. You really feel as if you're on the island and in the lighthouse with them, particularly when a terrible storm presumably sinks or disables their relief, who was due any day.

"The Lighthouse" is atmospheric and has style to spare. The performances are riveting. Eggers shows he's a superb writer and director with an uncanny ability to capture a particular time and place with an uncanny sense of dread, as he also did in his 2015 film, "The Witch".

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Christopher Nolan's next film, an adaptation of Homer's "The Odyssey". About as sure I thing as I could imagine, even if it doesn't open when "Barbie 2" does. Coming 2026.

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"The Gorge" trailer. Upcoming release on Apple TV, next February. I'm a big fan of several of Scott Derrickson's films. This one looks like a winner.

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Forty-eight years. Wow. I saw it about six weeks later for my birthday. Thought it was the greatest movie, ever. Still holds up pretty well.

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Another pointless remake. "American Psycho" was a great film. We don't need a new one.

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Hearing a lot of good stuff about this one. We need a good, new werewolf movie.

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One of my favorites. "Se7en" restoration coming to IMAX. Looks fantastic from the trailer.

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"The Black Phone 2". I liked the first one very much. This one has most everybody back. Coming 2025.

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Trailer for famed horror author Clive Barker's debut as writer-director, "Hellraiser".

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They decided to go on with this after the very mediocre "Exorcist:Believer". This one will almost have to be better. Mike Flanagan directing is a step in the right direction.

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Trailer for the 2005 remake of John Carpenter's "The Fog". Not great, but not as bad as it's been made out to be by some.

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Sorry to hear this. Great actor in some very memorable roles and by all accounts, a great person. RIP

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This is how you promote a movie!

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Steven Soderbergh's new film, opening in January. Looks very interesting from the trailer.

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Trailer for John Carpenter's 1982 film "The Thing". A flop on original release, it's now justifiably regarded as one of the greatest horror movies, ever (by me and many others).

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The reboot that absolutely no one asked for. It's been so long, they may have finally forgotten what you did last summer.

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Looks like a so-so opening day of $22 million, domestically. Should be fine with overseas grosses and a (comparatively) low budget of $110 million.