ABCs of Death 2

ABCs of Death 2
Various Directors // 2014 // 125 mins

(22) Willow Creek

Willow Creek
Bobcat Goldthwait // 2013 // 80 mins

Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones
Karl Mueller // 2014 // 84 mins

(88) Very Good Girls

I've given in to the fact that I probably won't find the time to finish up every review for the films I watched during the June 100 earlier this year. Instead I'm just going to go ahead and publish the reviews that I did finish over the next few weeks. If a film I review is from the 100, I'll put the number it placed in the title of the post. Very Good Girls was the 88th film I watched for the challenge.

Very Good Girls
Naomi Foner // 2013 // 91 mins

The Fault in Our Stars

In January of 2012 a novel was released that took it's young-adult audience by storm. Written by John Green, the book focused on the tragic romance between two teenagers suffering from cancer, and less than a month after its release the rights to an adaptation were being optioned and the process of bringing the story from the page to the screen was already beginning.

The Fault in Our Stars
Josh Boone // 2014 // 126 mins

Chef

Chef
John Favreau // 2014 // 114 mins

The Conjuring

The Conjuring
James Wan // 2013 // 112 mins

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts
Josh Radnor // 2012 // 97 mins

Divergent

Divergent
Neil Burger // 2014 // 139 mins

Life After Beth

Life After Beth
Jeff Baena // 2014 // 91 mins

A Long Way Down

A Long Way Down

Pascal Chaumeil // 2014 // 96 mins

The Quiet Ones

The Quiet Ones
John Pogue // 2014 // 98 mins

Oculus

Oculus

Mike Flanagan // 2014 // 104 mins

Against the Crowd Blogathon

So there's been a really great Blogathon happening over at Dell on Movies. I only found out about it a few days ago but I've just managed to put together my entry in time to meet today's deadline. 

It's quite possible that this post could make any of you reading this seriously question my taste in film.

The rules are pretty straight-forward:

1. Pick one movie that "everyone" loves (the more iconic, the better). That movie must have a score of at least 80% on rottentomatoes.com. Tell us why you hate it.
2. Pick one movie that "everyone" hates (the more notorious, the better). That movie must have a score of less than 30% on rottentomatoes.com. Tell us why you love it.
3. Include the tomato meter scores of both movies.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson // 2014 // 100 mins

The Place Beyond the Pines

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The Place Beyond the Pines
Derek Cianfrance // 2013 // 140 mins

Maleficent

Maleficent
Robert Stromberg // 2014 // 97 mins

Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith
Dexter Fletcher // 2013 // 100 mins

Spin-Off Blogathon

Sati over at Cinematic Corner is hosting her first Blogathon, and it's a really great one. Basically, the task is to choose a minor character from a film who you would have liked to see get their own spin-off and then explain why you think they would be deserving of their own feature and what it would be like.

I do feel like I've cheated a little bit as my choice is an incredibly important part of her film's plot and could be considered more of a supporting role. She does conform to the requirement of only having between 1-5 scenes in the film though, and was the first and only choice I felt I could use for this post.

Kill Your Darlings

Kill Your Darlings
John Krokidas // 2013 // 104 mins