[REC] (2007)

This review is the start of a change for Ramblings About… It will see us moving away from keeping up with the newest releases and instead focusing on writing about cool things. While we are not completely ditching the new (I’ll probably still get excited about Star Wars’ films and try and write about the things that don’t get as much attention) it will serve as a template for what I look at going forward. Enjoy!

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Happy Angela.

‘You know how people like zombies?’

‘Yea.’

‘And that whole found footage thing is big too?’

‘Damn right it is.’

‘Well – and this will blow your mind – why don’t we meld the two together?’

‘Give this man some money.’

It would be so easy to believe that was the conversation that led to [REC] and its subsequent sequels. Taking two popular things and melding them together is money making 101. Which is why [REC] is so refreshing, because it’s not that. In fact, it could hardly be further from that.

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Swiss Army Man

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Daniel Radcliffe’s post-Potter career has been a brilliant example of how to do it. While he obviously has a comfort blanket lined with money to take the pressure off his shoulders, you still have to step back and admire a man who is willing to take the risks he has, which leads us to Swiss Army Man in which he plays a farting corpse.

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Blair Witch (2016)

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Despite the claims of those who are either lacking in imagination or presumably spent the entire time with their eyes focused on a phone, The Blair Witch Project is a scary film. It builds its tension to an unbearable level and reveals nothing but hints as to what is happening to its audience. Because of that, it has a mythology that is ripe for exploring and which seventeen years after the original Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett are returning to.

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The Miz

Back in 2010, The Miz became the WWE Champion. Having entered the company as a joke, the former reality TV star reached the top of the mountain and in doing so proved everyone wrong. And he didn’t do this the easy way. This wasn’t a Roman Reigns style anointment from the McMahon’s above. He scratched, and he crawled, and he turned people that had previously hated him into fans. He was truly awesome.

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Sausage Party

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‘So there’s some food, right?’

‘Okay.’

‘And it’s like Toy Story, so they are alive, but humans aren’t aware of it.’

‘Okay.’

‘Except, and this is the really funny bit, they swear and talk about fucking a lot.’

‘Awesome.’

Smoke fills the air, and they giggle.

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