Dragon at the Movies

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon watched Men (Rent), Alex Garland’s latest film. The Dragon liked the body horror elements but felt like the narrative was lacking. Next, she watched The Shining: Forwards and Backwards (Theaters). She enjoyed the experience but felt the first 10 minutes were jarring. Next, she watched Claydream (Theatres), a documentary about Will Vinton. She thought it was very int...

Dragon on the Couch: The Dragon watched The Devils (Shudder) a 1970’s horror film. She thought it was really good and would recommend it. She is watching the latest season of What We Do In The Shadows (Hulu). She loves the show and thinks it is fun and sweet. Next, she is watching The Bear (Hulu), a drama about a chef. She really enjoyed it and felt it was well done. She also is watching the lates...

Dragon on the Couch: Cabaret (Paramount+); Lenny (Tubi); This is Gwar (Shudder); Pleasure (Rent); Nosferatu (Shudder); The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Tubi).   Berto on the Bed: Atlanta: Season 3 (Hulu); Ouija (HBO); Temple (Prime); Séance (Shudder); The House By The Cemetery (Shudder); Next of Kin (Shudder); Maniac (Shudder); One Cut of The Dead (Shudder).   Dragon at...

Dragon on the Couch: The Dragon dove into musicals this week and watched the first in a series for Blank Check, Sweet Charity (Prime/Youtube), a Bob Fosse musical starring Shirley MacLain that she really enjoyed. Out and about, The Dragon saw the new movie Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Theatres), which she felt was a funny, sweet movie and highly recommends.   Berto on the Bed: Berto rewatched T...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon has begun watching the 3rd season of The Boys (Prime), a TV show about corporate run super heroes in modern day America. She really enjoys the season thus far and its commentary. She also went to the theatre to watch Thor: Love and Thunder (Theater), the latest Marvel film. She and Berto, who also watched it, agreed that it was enjoyable, but the previous Thor film...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon starts in Morbid Corner with Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story (Hulu), a docuseries about Steven Stayner. She enjoyed it and liked the twists that happen throughout the series. Next, the Dragon watched A Hard Days Night (HBO), a mockumentary starring the Beatles. She loved it and felt it was good natured fun. Finally, the Dragon finished Stranger Things...

Dragon on the Couch: The Dragon finished the Sam Raimi Spiderman trilogy with Spider-Man 3 (Peacock), which was somehow her favorite of the three. She also saw the stop motion film 30 years in the making, Mad God (Shudder), which she felt had a strong first half and an ok second, but was very impressive nonetheless. The Dragon also saw the making-of film Jackass 4.5 (Netflix), which she enjoyed an...

Dragon on the Couch: The Dragon watched the cobbled together "movie" Grizzly II (Prime), the making of this movie is incredibly interesting, the movie itself is terrible. The Dragon then went into TV corner and started Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), which she really likes so far; and is partway through the third season of Atlanta (Hulu), which is amazing as always.   Berto on the Bed: Berto...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon watched season 4 of Stranger Things (Netflix), she thought it was good and much better than the 3rd season. The Dragon next watched The Bobs Burger Movie (Theater), based on the popular cartoon. She said it was enjoyable for fans of the show. Next, she watched Crimes of the Future (Theaters), the latest Cronenberg film. She said she liked it, but it’s a film made fo...

Dragon on the Couch: The Dragon watched the second Sam Raimi Spiderman movie Spider-Man 2 (Peacock), which she recognizes other people love but it is not her favorite iteration of the character. She then watched Chip N Dale: Rescue Rangers (Disney+), the 2022 animated/live action mixed kids movie that she highly recommends, especially for millennials. The Dragon then did a double feature of Hot Sh...

Dragon on the Couch: The Dragon watched the next movie in the Sam Raimi filmography as she follows along with Blank Check, 2002's Spider-Man (Rent or TNT). She thought the movie was fine, but just doesn't like this version of Spiderman in particular. In her Joe Bob Corner, the Dragon watched Humanoids from the Deep (Tubi or Shudder), a 1980 monster movie that she felt was very fun. And bonus, Joe...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon watched We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (rent), a small indie horror film with 2 actors. She thought it was fine, but expected more from it. Next, she watched Blood and Black Lace (Tubi), an Italian giallo film. She thought it was lots of fun and really enjoyed it. Finally, for Joe Bob corner, the Dragon watched Fried Barry (Shudder), a South African Sci-fi come...

Dragon on the Couch: The Dragon ventured into the theatre this week and saw the man's man movie The Northman (Theatres), which she loved and recommends Robert Egger's other movies as well. She also left the couch to see the new Marvel movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Theatres), she felt like it was a slightly middle of the road Marvel movie, which is still enjoyable. Finally, on...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon watched Body Heat (rent), an erotic thriller from the 80’s that she loved. Next, she watched Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (nowhere), a 70’s Japanese action thriller. She found it interesting and thought it was very good. Next, she watched The Quick and the Dead (Netflix), a Sam Raimi western. She was surprised by how good it was and how much she enjoyed it. Finally, th...

Dragon on the couch: The Dragon watched 10 (HBO), a 70s "raunchy" comedy featuring Bo Derek in cornrows, which she thought was ok but is very of its time. She saw After Yang (Hulu), a new A24 quiet, hard sci-fi movie that she enjoyed. The Dragon ventured out to the theatre to see The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Theatres), the Nic Cage movie where he plays Nic Cage, which she thought was j...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon watched the miniseries The Dropout (Hulu) about Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scandal. She enjoyed it a lot, especially the acting and highly recommends it. Next, she watched Caligula (not streaming), a highly sexualized film about the ancient Roman emperor. She hated it and found it to be extremely boring. She went to the theatre and saw Fantastic Beasts: The S...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon starts this week in Joe Bob Briggs corner with Gator Bait (Shudder), a 70’s revenge slasher that she really enjoyed and found to be fun. Next, she watched Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie (rent), a nice documentary about two best friends with down syndrome making a movie. She loved it and thought it was uplifting. The Dragon also watched Hands on a Hard Body (rent),...

Dragon on the Couch: The Dragon went to the theatre this week and saw the newest A24 film Everything Everywhere All At Once (Theatres) and absolutely loved it. She then took a hard left turn and watched the The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs episode on Ice Cream Man (Shudder), which she thinks is a fun 90s B-movie slasher starring Clint Howard. She then ventured out to Spectacle Theatre once ag...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon decided to have an 80’s week, she started watching Silver Bullet (Paramount +), a Stephen King adapted horror film. She felt it was a fun watch. Next, the Dragon watched Angel (Shudder), a film about a high school student who is also a prostitute as a serial killer is on the loose. She felt it was a really good movie and suggests people watch it, especially as seen...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon watched Annette (Prime), a musical with an opening sequence she loved but which she did not enjoy after that. Next, the Dragon watched Rawhead Rex (Shudder), an Irish film from the 80’s that she enjoyed as a fun, dumb monster movie. Finally, the Dragon went to the theater to watch X (theaters), which Berto happened to have also watched. They both thought it was fine...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon watched The Last Duel (HBO), which she didn’t expect to enjoy, but wound up loving it, especially in how it tells the story. Next, the Dragon watched Lamb (Rent), an A24 film that both Berto and her agreed had nothing to say, but they enjoyed. The Dragon watched Turning Red (Disney +), a new Pixar film about a girl who turns into a red panda; the Dragon really enjoy...

**Spoiler warning for The Batman around the 26 minute mark.    Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon watched Red Rocket (Rent), a dramedy about a man returning to his hometown which she really enjoyed, as she does with all of the films A24 seems to put out. She also watched the 2022 Oscar nominated animated shorts (Theaters) which she generally enjoyed. Next, she watched Flee (Hulu), an animated documen...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon watched Ascension (Paramount +) an unnarrated documentary about life in China, which she found very interesting and enjoyed. Next, she watched Werewolves Within (Showtime) a comedy/horror film she thought was very good and highly recommends. Next, the Dragon watched Belle (Theaters), a modern day anime take on Beauty and The Beast featuring a dragon, she thought it...

Dragon on The Couch: The Dragon watched Nine Days (Starz/Rent), which she went in not knowing anything about and really enjoyed. She next watched The Tinder Swindler (Netflix), which she felt was good, but she is burnt out of con artist true crime documentaries. Next, The Dragon watched The Worst Person in The World (Theaters), a Norwegian film that she loved. The Dragon then watched The Sparks Br...