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Boise non-profit Jesse Tree launches food drive as SNAP benefits hang in the balance With SNAP benefits at risk due to the government shutdown, Jesse Tree is collecting food donations to support Idaho families faving hunger and housing instability.

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A ★★★½ review of Ghost Stories (2017) When I learned that Ghost Stories was based on a stage play, it all made sense, both the film's flaws and why it all works so well for me. It's an anthology where the wrap story is tied into all of th...

Would love to have seen the play version.

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A ★★½ review of Frogman (2023) So, I really appreciate what Frogman is trying to do. And I love, love, love the setup. And I love, love, love the end. But it does a bit too good of a job of recreating that thing in Found Footage mo...

I have a lot of affection for this despite it not being particularly great.

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Luckily their vegan one (at the Fairview location) was still pretty tasty when I grabbed one last Friday. Sorry the regular one has gone downhill.

For my birthday last year, I did Re-Animator and Slither together and it was a blast.

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A ★★½ review of Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) We have Grave Encounters at home. Everything I liked about this movie, I've seen before.

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You should feel embarrassed that it takes 5 of you to corral a middle aged woman with a cane and a megaphone.

You should be even more embarrassed that once you figured out that she was live streaming it, the best you could muster was asking her what the shade of her hair color is, Martinez.

Boise asks voters to back $11 million open space levy On Nov. 4, every Boise voter will get to weigh in on whether to continue the decades-long legacy of preserving open space in the city through a third levy.

On Nov. 4, every Boise voter will get to weigh in on whether to continue the decades-long legacy of preserving open space in the city through a third levy. City officials estimate the average homeowner would pay an extra $40 annually for the levy.

It's also reasonable to not want to live next to bigots, but unfortunately there's no unmarked van coming to drag people from their homes just for being racist pieces of shit.

Cat's Eye (1985) Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adult...

I was shocked that I'd made it this far into October and only just got around to watching an anthology, until I realized I was blocking out Scare Package 2.

This isn't perfect, but it was a far better time than that was.

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A ★★★★ review of Dangerous Animals (2025) How was this so good? It is basically You’re Next with sharks. I’m gonna make so many people watch this.

Probably the biggest surprise of my spooky season watching so far.

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A ★★★★½ review of [REC] (2007) Finally caught up with this one and wow did it live up to the hype.  There is one scene, involving the main character being way too confused about some information she’s discovered (and honestly her l...

I've been hearing praise for [REC] since it came out, so it's all the more impressive that it lived up to the hype.

When I think of post-2000's zombie movies, this is right up there with 28 Days Later and Train to Busan.

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A ★★★ review of Infested (2023) I have never seen a bunch of Letterboxd reviews peg a movie so accurately. Characters that aren’t that compelling. A 3rd act that trades tension for cheese.  But when the movie is working? Mainly in t...

Just yuck, okay. My wife is the one with spider issues, but I might be catching up with her now.

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A ★★★ review of Stir of Echoes (1999) A fairly straightforward but otherwise quite entertaining supernatural thriller from the 90s. There's something charming about how clear the story is, because it just lets us focus on Kevin Bacon goin...

Had fun revisiting this one. Definitely wears 1999 on its sleeve.

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A ★★★ review of Drag Me to Hell (2009) A decently entertaining curse movie, with an ending I appreciate more now that I’m older. It still doesn’t quite work as well as I want, in large part because Raimi is too dedicated to his stylistic f...

Better than I remembered, but still a bit stilted, tonally.

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A ★★★½ review of Weapons (2025) Weapons was a really good movie, with a lot of great characters and some truly iconic imagery, and a fascinating central conceit.  But…it just didn’t grip me as much as I was expecting.  I wish I’d se...

Weapons was a compelling movie, but only ever bordered on scary. Still definitely worth watching, though.

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A ½ review of Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong (2013) One of the dumbest pieces of shit I’ve ever subjected myself to, frankly. There’s a certain charm that makes terrible movies like Miami Connection or Troll 2 worth watching, because you know that they...

I mean, this one's on me.

"Oh, it was terrible."

Sure, sure. What was I expecting, an Oscar contender?

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A ★ review of Blood Harvest (1987) Detestably bad, and not even in a way you want to laugh at. Tiny Tim is effectively creepy in clown makeup, but that is one of the only nice things I can say about this movie. I guess I also appreciat...

Supposedly this was filmed in 24 hours. I'd believe it.

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A ★★★★ review of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949) It’s a bit slow to get going, even for a 30 minute cartoon, but the actual scenes with the horseman are still quite chilling. Great tone setter for fall.

Forever a fan of this era of Disney animation. I could watch this every fall.

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A ★★ review of End of Days (1999) I will always get a certain amount of pleasure from watching Arnold grunt his way through a motion picture, but this movie is still a stinker. It’s got decent scenes of both the campy (Arnold fighting...

Would anyone even remember this movie if it didn't have Arnold in it?

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@samreich.bsky.social Any chance the Dimension 20 episodes currently up on Spotify will be removed due to their decision to advertise for ICE?

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Friend of a friend was doing everything right to try and be here legally and still got snatched up by the secret police. If you can help his family fight for him, I'm sure they'd appreciate it.

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Just out of the frame on the pic’s right third floor would be the office window that was my better half’s for 3 decades.

So sad to see the rampant anti-intellectualism that’s destroying higher ed in #Idaho 😢

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The Guest (2014) A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be ...

So much fun.

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A ★★★½ review of Frankenstein (1931) A pretty solid monster movie even if it’s not a great adaptation of the novel. I really love the look of 30s film, and how striking the use of light and shadow is. Probably a better movie than I give ...

Been enjoying the old Universal monster movies, but I can't help but feel that I'd have liked this one more if I wasn't so enamored with the book, which is more inspiration than text here.

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A ★★½ review of Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) It’s nice to see the mythos expanded on here, and Tony Todd is still a commanding screen presence, but this movie really struggles with mostly being an inferior version of the original rather than a f...

Farewell to the Flesh is to the original Candyman what a pot of coffee brewed with used grinds is to a fresh pot.

A ★★★ review of Pumpkinhead (1988) Revenge carries a terrible burden. Pretty decent slasher/monster movie/backwoods folk horror.  Would be better if I felt anything for any of Pumpkinhead’s targets (other than disgust for Joel, of cour...

Decent American folk horror/slasher, but I didn't care about the humans enough.

The problem with Trump demolishing a big chunk of the white house to build himself a fancy room for entertaining isnt the damage done to a historical building, it's that it makes it abundantly clear that he's not planning on moving any time soon