The House with a Clock in Its Walls

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lara (@knobbygirl) Hey, kids! Let’s watch the new Eli Roth film! Not something most parents would say, eh? But The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a kid movie, so it’s okay…I think. I can see why Roth was drawn to this […]

Dead Ant

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lara (@knobbygirl) on Feb 9, 2020 at 5:52pm PST Never pee on an ant on sacred Native American lands after taking cursed peyote. I mean, that’s just common sense, right? Well, apparently, the members of 80s Glam Rock Band Sonic Grave do not have […]

Leprechaun Returns

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lara (@knobbygirl) on Jan 11, 2020 at 5:20pm PST A direct sequel to the first Leprechaun, would you be surprised to hear that Jennifer Aniston is nowhere to be found? You know who WAS around from the first film? Ozzie, better known as Francis […]

Spider-Man: Far from Home

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lara (@knobbygirl) on Jul 30, 2019 at 1:04pm PDT Just a few weeks after opening, we lucked into a private showing one morning last week…matinee prices, too. Going to the Movie Theater is GREAT without all the people! I wasn’t feeling patient, so I […]

Sherlock Gnomes

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lara (@knobbygirl) on Mar 12, 2019 at 7:13pm PDT Shhhhh, no one tell my kids that I watched this without them. Will someone PLEASE explain to me what the concept behind this film is? I mean, I understand that the yard statues come to […]

What We Do in the Shadows

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lara (@knobbygirl) on Feb 23, 2019 at 1:57pm PST Ever curious, I’d been wondering where Taika Waititi came from – like what did he do before Thor: Ragnarok? A quick google pointed me towards his vampire mockumentary with Jemaine Clement, What We Do in […]

Deadpool 2

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lara (@knobbygirl) on Feb 17, 2019 at 5:56pm PST Deadpool 2 just debuted on HBO, so we all cuddled on the couch for a family movie night. Good thing that Deadpool ASSURED the audience that this is a family film – because we let […]

The Frighteners

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lara (@knobbygirl) on Dec 8, 2018 at 5:55pm PST I love introducing the kids to my favorite horror films. I love introducing the kids to my favorite directors. The Frighteners is a horror film by one of my favorite directors – Peter Jackson. What’s […]

Grease 2

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lara (@knobbygirl) on Sep 15, 2018 at 7:51pm PDT I think my daughter hates me. I was watching Grease and Grease 2 came on afterwards and she made me watch it, too. Somehow, I had managed to avoid it for the last 42 years. […]

The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time

A post shared by Lara (@knobbygirl) on Aug 28, 2018 at 6:21pm PDT I don’t care what they call that damn movie, I really doubt it’s the last one. (Are you sensing a certain cynicality in me, when it comes to franchises? You’re goddamn right you are!) As the last film ended, everyone on the […]