Dustin’s Film Log (May)

Moonrise Kingdom (2012) – Rewatch

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

Dustin’s Rating: 4/5
IMDb: 7.8/10
Letterboxd: 4/5

The Matrix (1999) – Rewatch

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

Dustin’s Rating: 4.5/5
IMDb: 8.7/10
Letterboxd: 4.1/5

Mortal Kombat (2021)

Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung’s best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth’s greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.

Dustin’s Rating: 2/5
IMDb: 6.2/10
Letterboxd: 2.6/5

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) – Rewatch

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

Dustin’s Rating: 4/5
IMDb: 8.1/10
Letterboxd: 4.2/5

THX 1138 (1971)

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

Dustin’s Rating: 3/5
IMDb: 6.7/10
Letterboxd: 3.4/5

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

Dustin’s Rating: 3.5/5
IMDb: 7.9/10
Letterboxd: 4/10

Army of the Dead (2021)

Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

Dustin’s Rating: 2.5/5
IMDb: 6.0/10
Letterboxd: 2.9/5

Tenet (2020)

Armed with only one word – Tenet – and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

Dustin’s Rating: 3.5/5
IMDb: 7.4/10
Letterboxd: 3.4/5

The Watch (2012) – Rewatch

Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood – and the world – from total extermination.

Dustin’s Rating: 2.5/5
IMDb: 5.7/10
Letterboxd: 2.4/5

The Clovehitch Killer (2016)

A picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father’s possession. He begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be responsible for the murder of 13 women ten years prior.

Dustin’s Rating: 3/5
IMDb: 6.6/10
Letterboxd: 3.4/5

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) – Rewatch

Two small-town aspiring musicians chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.

Dustin’s Rating: 3/5
IMDb: 6.5/10
Letterboxd: 2.8/5

Total Recall (1990)

Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he’s off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.

Dustin’s Rating: 3.5/5
IMDb: 7.5/10
Letterboxd: 3.7/5

Caddyshack (1980) – Rewatch

At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.

Dustin’s Rating: 3/5
IMDb: 7.3/10
Letterboxd: 3.4/5