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WHY TODAY'S KIDS ARE COOKED | THEY CAN'T READ AND ITS ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT, KAREN

I dated a woman who put her son in front of a tablet or Xbox while she ran out to the club all night. She couldn't even wait until it was their dad's weekend to have them. She would just straight up sit her son in front of a tablet, run off to the Los Angeles nightclubs until 4AM, and then consider herself a primary candidate for "Mother of the Year." Her son was in middle-school and still couldn't even fucking read. The poor kid was neglected.  Both of her children from her past relationship were in special needs classes because they were not stimulated or educated at home. What the fuck did you think was going to happen when you put a device aimed at adults (a computer) in front a child with unrestricted and unregulated access. You only have yourself to blame for your own piss-poor parenting skills, or lack-thereof. Child neglect. Google it. Meanwhile, I was reading Michael Crichton books when I was in jr high. My sister taught me how to read before I even start...
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Movie Review: Overlord (2018)

Overlord is an action/horror/scifi/thriller that could have easily been called Wolfenstein: The Movie.

The film takes place during World War II and centers around an American military troop tasked with entering a Nazi occupied France in search of a radio tower that must be destroyed. The first half plays out like a fairly straightforward war movie along the lines of Saving Private Ryan, but takes an abrupt turn down the twisted tunnels of something more along the lines of Resident Evil.



The film also seems to pay a bit of homage to John Carpenter's The Thing with the casting of Wyatt Russell, who does a great job of channeling his father (Kurt Russell) as a squad-leader trying to keep his men's wits about them as everything they know gets flipped upside down, or inside-out. The eerie, pulsing theme music will also resonate with fans of the Carpenter classic.

Overlord is a non-stop action ride, that slows down just enough to let you catch your breath before taking off in another direction. None of those directions is new or groundbreaking, often re-using stereotypical horror and action movie tropes, but each fits well into the overall structure of the film.

This isn't a movie that is meant to make you contemplate the meaning of life. This is a movie that will pick you up, squeeze the dear life out of you like a Thanksgiving hug from Aunt Bertha, and then jolt you back to life with a rush of adrenaline!




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