Review of Wolf Man

Director, writer, and cast: Provided by Letterboxd.com

IMDb.com Synopsis: With his marriage fraying, Blake persuades his wife Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit his remote childhood home in rural Oregon. As they arrive at the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. But as the night stretches on, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable.

Ratings:

• 53% RT critic
• 57% RT audience
• 51 Metascore
• 6.0 IMDb user score
• 2.5 Letterboxd

Where to watch? Currently unavailable

Concessions of a Cinephile

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top-five lists, best-of, competitions, etc.

Topic: Transformation Movies

The idea of transforming in real life is quite different from the movie metaphors we get. Here's a great article about some of the metaphors for Werewolves specifically: CLICK HERE. Other movies have used this same idea of one person becoming something or someone else as a metaphor for life.

Our list on Letterboxd:

Jon’s Choices:

• Big
• The Fly
• Turning Red

Matt’s Choices:

• A Monster Calls
• Black Swan
• Ginger Snaps

Media Consumption

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc. that we use to pass the time

Matt’s Consumption:

• Alien: Romulus
• Alien 3
• Goosebumps (D+)

Jon’s Consumption:

• Severance S2E1
• Grafted
• Mickey Blue Eyes
• Waiting for Guffman
• One of Them Days
• The Wolfman