Author: TaraRomero

I suppose I could list my favorite movies here, but instead I'll give you a strange glimpse into what makes me TaraRomero. 1. My favorite place in the world is Atlantic City. The food, the smells, the beach - I love it all. 2. I am particularly good at crafting. Especially scrapbooking and cross-stitch. 3. I am mixed. My dad is black and my mom is white. I'm very proud of both sides of myself. 4. My favorite food is either the cheesesteak or the hoagie. Not the sub, not the grinder, the hoagie. Totally different experience. 5. I have a number of pen pals I write snail mail to. We exchange stickers and little gifts sometimes, too. I have an extensive sticker collection. 6. I just reconnected with my father after 15+ years. It's going great so far. I've missed him. 7. My brother is my best friend, hence the reason we do this together. 8. I don't have a favorite book. I like too many to have a favorite. But Paul Zindel is my favorite author. Stephen King and Jane Austen are close seconds. I know, eclectic. 9. I'm not very religious at all. I consider myself agnostic. 10. I would say that my most prized possessions are my dogs, but I don't consider them possessions. I consider them people. They are my people.

Reader Beware, you’re in for a … Disappointment??

The following list is comprised of 10 movies that DJ and I couldn't get through for one reason or another.  I promise you that we rarely turn off movies, so this is bad.  I'll try to explain why they were turned off the best way that I can. Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles (2011) This German-made, … Continue reading Reader Beware, you’re in for a … Disappointment?? →

Dead Silence (2007)

Directed by James Wan.  Written by Leigh Whannell.  Starring Ryan Kwanten, Donnie Wahlberg, Amber Valletta, Bob Gunton, Michael Fairman, Joan Heney, Laura Regan and Judith Roberts. Plot: a man goes to his hometown in search of answers after his wife is brutally murdered. Let's begin by saying that I don't agree with the majority of … Continue reading Dead Silence (2007) →

The Abandoned (2006)

Directed by Nacho Cerda.  Written by Cerda, Karim Hussain and Richard Stanley. Starring Anastasia Hille, Karel Roden and Valentin Ganev. Plot: a woman goes to Russia to learn the truth about her past and her sordid family history. DJ didn't score this one.  Why?  Because we watched it once before we started this scoring system … Continue reading The Abandoned (2006) →

The Maze (2010)

Directed by Stephen Shimek. Written by Katy Baldwin and Timothy Gutierrez. Starring Shalaina Castle, Brandon Sean Pearson, Kyle Paul, Tye Nelson and Clare Niederpruem. Plot: a group of "teenagers" go to a corn maze after hours for a game of tag with deadly results. First off, teenagers is in quotation marks because they are all … Continue reading The Maze (2010) →

Black Friday (2021)

Directed by Casey Tebo. Written by Andy Greskoviak. Starring Devon Sawa, Ivana Baquero, Ryan Lee, Stephen Peck, Louie Kurtzman, Celeste Oliva, Michael Jai White and Bruce Campbell. Plot: a group of toy store employees fight infected shoppers after something parasitic crash lands on Earth. The We Love Toys store is opening for Black Friday and … Continue reading Black Friday (2021) →

247 Degrees Fahrenheit (2011)

Directed by Levan Bakhia and Beqa Jguburia. Written by Bakhia and Lloyd S. Wagner. Starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Travis Van Winkle, Christina Ulloa, Michael Copon and Tyler Mane. Plot: four friends travel to a remote lakeside cabin with a really strange outdoor sauna room that three of them become trapped in. "Based on True Events" always … Continue reading 247 Degrees Fahrenheit (2011) →

Superstition (1982)

Directed by James W. Roberson. Written by Donald G. Thompson. Starring James Houghton, Albert Salmi, Larry Pennell, Lynn Carlin, Heidi Bohay, Billy Jayne, Maylo McCaslin, Kim Marie, Jacquelyn Hyde and Stacy Keach Sr. Plot: an inspector and a reverend try to help a family rid their new home of the vengeful witch who haunts it. … Continue reading Superstition (1982) →

Devil’s Pass (AKA The Dyatlov Pass Incident) (2013)

Directed by Renny Harlin. Written by Vikram Weet. Starring Holly Goss, Matt Stokoe, Luke Albright, Ryan Hawley and Gemma Atkinson. Plot: five obnoxiously curious college students retrace the steps of nine real-life hikers who died horribly in the Ural Mountains of Russia back in 1959. Let me begin by saying that the real story about … Continue reading Devil’s Pass (AKA The Dyatlov Pass Incident) (2013) →

13 Eerie (2013)

Directed by Lowell Dean. Written by Christian Piers Betley. Starring Michael Shanks, Brendan Fehr, Katharine Isabelle, Brendan Fletcher, Jesse Moss, Michael Eisner, Kristie Patterson and Nick Moran. Plot: six forensic students take a field exam on an island previously used for illegal biological testing on prison inmates. I would like to tell you more about … Continue reading 13 Eerie (2013) →

Drag Me To Hell (2009)

Directed by Sam Raimi. Written by Sam and Ivan Raimi. Starring Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, David Paymer, Bojana Novakovic, Reggie Lee, Adriana Barraza and Dileep Rao. Plot: a loan officer evicts an old woman from her home and finds herself cursed. The movie opens in 1969. A family comes to see a young … Continue reading Drag Me To Hell (2009) →