Mallards Movies

Two guys watching random movies and giving our genuine thoughts on them.

  • For the second week of July, Maxwell chose one of the two horror movies in the draft, so I immediately chose the other one as my pick. Maxwell is someone who doesn’t typically watch horror or enjoy that genre as a whole, while I am someone who has a love for horror and enjoys seeing… Read more

  • My first selection for July was a complete shot in the dark at a movie I had never heard of, Upside Down (2012). A grandiose love story about a universe with twin planets. This movie starts off in an entirely aggravating way, the opening monologue is only four and a half minutes in length, but… Read more

  • July 2026 Movie List

    Here are the movies and the dates on tap for this month, July 2026. Since Seann picked first last month, Maxwell picked first this month.  Quite the selection! Here’s the draft order and review release dates: 7/5/2026 Maxwell: Papillon (2017) Seann: Upside Down (2012) 7/12/2026 Maxwell: The Awakening (2011) Seann: It Comes At Night (2017)… Read more

  • My final film for June was Untraceable (2008). A psychological crime thriller about a serial killer live streaming his murders. Based on the premise alone, I was not expecting much from this week’s pick. And I was pleasantly surprised. This one was very enjoyable, albeit a little slow paced in the first act. I had… Read more

  • For the third week of June, I drafted a movie called Strange Days (1995) that I had never heard of previously. Upon reading the synopsis, and watching it, I truly feel that this would be a movie my dad would have “enjoyed” and said his infamous phrase “it has some redeeming qualities” about. So the… Read more

  • For the second week of June, I drafted a movie I had never heard of, despite there being plenty of (probably) more interesting picks left, but sometimes I like to force myself to watch something that I normally wouldn’t. In the past (maybe not for this blog) I have been surprised, and ended up having… Read more

  • For my first film of June, I was able to draft a film that I was actually excited about for once. I had seen this as a teen, I know for sure that this was one that my dad owned on DVD or Blu Ray back in the day. Enemy of the State (1997) is… Read more

  • Here are the movies and the dates on tap for this month, June 2026. Since Maxwell picked first last month, Seann picked first this month.  Quite the selection! Here’s the draft order and review release dates: 6/7/2026 Seann: Enemy of the State (1998) Maxwell: Unbroken (2014) 6/14/2026 Seann: Ratter (2015) Maxwell: Mary Shelley (2018) 6/21/2026… Read more

  • This week for the final week of May since we have FIVE Sundays this month, we decided to do a special review where we each had our girlfriends watch and write a review for the same movie. Without further ado, here they are: Widows (2018) Hello, everyone! My name is Sarah, and I’m Seann’s girlfriend.… Read more

  • For the fourth week of May, I got stuck with Ride Along 2 (2016). This is a movie I had no expectations for. In the draft, Maxwell said that he refuses to watch anything with Kevin Hart in it (which I mostly agree with, I would not go out of my way to watch a… Read more