Humble Beginnings

Hello everyone,

My name is Levi Mock, your Low Budget Movie Buff, and like so many others before me, I dare to brave the perilous road of opinion and plunge myself deep into the darkest chasm of this or any other parallel dimension, the internet. Now as we all now, the internet is wild, unpredictable bastion of thoughts, feelings, and ideas that at their best, can inspire and dazzle any hungry soul or at their worst, reek havoc and unearth a dark and vengeful wrath that lays deep within it's bowels. It is with my greatest hope that, through my modest blog regarding the review and analyzation of cinema and the entertainment industry, that I can do more of the former and less of the latter. However, in the end, that is for you, the humble reader to decide. So, please join me as I seek to take you on hopefully a fun and introspective ride through bombastic blockbusters, box office bombs, cinema classics, and the world from whence they came. Now take your seat for the show is about to begin.

- Levi Mock (7/16/2021)

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Never in Theaters; Never at Home; But Perhaps on a Plane? - Breathe 2024

Uninspiring in its appearance. Barely interesting in its premise. Floundering in its conviction. When it comes down to it, 2024’s Breath seems to aim at being nothing more than a passage of time in no measure of impressive or insulting manner, unless you consider the time lost in watching it an insult in of itself. So then what, pray tell, is such a movie good for? What worth does it offer in any real way? Because as a theatrical experience, I’d be an utter disappointment. From the comfort of one’s couch, it may not even be worth having on in the background. But what about as an inflight showing? Do the conditions of coach class crammed seats become numbed with its viewing? Does it in any way pacify the many other pains and annoyances of laboring high altitude travel? If so, it may be the only suitable way to enjoy such a flick. So does it do the trick? Let’s get into it. This supposed sci-fi thriller Breath weaves a fairly straight forward tale of single mom-scientist, Maya ( ...

It's a Bird. It's a Plane. It's Really, Really Bad. But it had Potential. - Supergirl (1984)

Some claim that Superman’s icon crest is more recognizable than the Christian cross. And regardless of whether or not that’s true, it’s far from a baseless notion. For this day and age, it’s the superhero that acts as the modern-day myth, cult, church, role model, everything. And among the plethora of tight wearing titans, the O.G. Man of Steel remains supreme as the gold standard of hope, heroics, and hearth-side tales. So then where does that leave his, some may argue, lesser counterpart, Supergirl? Is Kara Zor-El just a one-’n-done gender swap gimmick meant to milk out a few more greenbacks from the Superman brand? Or is she a worthy carrier of the fabled crest, one that steps out from Superman’s mile high shadow to bask in her own glorious light? Well, if one were to base their decision off of her first theatrical foray, it’s hard to believe anyone would find her compelling in the slightest. But maybe, just maybe that has to do more with the offered story, rather than the heroin, ...

An Eye-Catching Cacophony of Cardboard Craft - Dave Made a Maze

Meaning … A kingdom of cardboard I craft and mold with my own two hands. Art … both beauty and destruction, if left untempered in expression. In a world masooned by the ceaseless assault of cinematic cgi, Bill Watterson’s “Dave Made a Maze” breaks the mold with a stunning practical production feat, the likes the modern world has seldom seen. But do all other elements hold up as well as the hand-crafted kingdom put before us? Or does the film whimper and mold like an old cardboard crate left out in the rain? Let’s get into it. Dave Made a Maze centers on the titular floundering artist, Dave ( Nick Thune ), who struggles to complete any project he begins. However, amidst coping with the dwindling good will of his parents and girlfriend, Dave has a stroke of creation and envelopes himself in the construction of a box fort maze in his apartment living room. But problems arise when his girlfriend, Annie ( Meera Rohit Kumbhani ), returns home to find him trapped w...

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