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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We’re All Gonna Die: Death and Disaster Amidst the Ceaseless Mundane

Life for the billions of wandering souls on this earth take a myriad of unknown paths, each twisting and looping here and there to the disparate tunes of triumph and turmoil, of splendor and horror, of serenity and pain. And no matter how similar any two paths may be, all are unique unto themselves as to how they play out, say for one detail. Because from the very moment any of us beautiful specs of stardust are fortunate or unfortunate enough to be forged into a soul and shot into this world, there has only ever been and will only ever be one constant, one commonality, one truth. At some point, we’re all gonna die. We’re All Gonna Die is a light sci-fi, romantic-comedy road trip film, where ( in the near future ) a mysterious 10,000-mile high “spike” materializes, imbeds itself into earth, and wreaks havoc each time it teleports. Fast forwarding a year later, and struggling beekeeper, Thalia ( Ashlie Burch ), and emotionally raw EMT, Kai ( Jordan Rodriguez ), find themselves tea...

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, ...

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