Malice in Wonderland (2009) Movie Review

Malice in Wonderland (2009) IMDB

This is the story of Alice in Wonderland..but set in London in the early 2000’s. It has all of the characters you know from the story but updated into new modern jobs. In this case, after getting hit by a black cab, Alice has amnesia and finds herself surrounded by a cast of characters as she tries to get her memory back and find a way home. The scenes are similar to the ones you remember, including a scene where Alice chases a man through a hedge maze after speaking with the Mad Hatter (or Hattie in this movie).

This is a fun take on the well known story. Very British. It is not a movie I would seek out, but I wouldn’t turn it off if it was on the tv.

I give it a 5.7/10.

Here is the trailer for the movie:

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7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018) Movie Review

7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018) IMDB

Kelsey Grammer was always a tv actor first, but in this feature he gets to play a key role as a businessman looking for information on an ancient Chinese emperor who was chasing eternal life. His team is in China is working on that when they suddenly get into trouble and a search team id formed to see what happened.

The search leads our group to a cave in China where our story unfolds, in a network of mazelike underground caves where just everything is trying to kill them ! Escaping the system will take smarts and luck. The main enemy is a huge amount of venomous spiders who love to attack ! Maybe the ! was too much…..who love to attack. We also get obstacles that would work in an Indiana Jones movie. A discovery. More spiders. Bigger spiders. Oh, the movie is over. Thank goodness. Feel free to skip this one.

I give it a 4.7/10.

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Whistle (2025) Movie Review

Whistle (2025) IMDB

This horror movie is all about a cursed object, which happens to be an Aztec death whistle (shown in the movie poster above). Looks creepy but who is afraid of a whistle ? Well, if you are in possession of it you might think differently. Bad things happen to those people. Very bad things. Death. Not normal run of the mill deaths in your sleep, but gruesome, bloody, this might win some awards for makeup and special effects type deaths.

In the middle of this movie the high school students visit the local Halloween fair, which conveniently has a large decorated maze made of hay bales. Very cool. Structurally I feel like the height of the hay bales would not pass many inspections, but it does set a great location for a witch chasing a character. It is also a nice long scene.

The movie has a typical story. How do we stop this curse and stay alive. It’s fine.

I give it a 5.3/10. Watchable but not something to seek out.

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The Strongest Man in the World (1975) Movie Review

The Strongest Man in the World (1975) IMDB

When I get a streaming service I tend to go pretty deep into the movie catalog. It is a great way to find hidden gems and that is how I found this maze movie.

The movie is a typical 60-70’s Disney movie, revolving around an accident in a food laboratory that creates a cereal that gives the eater super strength. This leads to some corporate espionage (something that really does go on by the way) as a rival tries to steal or sabotage the formula. The movie has typical G rated comedy and over the top facial expressions from the actors. It also features a very young looking Kurt Russell in the lead role. You also get Cesar Romero with much less make-up than in his famous role and Dick Van Patten. During the testing of the formulas we get a section of the movie focused on a variety of animals solving mazes in a laboratory !

This is the type of movie you watch and if you leave the room you don’t pause it, but it is just entertaining enough to not turn off. I give it a 5.8/10. I did not find a trailer, but here is a clip to give you an idea about the movie:

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