Oxygen (2021) Movie Review

Oxygen (2021) IMDB

Oxygen movie poster

Oxygen is a French science fiction thriller exclusive to Netflix that takes place in a very confined place. If you have seen the 2010 movie Buried starring Ryan Reynolds, this is the sci-fi version of it.

The gist of the movie is a woman wakes up in a cryogenic chamber with no memory of how she got there and with her oxygen levels lowering rapidly and unable to get out of her chamber. Obviously this is a problem. The movie is her trying to figure out where she is, what is happening, and how she can fix it.

All of this happens from a claustrophobic space. So why is this review on a maze website ? Well, there are a few scenes that show mice moving through a maze. These scenes are all about conveying the feeling our main character is feeling being stuck in here chamber and trying to get out (troubleshoot).

While the concept is good, the plot peels away like the layers of an onion. It’s a bit slow, but worth a look if you like Sci-Fi.

I give it a 6/10.

Enjoy this trailer for the movie:

Maze of the Week #13 - Clayton Theatre Maze

My favorite maze of the year (so far) is this week’s maze of the Clayton Theatre in Dagsboro, Delaware. I love movies and enjoy going to old movie theaters. The maze construction I used for this maze is a draw and cut. The bricks used for the façade make a natural "maze wall for the maze pathways to work themselves through.

Some information about the Clayton Theatre

Built in 1948, this is the last first run single screen theater in Delaware. After watching the video below and seeing the marquee lit up at night, I have been tempted to do a version of the maze “at night” showing off the wonderful colors. I put that on my to-do list. I also am suddenly hungry for some popcorn ! You can find what movie is playing here.

The maze:

Mostly a black and white maze, with a small pop of color in red for the PG-13. But, this is NOT a black and white maze as this this the actual coloring of the theatre !

Clayton Theatre Maze

Clayton Theatre Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. You can find downloads of the maze at the mazes permanent home.

Coming next week:

A maze of another building in Delaware ! I think you will like it !

Hubie Halloween (2020) Movie Review

Hubie Halloween (2020) IMDB

Hubie Halloween movie poster

By Netflix - Google, Fair use,

Hubie Dubois, played by Adam Sandler, is the story of a childlike grown-up who protects his hometown each Halloween from bad actors and makes sure they play within the rules. He is mocked each year by everyone in the town. This is a family movie exclusive to Netflix with a ensemble cast. You get Dan Patrick, Shaq, and your standard alumnus of SNL to name a few.

Now this is not a maze movie, but there is a reason this is included on the site. During one sequence of the movie there is a report of a lost child in a corn maze and Hubie goes to check out the situation. Of course it is all a practical joke.

The movie centers around a Halloween where a convict has escaped from the local mental institution. Can Hubie, mocked for his entire life, save the town ? Well, regardless of how things turn out, the movie has weak laughs and is one of Sandler’s weakest films. Kids might like it, but most adults will not.

I give the movie a 5/10.

Here is the trailer for the movie:

Maze of the Week #12 - Waterbury Clock Tower Maze

Maze #12 of the year features the Waterbury Clock Tower at Waterbury Union Station in Waterbury, Connecticut. It is a building maze, and is the first maze that does not use perspective, and instead uses a flat, geometric drawing of the tower. The maze is a simple standard construction. I did 2 versions, the original in black and white, and a colorized version. For the colorized version I used the drone footage below (Thank you Manxcat73) ! Without that footage, the pictures I found did not show the colors clearly.

Some information about Waterbury Union Station

The station was built in 1909 and it features a 240 foot tower, the subject of my maze. The station is the last stop for its branch of the Metro North railroad. It is a long 2 hours and 45 minutes to Grand Central Station. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 8, 1978.

Here is some wonderful drone footage of the tower where you can see it’s features and the surrounding town up close !

The maze:

A simple black and white maze. I should mention this is not REALLY a maze of the clock tower, but the top portion of it, I I made the full tower to scale it would be much longer !!

Waterbury Union Station Clock Tower Maze in black and white

Waterbury Clock Tower Maze

And here is the colorized version of the maze. Which version do you prefer ?

Waterbury Union Station Clock Tower Maze in color

Waterbury Clock Tower Maze in Color

I hope you enjoy the maze. You can find downloads of the maze at the mazes permanent home.

Coming next week:

A great maze of a movie theater that I think you are going to like !