Flowers for Algernon (2000) Movie Review

June 4, 2022

Flowers for Algernon (2000) IMDB Prime

Any movie that starts with a mouse running through a maze is going to get a good review from me. The movie is of the made for TV variety and is based on the best-selling, award winning 1966 novel of the same name written by Daniel Keyes. This is the second movie made about the book, with the first being Charly in 1968.

The story revolves around an intellectually disabled man who undergoes a surgery to try to make him a genius. Along the journey we see how people interact with our main character Charlie Gordon based on his mental capacity, and Charlie deals with everyone else as his intelligence changes and he understands his past more clearly. Matthew Modine does a nice job in his role as the main character and the supporting characters are good also.. Overall, while this does not have (nor need) a big budget to be successful, the movie is well made.

This is a good family movie and I suggest every teen read the book.

The movie has many maze scenes which is always a good thing for me ! I give it a 6.8/10.

Check out the trailer below which features Algernon in the maze !

Or just go ahead and watch the whole movie at this link on YouTube.

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) Movie Review

June 2, 2022

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) IMDB Prime

The third and final film in The Maze Runner series, The Death Cure aims to clear up all the questions you have had along the way, Why ? Who ? WCKD ? The tagline for this movie is “Every Maze Has an End” and it really does fit the storyline. In our first movie in this trilogy he saw our characters trying to escape a giant mysterious maze. In our middle story we saw a perilous journey across a wasteland. And in this final installment we get out group of heroes trying to break into the Last City (essentially the goal of the maze).

Without getting into the different factions and names in the story - if you read the book you would understand and if you didn’t it’s just a bunch of silly jargon anyway, this movie becomes a rescue mission. The action sequences are good and the story fine as long as you have seen the first 2 movies.

I also want to mention that the movie posters for this film are excellent if you like maze artwork. 2 versions of the poster made my post about the The 10 Best Maze Themed Movie Posters.

Worth a look if you saw movies number 1 and 2. I rate it a 6.5/10.

Check out the trailer below.

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Mazes (Útvesztök) (2008) Movie Short Review

May 31, 2022

Mazes (Útvesztök) (2008) IMDB YouTube

If there is one kind of video that I always watch it is a hand-drawn animation. Get me on YouTube and give me a Bill Plympton video and I am happy. That is what this short film makes me feel like. It is a quick 8 minute short film by Hungarian artist István Orosz. One of his many artistic jobs in his career was as a poster designer and yet I could not find a movie poster for this short, so I made my own using the video. Útvesztök is Hungarian for maze.

On to the actual short. It is a series of 9 sections, each that starts with a maze, starting with the Ninth maze. You see a maze that is then solved using an on screen pencil - and the solve is always the number of the maze. Next you get a series of animated scenes; then maze 8, with the maze solved on screen, etc. It is fun to watch the animations and see what is going to be shown next. And the mazes look wonderful.

Fun to watch ! 6.5 / 10

You can watch the entire short film below !

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Maze of the Week #22 - Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch Maze

May 30, 2022

This week I am featuring a maze of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch located in Hartford, Connecticut to celebrate Memorial Day in the US. It becomes maze of the week #22 after a last minute switch with a lighthouse maze (now maze #37). There are many memorials (over 20) named this, or similar around the United States. This particular memorial celebrates those Hartford citizens that served in the US Civil War. The Memorial Arch was dedicated on September 17, 1886 and was designed by a local architect named George Keller.

If you want to learn more about the memorial arch, read the Wikipedia page , or just check out this video:

Here is a photo of the memorial:

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch - Connecticut State Library flickr

The maze: Finished? You decide. I can’t seem to find a clear picture of the battle scene that is banded above the arch. I attempted a few versions with it and none came out to my standards. I may add it in the future (and change the maze) if I find a good picture to work off of. I went with black and white. The brocks make for a good gridded maze construction.