What I've Caught Up With, August 2026 Part 1

As seems to be the case lately, I go into the month with plans of catching up on movie watching and I simply fall further behind on my goals. I watched 26 movies in August; three rewatches and 23 new-to-me films. It’s almost a full week’s worth off the pace of just watching one movie per day. So, it seems likely that I won’t hit the year’s goal for movies this year, either. Ah, well.

The Bride Wore Red

Film: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Format: Streaming video from Hulu Plus on Fire!

I love a good subgenre, the more obscure or personal, the better. When I say I love a good subgenre, I’m including things like “zombie” of course, but I’m really talking about subgenres that are more about finding connections between movies that are otherwise unrelated. “Good for her!” is one such subgenre—movies where the female protagonist overcomes something terrible. It includes movies as diverse as Swallow and Happy-Go-Lucky One of my current favorite subgenres like this is “Samara Weaving covered in blood.” Based on that, you should realize that we are talking about Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (which I will be referring to as Ready or Not 2 from this point forward).

There is no way to discuss this movie without discussing the original film. So, while I’m not going to offer up any spoilers for this movie I am necessarily going to have to at least mention important plot points from the original Ready or Not. If you don’t want that movie spoiled, you should stop reading at the end of this paragraph. Or, just skip the next two paragraphs—I’ll keep the spoilers limited to that.