Checked out the new reverse home invasion movie Don’t Breath, an insanely tense suspense horror movie. Three burglars break into a blind Iraqi war veteran’s isolated home, intent on stealing his stack of cash. Unlike most movies of this kind, … Continue reading
So I checked out the 2016 remake of Ben-Hur, a movie that really doesn’t want you to think it has all that icky Jesus stuff in it. At least based on the marketing – the ads pretty much assure you … Continue reading
Checked out Laika studio’s latest stop-motion animated film Kubo and the Two Strings. Laika previously made a few movies that other people love but I either disliked or found only ok – namely Coraline (the one I kind of liked), … Continue reading
Went to see the new Miles Teller/Jonah Hill arms dealer movie War Dogs. This is the apparently true story of a couple out-of-their-depths 20 somethings who become arms merchants for the US military during the Iraq and Afghan wars. Apparently … Continue reading
Checked out a new english-dubbed French steampunk sci-fi hand-drawn animated film on video streaming called April and the Extraordinary World. Came out of nowhere and it’s pretty good. It very much reminds of a Japanese anime except with a western … Continue reading
Also took the hit and went to see the Kevin-Spacey-Had-a-Mortgage-Payment-or-Possibly-Someone-Kidnapped-His-Wife movie Nine Lives. In this cinematic gem, Spacey is a power-hungry New York industrialist who wants to build the largest building in North America and is competing against another building … Continue reading
Saw the remake of Pete’s Dragon from Disney today. A remake of either a forgotten 70s live action Disney movie or a 70s Disney movie you vaguely remember having an animated dragon but might be confusing it with Puff the … Continue reading
Went to see an early Thursday showing Sausage Party, Seth Rogan’s new deeply R rated animated comedy about talking food. I am a bad person for seeing it… and a worse person for laughing as much as I did. The … Continue reading
Just in time for Olympic gold, I watched a movie called The Bronze which IS about an Olympic athlete. It’s a movie you didn’t even notice came out earlier this year because the studio kind of made sure you didn’t. … Continue reading
Watched the new film version of the classic book The Little Prince on Netflix. This was going to be a theatrical release but the studio backed out in the US and Netflix picked it up. I think it got a … Continue reading