Checked out the new family drama/comedy This Is Where I Leave You… a movie whose closest relatives would probably be The Family Stone (which is a little better) and August:Osage Comedy (which is oh so much worse). It’s about four … Continue reading
The Drop is a Brooklyn crime movie about a bar that acts as a drop for the mafia (where dirty money can be dropped and collected later)… and it’s about doggy day care. It’s James Gandolfini’s last role along with … Continue reading
Went to see the new stop-motion family movie The Boxtrolls and boy did I hate it. It’s almost enough to say the technical marvel that is the actual craft of making the movie with stop-motion puppets and whatnot makes the … Continue reading
Checked out Denzel Washington in the remake of an 80s action show I never watched – The Equalizer movie. In it, he plays an action hero with OCD (unstated but implied) who works for Home Depot (basically) and lectures people … Continue reading
If I were to say the movie Only Lovers Left Alive was a vampire movie, you might keep reading or bail… who wants another vampire movie? But this one is unique, it’s special. It’s more of a mood piece… a … Continue reading
Kevin Smith’s new horror comedy (I guess) is Tusk – a weird body horror (I guess) comedy (I guess) about a podcaster (played by Justin Long) who falls into the mad doctor hands of an erudite old Canadian who misses … Continue reading
Caught the new sci-fi adventure flick The Maze Runner – a story about a bunch of young amnesiacs who wake up in a field surrounded by massive concrete walls that open during the day open into a mysterious maze. Why … Continue reading
Also saw (on VoD via Apple TV) the romantic? comedy? The One I Love – a movie about relationships and the difference between our ideal mate and the one we grow to know. It’s got kind of a Twilight Zone … Continue reading
Liam Neeson is back in tough-guy mode in the film A Walk Among the Tombstone… a gritty film noire/detective/gumshoe movie made for adults (by which I mean mature). Very good genre film with gritty, snappy dialog and a sly sense … Continue reading
Went to see the new suspense domestic violence/home invasion movie No Good Deed over the weekend… starring Idis Elba as a crazy who escapes from his prison transport and proceeds to play cat and mouse with a mother alone with … Continue reading