Also saw one of those quintessential January releases, the Bye Bye Man. Yes, it’s a horror movie called The Bye Bye Man. Why is it called The Bye Bye Man? Because the spooky creature in it is called The Bye … Continue reading
Hidden Figures is the new pic about the real-world human calculators who helped create the math equations needed to send men into orbit and return them safely. In that the calculators in question were women in 1961 is one thing, … Continue reading
So a film version of the toy line Max Steel (which I’d never heard of) came out earlier this year and pretty much nobody noticed (I did but it was only at the theaters for a week and I never … Continue reading
A Monster Calls is a new movie about a boy going through problems who imagines up a monster voiced by Liam Neeson. The monster helps him with his problems – which, based on the trailer, seem to bullies. But, hey, … Continue reading
Underworld: Blood Wars is, some how, the fifth film in a largely, “meh, whatever” series of action/horror/leather vampire vs. werewolf movies starring (usually) Kate Beckinsale and a weirdly good cast of British actors. This new film follows a fourth film … Continue reading
Viva Amiga is a new documentary (available on iTunes) about the Commodore Amiga computer from 1985 (and on). It’s a relatively short documentary and doesn’t go into nearly enough detail and then spends the final fifteen minutes or so talking … Continue reading
Watched the 2016 documentary Tower which is now available streaming. This one is about the University of Texas sniper who terrorized the campus in 1966. Charles Whitman took over the tower on campus and indiscriminately shot and killed/wounded around 50 … Continue reading
Caught up on the indie comedy(?) romance (?) sci-fi (?) film The Lobster – available on Amazon Prime. This is a rather… odd… movie starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, and John C. Reilly (in a small roll). What’s it about? … Continue reading
Caught up on the Assassin’s Creed movie… this is the Michael Fassbender-led flick based on the long-running Ubisoft series of video games. It’s a kind of given that movies based on video games are bad with a tiny handful of … Continue reading
Checked out Sing, the new Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me/Minions studio) animated movie. This is the one about the animals entering a singing competition and that’s about as much plot as needed. A plot, one might even note, that doesn’t require … Continue reading