Also checked out Thank You For Your Service, a new coming home from war movie. It’s about three guys rotating home from service in Iraq circa 2007. It focuses on how they try to get their lives back again while … Continue reading
Also watched on streaming the new action/drama Bushwick. This is an action film produced by and starring Dave Bautista as an attempt (I suspect) to give him some opportunities for dramatic acting. But it’s also an exercise in single take … Continue reading
Checked out the new Matt Damon film Suburbicon and my main take-away is that the trailers are full of lies and are deliberately hiding the more uncomfortable content lest they turn off potential ticket buyers. But that’s just marketing, it … Continue reading
Jigsaw is the 8th film in the torture porn Saw franchise and the first one in seven years. I can’t say I’ve missed the series and I can’t say this new one justifies the return. It’s the same as all … Continue reading
Went to see the BBC-produced movie Victoria & Abdul, an odd little movie about how Queen Victoria (Queen of England and Empress of India) became friends with an Indian servant against the wishes of just about everyone who worked for … Continue reading
Same Kind of Different As Me is a new well-intentioned, big-hearted movie that is sometimes bafflingly oblivious to its presentation and sometimes stultifying dull and plodding to boot. Based on a true story and apparently a true movement and … Continue reading
The new movie Geostorm is an excellent way to save you some time. Say you want to see a big dumb disaster movie, a political conspiracy movie, and a space-based sci-fi film and you just don’t have the time for … Continue reading
Only the Brave is the most generic title for a movie that’s actually pretty unique by today’s standards. It’s based on the true story of a group of Hotshot firefighters. Apparently a Hotshot firefighter is kind of a green beret … Continue reading
The Snowman is a new murder mystery film based on a best-selling book by Jo Nesbo that I have not read. It’s something like the seventh book in the (ahem) Harry Hole series of Norwegian detective novels, of which I’ve … Continue reading
Checked out another streaming rental (on iTunes) called Better Watch Out. It is advertised as a Christmas-based home invasion horror/suspense film and that’s more-or-less accurate… though the villain isn’t an Evil Santa as you might expect from the title. Like … Continue reading