The Christmas Chronicles is a new Netflix original most noticeable for starring Kurt Russell as Santa Clause. I don’t tend to watch too many Christmas movies but just hiring Russell to play Saint Nick was too much of a curiosity. … Continue reading
And yet another update from watching old flicks, mostly on Turner Classics. Are we have having fun, or are we having fun?!! Whole lot of silent films this time so hold onto your butts for thrills, chills, and excitement. Frankenstein … Continue reading
Checked out the new Netflix original Mowgli, based on the Jungle Book stories. This film was in production at the same time as the recent Disney “live action” Jungle Book but got delayed when that movie did well. I guess … Continue reading
Check out the Peter Jackson written and produced sci-fi flick Mortal Engines… note the marketing wants you to think he directed it too but he didn’t. The guy who did is one of his FX collaborators on various Lord of … Continue reading
Also rented (after missing it… but not REALLY missing it… at the theater) the kids animated click Smallfoot. I fully admit to expecting to hate this silly looking film with a terrible trailer… but in the middle of hate-watching it, … Continue reading
Checked out the new Netflix original – and Coen Brothers film – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. This is a movie that probably could have never been funded for theatrical release – it’s a 2hr 20min western anthology film… a … Continue reading
So I checked out Once Upon a Deadpool last night… which is to say, the weird experimental film that turns Deadpool 2 into a PG-13 film. Presumably this is done to appease on some level Disney which has purchased (or … Continue reading
Checked out the movie with the curious name Green Book at the theater last night. Trailer didn’t explain what a Green Book is or why the movie was called that so was genuinely curious. Not the reason I saw the … Continue reading
Also caught another early (or maybe just wantonly random) screening of the Japanese anime film Mirai. I think this is getting a limited Academy award run or something… It showed up at 7pm two Thursdays ago and not all since … Continue reading
Caught an early showing of the new Marvel animated film Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse. This is not in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is not directly related to the recent Spiderman: Homecoming (though it could be due to the introduction … Continue reading