So dared the crowds and the packed parking lots to see Avengers: Endgame. Drove over to the (very close) theater Thursday at Midnight… they had front row seats open on six screens… but between all those people plus the 9pm … Continue reading
Also saw the new horror film The Curse of La Llorona. This is a film about a Mexican myth – the Crying Woman – and is partially being targeted at the Hispanic community who are a not-insignificant box office audience … Continue reading
The new movie Breakthrough is, to me, a movie I’m happy was finally released. Happy because I saw the same trailer for this thing at nearly every movie I went to see (and you know that’s a lot – dozens … Continue reading
Also checked out a random theatrical release called Mia and the White Lion. I had seen one trailer for it – but the movie is so obscure, the trailer was playing in front of another movie while it was already … Continue reading
So I checked out the movie The Public the other day… and I can say with some assurance that this is the very best movie ever produced about the Cincinnati Public Library that has yet been made. Might even be … Continue reading
Also went to see the movie After. I had the feeling it was based on a YA novel but I’d not see a trailer nor read the synopsis on the book. So, hey, nice to see a movie blind and … Continue reading
Went to see the new comedy Little… which is a body-swap movie whose title suggests Big in reverse. Because it is… it’s about an adult woman who gets hit with a magical whammy and reverts to her early teenage self. … Continue reading
So there’s a new Hellboy movie out this weekend that is not a sequel to the previous two films but is also not quite a full reboot or remake. Guillermo Del Toro’s first two Hellboy movies were never never my … Continue reading
And, finally, watched the new Netflix horror flick The Silence. Which has nothing to do with A Quiet Place… honest! This is based on a book published in 2015… so odds are Quiet Place may have been inspired by the … Continue reading
Also checked out the new Laikia-produced animated film Missing Link. Laika is a studio that makes mostly stop-motion pictures that I should like… but never really do. So I didn’t go into this one with high hopes. Missing Link … Continue reading