The Last Blockbuster is a 2020 documentary that’s finally arrived (somewhat ironically) on Netflix streaming. It’s about twenty minutes of interesting information about Blockbuster, twenty minutes about the literal Last Blockbuster store (in Bend, Oregon), and the rest is just … Continue reading
Pretty sure we need to take the keys away from Bruce Willis after this one. Someone needs an intervention… or maybe he doesn’t? Maybe Willis has found his retirement niche and is happy to take the producers cash money to … Continue reading
Cherry is a new move on Apple TV+. It’s the (mostly?) true story of a down-on-his-luck guy who joins the military and rotates back home with PTSD and a drug addition. And there were two very bad things that happened … Continue reading
Yes Day is a pleasant but inconsequential family comedy that the kids will probably love. I’m not sure there’s much more for anyone older than a tween though. The film stars Jennifer Garner as a mother of three who spent … Continue reading
Boss Level is kind of a fascinating movie. It’s another time loop film – this time an action flick where the guy has to survive a horde of assassins gunning for him (and figure out why they are tryin to … Continue reading
I honestly wanted to like Sentinelle. Not for its core plot which has been done many… many… many (many) times before… but because the movie wanted to turn that plot into something more grounded, more serious. But just because you … Continue reading
Coming 2 America is a movie that started strong but progressively just gets less and less interesting, less and less funny. It’s not a total disaster, but it needed more time in the oven. It also has a core script … Continue reading
Red Dot isn’t a movie without merits… sometimes its suspense works and the actors have charisma. It’s also a Swedish take on a city folks run into trouble in the country movie… a couple travel to the backwoods of Sweden … Continue reading
As a guy who’s many decades past the sell-by date of this movie’s target audience, all I can say is that I rather loved this film. It reminded me of my high school fight-the-power movies like Pump up the Volume … Continue reading
Nomadland is a unique special film that’s about nothing less than life, death, time, and existence. It’s a tone poem full of small vignettes, only lightly connected, about what it is to live a particular type of life. It’s a … Continue reading