For the first twenty minutes, I legitimately loved The Mitchells vs. the Machines. It was about the family… it was sweet, it felt truthful, and I laughed out loud a number of times. I dug its visual style, the lead … Continue reading
Things Heard & Seen is a movie about ghosts that isn’t a horror film (to its credit). It IS a suspense/thriller about a marriage falling apart, lies, deceit, and the slow unravelling of truth. It just happens to be set … Continue reading
Following the literal rapture, people are isolated to their towns and totalitarian rule is established. The rumored existence of a door in the desert leading those left behind to salvation results in some risking their lives and freedom to escape. … Continue reading
Welcome to Cross Fade: The Movie… or possibly Terrible Editing with Unconvincing Character: The Movie. Vanquish is just… weirdly bad in some fascinating ways. The story isn’t the problem… it doesn’t help, but it’s not a problem. It’s about as … Continue reading
When there’s more entertainment valley gotten from watching an endless train of Top Ten Mandela Effect videos on YouTube than this turgid sf flick, then that’s a real problem. Going down that web video rabbit hole at least provides quicker … Continue reading
The new Mortal Kombat movie almost gets there a number of times but is held back by being so very uneven. But it’s not so uneven that it doesn’t have some fun to it and it’s pretty watchable. I suspect … Continue reading
I suspect Stowaway won’t work for a number of people… either because it’s too “slow” or, for the science enthusiasts, has some floaty physics. But it worked for me. And it works BECAUSE it was slow and methodical and, yes, … Continue reading
While I respect anyone who looks at a giant spider movie and says to himself, “Yeah, I can do that as an art house horror film”, I’m afraid the results were pretty grim. The Arbors is about a quiet, shy … Continue reading
I wasn’t expecting a dark comedy when I started this flick… and part of me wonders if they planned on making one. But here we go… a darkly comedic, wildly improbably gory feminist vampire flick starring two B movie genre … Continue reading
I actually was able to watch Nobody without any background on it other than the cover (suggesting an action flick), the actor, and that it had a certain amount of buzz. And it was a good experience to be so … Continue reading