The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf is an anime-style story set in the Witcher book, tv series, and video game universe. If you aren’t familiar with The Witcher, I’m not sure this is a great entry point. The animation It … Continue reading
So the new movie The Protégé stars Maggie Q as a soulless automaton assassin who…. wait. What? She’s not an automaton? Not a robot of any kind? She’s just a regular human who isn’t burdened with emotions or personality? Huh. … Continue reading
Truth is, I had almost no interest in watching this film. I just thought it was going to be sluggishly paced British spy drama that would leave me cold. But iTunes/Apple had it for 99 cents so I finally rented … Continue reading
If you’d revealed to me this was Neil Blomkamp joint after I saw it, I wouldn’t believe you. I’ve found his movies not exactly perfect over the years but certainly capable at the least. But Demonic just seems like an … Continue reading
I thought this Italian flick started decently in its quirky way… then it just kind of dragged a bit during it’s deepest romantic comedy bits, but it pulled out of the nose dive with a surprisingly sweet finale. The flick … Continue reading
I really kind of want to rate Sweet Girl just a little higher. It is a painfully generic and bland action movie with a hero with dubious goals who should have Child Protective Services called on him. Until it makes … Continue reading
A dame walked into a hard-boiled voice over… and just like that, I realized I was watching a sci-fi detective noire. And my heart kind of sank a little as the narration continued to try too hard. This movie isn’t … Continue reading
Settlers is about a colony on Mars… cool… wait… they are breathing the atmosphere? And living in a lone settlement with only three people? What’s going on here? This seems impractical. Is this Mars or is it just Arizona with … Continue reading
There are some biopics that end too early and give us text about what happened next, leaving me thinking that that’s the movie I’d have wanted to see. Respect is a movie that goes on and on and on and … Continue reading
To be generous, this is an admirable attempt to make a brainy science fiction film on a low budget, limited cast, and probably during the pandemic (subtitle should be Everybody’s Gone to the Pandemic, perhaps). But I’m not going to … Continue reading