Blasted has an amusing idea for a sci-fi action comedy but none of the execution works. The flick is about a bunch of friends who head to an excluded valley for some paint ball and laser tag fun when they … Continue reading
The description card on streaming services compares this film to The Goonies and Stand By Me. Yeah, don’t you believe that… that’s some marketing hack’s attempt at stealing glory from much better films. Which isn’t to say this is a … Continue reading
Well, Elvis is certainly a Baz Luhrmann movie for all the hopped-up-on-energy-drinks, camera never stops, editing is King of Rock ‘n Roll kind of way. Luhrmann is a hyper-kinetic rabbity thing who never saw an editing deck he didn’t want … Continue reading
I feel pretty late to the party on this one… but finally gave Hustle on Netflix the ol’ college try. And it wasn’t a burden or a chore afterall. Even as a devoted anti-fan of sportsball, I really enjoyed it. … Continue reading
The Man From Toronto is a direct-to-Netflix action buddy comedy starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson. Average guy Hart is mistaken for Harrelson’s professional information extractor (torturer) and has to go undercover as him. Buddy comedy hijinks ensue. There are … Continue reading
I have a lot of misplaced affection for Beavis and Butt-Head. Dumb as a box of rocks satire of some of the people I grew up with (Butt-Head’s laugh is very familiar to me). So I was super-chuffed when I … Continue reading
The Black Phone snuck up on me and I managed to watch it without any background (other than Ethan Hawk being in it and a creepy cover). For instance, I wasn’t aware that this is from the director of Sinister … Continue reading
Watcher is a very Hitchcockian film that doesn’t quite stand up to its cinematic inspirations. Sometimes it comes close and you can feel what they are striving to be. I wish I liked the whole thing instead of just some … Continue reading
If there’s a strictly coherent plot to Mad God, it’s not interesting in explaining it. Which is fair enough – the movie wants more to be a blistering explosion of stop-motion imagery designed to make your skin crawl. Whether that’s … Continue reading
Jerry & Marge Go Large is a great cast working in a slightly unfocused film. Brian Cranston and Annette Benning play a pair of retirees who discover a statistical flaw in a local lottery. Doing nothing illegal, they play the … Continue reading