The Volcano: Rescue for Whakaari is a surprisingly foreboding and frightening Netflix documentary about a recent event I hadn’t heard about. In 2019, a tourist island volcano off the coast of New Zealand pops while two boat-fulls of tourists are … Continue reading
The only thing About Fate has going for it is the sheer magnetism of Emma Roberts. Is it possible for a romantic comedy to have one-sided chemistry? Emma Roberts proves it’s possible since only half the romantic couple in this … Continue reading
The spoiler alert of Spoiler Alert is that the hero dies… which is the full title of the memoir this movie is based on. Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by journalist Michael Ausiello. I haven’t read this book and I’m … Continue reading
Bardo is a head-scratcher of an annoyance of a personal film that I didn’t get for long swaths and resented having to sit through that somehow, some way, comes together in the final thirty minutes of understanding so that I … Continue reading
Empire of Light is a beautiful, well-acted film that can’t figure out what it’s about. I think it’s too personal or regional or temporal a film for anyone who wasn’t working in a movie theater in 1980 England. The film … Continue reading
For a four star movie, saying Avatar: The Way of Water was a bit of a disappointment is a head scratcher. But given its pedigree and how many years since the last James Cameron film, I was hoping for something … Continue reading
To be honest, the only reason I watched this obscure digital flick was because I spent a handful of weekends on a river when I was a kid. And I played the arcade game Toobin’… so when a horror flick … Continue reading
Something from Tiffany’s oozes so much charisma and chemistry that it blew past my cynicism and squirreled its way into my brain (or maybe my heart). This is an enormously charming and cute Christmas-based romantic comedy with great leads and … Continue reading
When I heard this movie was about a murderous robotic mall Santa, my mind immediately went to a killbot from Chopping Mall with a Santy hat and beard. I mean, why wouldn’t it? But no, this robot Santa just looks … Continue reading
Good intentions and handsome filmmaking are the hallmarks of this grim slavery/civil war epic. Lincoln has issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves of the the rebelling South. Will Smith plays real-life escaped slave Peter who must survive first his … Continue reading