How can you tell the difference between Disney’s Pinocchio and Guillermo del Toro’s? Del Toro’s is the one with a surprising number of fascists. And is clearly made by the guy who gave us the twisted fairy tale Pan’s Labyrinth. … Continue reading
Your Christmas or Mine gave me a brief existential crisis when I realized Asa Butterfield is now old enough to play the boyfriend in a silly Christmas rom-com. When did that happen? And will it ever stop happening? I mull … Continue reading
A Wounded Fawn is a kind of movie that’s 50/50 with me and my logical brain. There’s a lot of weird, surreal imagery and ponderous meaning that risked my attention and patience. But I think they knew what they were … Continue reading
I propose we resurrect Charlies Dickens and give him back his copyright so Hollywood can be stopped from retreading this material. At least lets get a gatekeeper up in this IP. Jeesh. Yeah, it’s another Christmas Carol. I’d say this … Continue reading
Christmas with the Campbells is a satire of Hallmark Christmas movies that’s 75% exactly a Hallmark Christmas movie. 25% of it is random lunatic asides and out-of-left-field sex jokes. It’s played stone-faced so it might take a few to realize … Continue reading
I had no idea, going in, that Devotion was a film based on the Korean war… looking at the poster, I figured WWII so that was a nice surprise for a fairly nice movie. And if I spent a few … Continue reading
I still think turning the fanciful art style of the illustrations in the Wimpy Kid books into 3D is a bit of an ugly mess (that baby design is a thing of nightmares). I’ll die on that hill while DIsney+ … Continue reading
I’m (condescendingly) proud of Norway for making a giant monster movie that looks this good. One with a big enough budget to have some great visual effects that honors their folklore. These aren’t the trolls I’m familiar with from fantasy … Continue reading
Darby and the Dead is, in theory, a fun mashup of a high school comedy and an “I see dead people” supernatural tale. Unfortunately, it barely has any original ideas of its own so the tired high school tropes and … Continue reading
Violent Night is a Christmas action/comedy flick with action that isn’t very good and comedy that isn’t very funny. Santa Claus has had enough of your bullshit. One drunken Christmas Eve, he’s delivering presents to a mansion when it comes … Continue reading