Anatomy of a Fall a courtroom drama where the wife of a guy who died in a household fall is on trial for his murder. There are a lot of accusations, suppositions, blame, and recrimination. There’s not a lot of … Continue reading
Migration is a screeching noise jammed into my eardrums and swirled around for extra effect. I really hated this blisteringly unfunny, obnoxious film. And, yeah, I know its for kids but kids deserve better… or at least the random ass … Continue reading
Poor Things is one of the stranger movies I’ve seen this year. It’s weird in that way only Yorgos Lanthimos can be weird… chucking aside any sense of box office and decorum or expectations and just doing whatever is rattling … Continue reading
If not for a surprisingly romantic scene in the middle of this movie, I’d have slapped a lower rating on this review. But that moment in sight of the Sydney Opera House and the character driven moments while hanging in … Continue reading
My level of interest in an ’80s true story of a family of professional wrestlers was vanishingly small. I have little interest in real pro wrestling and its storylines though I have seen a few good wrestling movies and docs … Continue reading
My level of interest in a movie about rowing crew was vanishingly small… but this one is set around the 1936 Olympics so I figured it was the wetter version of the Jessie Owens story. And close enough… at least … Continue reading
Aporia is a Hulu low budget sci-fi time manipulation film that muddles its way through low ambition scenario in a dour yet sometimes lovely way. Judy Grier plays a wife and mother who loses her husband only to discover a … Continue reading
Cat Person opens with a quote from Margaret Atwood “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” It’s a thesis statement that this film plays with in interesting ways… made more … Continue reading
Rebel Moon is a Netflix/Zack Snyder joint that had people sharpening their knives in anticipation of evisceration. I was looking forward to it though since I love big sci-fi epics and there’s part of me that roots for Zack Snyder’s … Continue reading
This is the way the DCEU ends This is the way the DCEU ends This is the way the DCEU ends Not with a bang but a whimper. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a tiresome exercise in listless sound … Continue reading