Sadly, Upgraded is not the sequel to Leigh Whannell’s 2018 sci-fi film Upgrade… but is instead a mashup of standard rom-com tropes with a spiritual successor to The Devil Wears Prada (not a single cyborg implant in sight!). It stars … Continue reading
Gods of the Deep is a Lovecraft-inspired film about the discovery of an undersea portal beneath Antarctica and the team of scientists who investigate. Once their dubious sub enters, they discover.. well.. check out the poster art, I guess. It’s … Continue reading
I spent an inordinate amount of time staring at the pants of the Stone Age hunter/gatherers in this film. Their white cloth pants, wondering when they had the time to cut and stitch them so tight. Their stone knives and … Continue reading
I spent the majority of time wrestling with the tone of Lisa Frankenstein… did I like it? Was it too much? Was it not enough? Was ’80s Tim Burton looking over shoulders, deciding if he’s gonna sue? What was this … Continue reading
Another roll-up of classic (here defined as Pre-2000) films I’ve watched recently. 1921 – The Phantom Carriage – a pretty good morality play/thriller/ghost story about a carriage that carries Death to his scheduled appointments. More really about living people and … Continue reading
The Tiger’s Apprentice looks cheap… very basic character models, a suspiciously empty San Francisco, and a zodiac of animals but most of them are conveniently sidelined. This movie is cheap and plain… I wouldn’t say ugly, just noticeably generic. Cost … Continue reading
Orion and the Dark is a decently amusing conceptual animated film available on Paramount+. Conceptual in the same way Inside Out, Soul, Elemental, and Luck were conceptual. Big, abstract, or weird ideas personified. In this case, it’s the concept of … Continue reading
Fitting In is a coming-of-age film about a teen girl who discovers that she was born with some internal female parts missing. She has a choice to tell her friend and boyfriend about her differences or keep it a secret… … Continue reading
Argylle is a fizzle… and this from a guy who liked The King’s Man (that third Kingsman movie everyone hates). In fact, I like most of his films so when I come down hard on Argylle, I’m not doing it … Continue reading