The Exorcism is a horror flick with a great idea and terrible execution. If I could score points purely based on cleverness, it’d score pretty high. An exorcism flick set during the filming of a remake of a famous exorcism … Continue reading
With multiple seasons of Sons of Anarchy out there that I have no interest in, perhaps The Bikeriders wasn’t a movie exactly for me. And it wasn’t. Whoever made this drastically over-estimated my interest in a shaggy, plotless biker gang … Continue reading
June Squibb plays a senior citizen who gets taken for $10,000 by phone scammers pretending to be her dimwit grandson. Once she remembers where she wrote down their address, she sets out on a quest to get money back. In … Continue reading
As a white boy growing up in the 70s and 80s, I was aware there was a Black Barbie but I never owned a Barbie, much less a Black Barbie. Now that I’ve seen the doc, I think I was … Continue reading
The Present is a pretty decent family comedy time loop sci-fi comedy… which is not a string of genres usually put together. It’s about a family where the parents are on the verge of divorce so their three kids have … Continue reading
Latency is a sci-fi thriller that doesn’t know how to sci-fi and winds up a generic horror flick. I suspect they didn’t know how to stretch their concept out to 90 minutes so just filled it with haunted house (apartment?) … Continue reading
Tuesday is a fascinating movie. It could have been quite good if it weren’t so full of so many unforced errors. Just a swath of “WTF are you guys even doing” content. Things that maybe worked in print but just … Continue reading
Treasure is a drama starring Lena Dunham as the daughter of a Polish Jew (Stephen Fry) who survived the death camps in WW2. Dunham’s character has brought her papa back to Poland so she can learn about all the things … Continue reading
Exhuma is an interesting take on a ghost story from South Korea. It involves shamanistic practices that I’m highly unfamiliar with… enough so that I’m not even sure if they are based on actual Korean beliefs or just made up … Continue reading
Inside Out 2 is neck-and-neck with the original film… though I give it the edge due to a more emotionally complex story. It follows the same premise as the original but adds depth to Riley’s internal and external personality because … Continue reading