All I knew about Anora was the unofficial logline “Pretty Woman only realistic”. I see there they’re coming from but man did this flick go weird places Pretty Woman never went. And I should have seen it sooner… I kept … Continue reading
I’m not Jewish and I didn’t grow up around a Jewish community. About all I know I’ve learned in movies… and this movie does show and tell better than almost any one of those films. So credit due to (presumed) … Continue reading
Memoir of a Snail is a quirky sad drama comedy about the life of a quirky sad girl. It’s stop-motion animation all the way down and I’d say its beautiful but its really more deliberately drab and sad (and quirky). … Continue reading
As a fairly secular kid who loved Christmas as much as anyone else, I read the book this film is based on a few times. It was fun, funny, and had a nice Christmas feel. The 2024 adaptation’s trailer though … Continue reading
It’s “Why 8000 feet? I have no idea” the movie. Just hand-wave that one away… maybe we’re in for a sequel! <eyes roll>. Elevation is a generic sci-fi creature feature in the vein of A Quiet Place, Arcadian, and a … Continue reading
Heretic is a tough one for me to review. It’s basically someone’s philosophical screed shaped awkwardly into a horror movie… and I like horror movies and I like philosophical movies. But this film did it poorly… but in that it … Continue reading
Maybe I was in a crabby mood because I was supposed to be at theater watching a very different movie instead of a generic overlit Christmas rom-com… but I really had a long time watching this flick. A bad time … Continue reading
I chose to meet Disciples in the Moonlight half-way. I wanted to give it a decent score just to buck the trend of all the terrible reviews. It’s a faith-based dystopian film and I like Dystopias… just because it has … Continue reading
I had actually gone to see Conclave on November 5 – the day of the US presidential election – but circumstances got in the way and I had to leave early. So I went again the day after… and, yeah, … Continue reading
Ctrl is an Indian screen life film available on Netflix (in the US). It’s in the same vein as films like Searching and Missing mixed with a great big – but also kind of obvious – cyber security thriller. It’s … Continue reading