There’s a big casting and screenwriting blunder at the heart of this rather bland spy movie. Which is sad since the premise has promise… but the execution is a huge miss. The Amateur stars Rami Malek as a Floor -5 … Continue reading
The Dad Quest is a dire Netflix drama/comedy about an ex-husband who learns his son might not be his kid. So he and the child go on a quest to find his bio-dad. Decent idea for a heart-warming family film… … Continue reading
I’m happy to say I saw A Goofy Movie back in 95 and didn’t hate it. Didn’t love it… I basically gave it the equivalent of 3 stars and mostly forgot it. But then folks who grew up with it … Continue reading
Pets is a Disney+ documentary about pets that struggles to justify its existence. You can get almost everything this flick does in an hour of YouTube cat videos. Cats being sweet, cats being crazy, cats at the vet, feral cats … Continue reading
Warfare is Alex Garland’s choice to make a stripped down, just the facts small scale modern war film. It’s not interesting in your backstories or politics. Just US soldiers doing a job with as much realism (as far as I … Continue reading
An action fantasy where the US president gives a shit about foreign nations and who the press can shame? You don’t say! Guess this one was made in the Before Times when a better America was imagined. On the other … Continue reading
Drop is basically the same premise as Carry-On… which makes for a funny double feature. Carry-On… oops Dropped it. Har-de-har-har. Anyway, both films are about someone being blackmailed by an unknown person via their cell phone… “do what I say … Continue reading
Hell of a Summer is a horror/comedy camp slasher movie… and when you can’t tell what tone the comedy is going for – or if some of the jokes are even intentional – then you’re gonna have a bad time. … Continue reading
Banger is a crime comedy set in the world of DJs and dance music… a topic I have very little real world interest in. So why watch if so uninvested? Well, it’s up to the writer and direct to make … Continue reading
While Freaky Tales is definitely an anthology film, it is not a horror anthology regardless of the title. Maybe that’s obvious to folks who saw the trailer, I dunno. I went in blind… and was super enthusiastically positive about the … Continue reading