A Monster Calls is a new movie about a boy going through problems who imagines up a monster voiced by Liam Neeson. The monster helps him with his problems – which, based on the trailer, seem to bullies. But, hey, … Continue reading
Underworld: Blood Wars is, some how, the fifth film in a largely, “meh, whatever” series of action/horror/leather vampire vs. werewolf movies starring (usually) Kate Beckinsale and a weirdly good cast of British actors. This new film follows a fourth film … Continue reading
Viva Amiga is a new documentary (available on iTunes) about the Commodore Amiga computer from 1985 (and on). It’s a relatively short documentary and doesn’t go into nearly enough detail and then spends the final fifteen minutes or so talking … Continue reading
Watched the 2016 documentary Tower which is now available streaming. This one is about the University of Texas sniper who terrorized the campus in 1966. Charles Whitman took over the tower on campus and indiscriminately shot and killed/wounded around 50 … Continue reading
Caught up on the indie comedy(?) romance (?) sci-fi (?) film The Lobster – available on Amazon Prime. This is a rather… odd… movie starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, and John C. Reilly (in a small roll). What’s it about? … Continue reading
Caught up on the Assassin’s Creed movie… this is the Michael Fassbender-led flick based on the long-running Ubisoft series of video games. It’s a kind of given that movies based on video games are bad with a tiny handful of … Continue reading
Checked out Sing, the new Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me/Minions studio) animated movie. This is the one about the animals entering a singing competition and that’s about as much plot as needed. A plot, one might even note, that doesn’t require … Continue reading
Checked out La La Land, the new old timey yet new timey musical starring two very ugly people: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. There lives are true tragedies with their perfect faces. Sigh. Anyhow, La La Land is a … Continue reading
Checked out Why Him?, the new Brian Cranston / James Franco domestic comedy. Cranston’s daughter is marrying weirdo Franco, a tech millionaire who doesn’t have an off switch, swears up a storm, but is genial and happy and clueless…. basically … Continue reading
Also rented the horror movie The Disappointments Room, a flick I assure you was released theatrically a few months ago. This is a very odd and pretty bad movie about a vaguely haunted house where nothings much happens, even for … Continue reading