Aug
24
Passenger, The
I had no expectations for The Passenger going in… I thought the title was generic and Blumhouse has both a good track record and a bad one. But they are the reason I gave it a shot. The film is … Continue reading
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Aug
23
Wolf Hollow
There are moments in this low budget, hard scrabble werewolf horror/comedy when I was having a lot of fun. And there were moments where I was impressed by the incompetence. And there wAll Postsere moments where I was just bored. … Continue reading
Aug
22
Monkey King, The
I’m aware of Monkey and Journey to the West story in broad strokes but I’ve never seen any filmed adaptation. I was curious but skeptical about this Netflix animation so I decided to give it go. The film is about … Continue reading
Aug
21
Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Batman vs TMNT is what happens when a million zillion ninjas of the Foot Clan descend on Gotham. Batman joins forces with the turtles to fight Shredder and Ra’s Al Ghul’s fiendish plot… which has something to do with the … Continue reading
Aug
19
Puppy Love
Puppy Love is a sweet and decent rom-com / dog movie. It stars Grant Gustin as a neurotic mess (with a female emotional support dog) and Lucy Hale as a more down-to-earth woman (with an adopted male dog). They go … Continue reading
Aug
19
One-of-a-Kind Marcie
I’m hardly current on the state of modern Peanuts (or “Snoopy Presents”) specials but I decided to give this Apple TV+ special a shot. It’s forty-five minutes devoted to Marcie who I’m going to assume has never gotten a star … Continue reading
Aug
18
Birth/Rebirth
Birth/Rebirth is a morally corrupt film and I love it. Every single person in the movie has a vague if not non-existent grasp of medical ethics and we’re asked to go along with it. It’s dark, it’s meaty, it’s unsettling, … Continue reading
Aug
18
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out
Aliens Abducted My Parents (and Now I feel Kinda Left Out) sure feels like the clickbait version of a movie title. Makes you think you’ll be watching a wackier, more satirical movie than what you actually get. And I’d be … Continue reading
Aug
17
Blue Beetle
I have no idea who Blue Beetle is as a DC comic book hero. He’s up there with the Guardians of the Galaxy and even Ant-Man as characters I didn’t know until the movie released. So maybe I wasn’t the … Continue reading
Aug
16
Strays (2023)
Strays is a massive coat of matted cognitive dissonance for me. On the one paw, sometimes it was just a bad movie… on the other paw, it would nip me with clever and smart dog jokes. When the flick ended, … Continue reading