Jan
09
Candy Land
I sat on Candy Land all last year… thinking, yeah, maybe it’s a bit of sleazy fun but it also came out in 2022 and I want to watch 2023 films (or some such goony logic). But it’s 2024 now … Continue reading
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Jan
07
Foe
Foe is one of the few movie trailers I’ve seen in recent years… and it’s both a curse and a saving grace to my viewing experience of this rather plodding film. It’s set in 2065 where humanity is just starting … Continue reading
Jan
06
Roadkill (2024)
I admit I rented Roadkill because it was a chance to get in on another early 2024 release. But also because it has the plot of an updated version of The Hitcher… a young woman on a road trip picks … Continue reading
Jan
05
Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
Ugh. Salaar is a big, noisy, over-flexing Telugu language Indian action film that baffled and annoyed me. I spent the majority of the movie unsure what was going on, wondering if I was watching a sequel to something I’d never … Continue reading
Jan
04
Night Swim
“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the pool… it’s Death Pool: The Pool that Eats”. Or, you know, just good ‘ol Night Swim (a movie about a death pool). Not since Unbreakable and Lethal Weapon … Continue reading
Jan
02
Ferrari
Somewhere out there is the perfect line… the perfect racing line, the perfect biopic line, the perfect period piece line… not everyone can see it. Most can’t. This movie couldn’t. It’s an unfocused sprint spread across a country mile where … Continue reading
Jan
01
Color Purple, The (2023)
The Color Purple is about a pair of poor black Southern girl who are separated in the late 1910s. One vanishes while the other is stuck in an abusive marriage which she struggled to free herself from over the course … Continue reading
Dec
30
Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomy of a Fall a courtroom drama where the wife of a guy who died in a household fall is on trial for his murder. There are a lot of accusations, suppositions, blame, and recrimination. There’s not a lot of … Continue reading
Dec
29
Migration (2023)
Migration is a screeching noise jammed into my eardrums and swirled around for extra effect. I really hated this blisteringly unfunny, obnoxious film. And, yeah, I know its for kids but kids deserve better… or at least the random ass … Continue reading
Dec
28
Poor Things
Poor Things is one of the stranger movies I’ve seen this year. It’s weird in that way only Yorgos Lanthimos can be weird… chucking aside any sense of box office and decorum or expectations and just doing whatever is rattling … Continue reading