Love at First Sight is a Netflix rom-com with a trite title for such a lovely and charming film. As a rom-com skeptic, I was instantly suspicious. Two abnormally attractive people in a seemingly standard-issue rom-com that would surely lead … Continue reading
Even if Amazon’s A Million Miles Away isn’t in the pantheon of great grounded space flight movies, I’m still a sucker for what it does. I love realistic films about space travel… Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, Gravity, The Martian, … Continue reading
A third Hercule Poirot murder mystery from Kenneth Branaugh? I guess it’s officially a franchise now. The title sounds like the latest Z grade horror movie… perhaps a sequel to The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia? Turns out … Continue reading
More classic films roll-up! Posting now in advance of the madness of spooky season (I have plans). 1953 – The Wages of Fear – Had a real hard time getting through the first hour of this long flick… but once … Continue reading
Landscape with Invisible Hand is a film as cryptic and roaming as its title. It’s a low-fi sci-fi tale of casual alien invasion… no ray guns, just inconsiderate occupation. The film has something to say… and I got some of … Continue reading
The Retirement Plan is about a young couple on the run from a crime boss and his goons. Their daughter winds up in the Cayman Islands where she meets her estranged grandpa as played by Nicolas Cage. The goons follow … Continue reading
Shortcomings is an indie Asian American rom-com that exists in a world where a glossy big budget Asian American rom-com makes it easier for indie Asian American rom-coms to get made. It’s a cute bit of meta commentary about Crazy … Continue reading
King on Screen is a documentary about Stephen King film adaptations. I’ve read a lot of King and seen most of the adaptations so I hit play thinking I already knew everything a doc could tell me. And I wasn’t … Continue reading
As someone who more-or-less enjoyed the first Big Fat Greek Wedding and passingly remembers that a sequel was made, I doubt I’ll remember this third film in a few years. The flick opens with Nia Vardalos thanking us for coming … Continue reading
The Adults is a movie that shares some somber, moody, and dethatched DNA with Charlie Theron’s much better Young Adult. Here we have a movie whose title is half true (the “the” is accurate). It’s about three siblings who have … Continue reading