The Killer as a remake of John Woo’s own 1989 film was a mistake since it just invites comparisons. In both films, it’s about a hitman who accidentally blinds a woman during a shootout. Feeling guilty, the killer protects her … Continue reading
The Return is kind of a big ask for a mass audience. It’s slow, it has issues with motivation and pacing, and an entire scene devoted to stringing a bow. But it’s unique devotion to its source material is impressive… … Continue reading
Knox Goes Away is an interesting film that’s maybe a little too long and doesn’t really present its central disease very well. But it does turn around a rather unique twist/mystery that made me respect the movie a lot more … Continue reading
Goodrich is a reminder of the blessing that is Michael Keaton as both a dramatic and comedic actor. The film is a gift to him that reminds us how good he’s been all these years. And its fun to think … Continue reading
Flow is a film that proves my whole theory: cats are awesome, black cats are more awesome. And so too are lemurs, dogs, birds, and capybaras! It’s a whole furry and feathered society of awesome that proves a rising tide … Continue reading
You wanna know how lazy Hitpig(!) is? It’s about a bounty hunter pig… which is not a hitpig at all. It’s like they started with a title, realized an assassin pig wouldn’t work for the five year olds, but didn’t … Continue reading
Y2K conveniently mixes a bad teen comedy with a bad apocalypse horror and winds up with a mediocre movie. Surprise surprise. It’s also a combo of a TON of other movies all smashed into a nostalgic blender so it’s got … Continue reading
All You Need is Blood is an awkward one for me to rate. But I’ve decided to give it decent score because it’s a good, solid effort. It’s not always successful and its sense of humor doesn’t match my own, … Continue reading
I love the idea of taking werewolves up a notch and giving us an army of dog soldiers on the attack. I’m not the first person to note it’s like The Purge with werewolves (Frank Grillo said it in an … Continue reading
Weekend in Taipei is a perfectly ok one of these. An ok to enjoyable fairly generic action flick with a decent one-on-many fight, a pretty good car chase, and maybe a little too much family drama. Given I expected very … Continue reading