Drive My Car
With some trepidation, I rented this movie… I’d heard it was paced weird and, at three hours, it’s a commitment. But it needn’t have been a concern since I really, really liked it. And I’m almost (“almost”) at a loss … Continue reading
With some trepidation, I rented this movie… I’d heard it was paced weird and, at three hours, it’s a commitment. But it needn’t have been a concern since I really, really liked it. And I’m almost (“almost”) at a loss … Continue reading
Slapface is a weird, unpredictable (Shudder original) horror movie that snuck up on me. At first it seemed odd for odd’s sake and then it slipped into interesting but maybe a mid-70s kind of interesting. But the longer the movie … Continue reading
When I clicked on this movie, I was expecting yet another low rent, low production with Bruce Willis occasionally wandering in and out of shots. But I was immediately surprised by the strangest thing… this is a real movie. It … Continue reading
No Exit is a surprisingly taut (and sometimes viscous) little thriller that came out of nowhere (or, you know, Hulu) and surprised me. I was really all set to give it an even more surprisingly high score until the final … Continue reading
I’m not the biggest Foo Fighters fan but I like their music well enough and I like Dave Grohl’s good guy vibe in general. So I really wanted to like this film… I was rooting for it as a big … Continue reading
This doc did what it was trying to. It got me mad. This isn’t a doc about some crazy thing that happened half-way around the world or a hundred years ago. I fly. Not a lot, but I fly… and … Continue reading
Not only do they live in the grey, they idly stand around in the grey. They hang out and watch paint dry in the grey. They knock about, fiddle around, they reinvent the wheel in the grey. They lounge around … Continue reading
Dog is a very earnest movie that’s a little let down by too much storytelling, not enough plot. It’s unfortunate since the movie is trying its hardest, doing a lot of heavy lifting, only to be dashed on the rocks … Continue reading
A.I. Love You is a Thai language Netflix sci-fi rom-com… and I think it’s safe to say you don’t get too many of those. And it’s half nice to half report it’s half-way a decent but derpy romantic comedy and … Continue reading
I think I’m going to have to rate this movie on a curve. It’s a bleak, dark, atmospheric film to be sure, but either it’s TOO bleak and TOO dark or there was a projection problem in my theater because … Continue reading