The Tragedy of Macbeth is a new adaptation of the Shakespeare play that’s available on Apple TV+. It’s written and directed by a Coen Brother (but not both) and stars Denzel Washington and Francis McDormand. Excellent credentials only marred by … Continue reading
Warhunt is what happens when The Blair Witch Project, Wolfenstein (or Overlord), and Predator all have a baby. An ugly baby that grows into a surly and disappointing teen. It’s unfortunate since this could have been a very cool little … Continue reading
Woodland Dark and Days Bewitched is a 3 hour and change Shudder documentary about folk horror. By which they mean mainly stories of modern people / city folk who venture into the countryside and meet up with ancient lore and/or … Continue reading
I didn’t know much more than “there’s crime involved among friends” when I started watching so I won’t say a lot more than that. I gather the trailers give it all away but I avoided those. The film is set … Continue reading
Borrego snuck up on me and surprised me. It’s a dusty, dry, dehydrated crime thriller that has pacing that should have bored me, but didn’t. I was engaged with the story and the characters enough that the slow spots were … Continue reading
The King’s Daughter is an occasionally lovely movie that I want to like and it wants to be liked. But it’s a mess of story ideas with poor directing or editing. Set in France in the late 17th century, the … Continue reading
This film starts strong with beautiful on-location nature footage of (presumably) Svalbard, Norway in the Arctic Circle. Set on a small tourist boat taking a multinational group of people on a tour of the landscape. It has the setup, it … Continue reading
I hated, hated, hated 2/3rds of this anime. But I liked the ending… or, rather, I liked every ending they kept adding to the movie, thus somehow solidifying my opinion the flick is an absolute mess while also making me … Continue reading
Besides somehow being both a misleading and completely apt title, Mother/Android is a decidedly character and drama-driven sci-fi robo-pocalypse. It gets there through a noticeably low budget and disinterest in world building or explanations. It seems all the helpful human-like … Continue reading
Sex Appeal is a Hulu original film about an overachieving high school girl who is a master at STEM, but a novice at love and sex. Her long-distance boyfriend says he’s DTF (literally) when they meet at the next STEM … Continue reading