Hellbender speaks directly to my non-existent teenage goth self. Which makes the movie a real mood with some very cool dark tunes… witches who rock, basically. But all this walks a tightrope between being a just a little goofy and … Continue reading
I didn’t know much about this film going in… just that it has great ratings, a lot of people seem to be watching it, and that’s it’s a French comedy. But something got lost in expectations… it’s not French, for … Continue reading
When I first saw the thumbnail for the trailer to this flick, I clicked on it thinking it was going to be a comedy. Because Kevin Dillon’s mug was in that thumbnail… and that’s not a good sign for what … Continue reading
Other than the genre, I went blind into this movie. And I was enjoying Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan’s flirtatious romance so much that I hoped a yeti would step out of an alley and attack. I didn’t want the … Continue reading
The Weekend Away is about two women on vacation in a <ominousmusic>foreign country</ominousmusic> where one of them goes missing and the other has to find her. And she also finds all the crime. Like… ALL the crime. Everyone is a … Continue reading
I Am Mortal is a decent if derivative and dopey sci-fi YA movie. It’s set in a future where mankind has been given the gift of immortality… only one guy thinks maybe life is only worth living if its limited. … Continue reading
This Batman is not a continuation of any previous Batman movies and is also not an origin story. When the film opens, Bats has been batting men for two years and already has a tentative working relationship with Gordon and … Continue reading
Against the Ice is a semi-successful, kind of long, kind of dull Netflix film based on true events. Denmark sends a ship to Greenland to find a previously failed expedition. The captain and an unqualified engineer embark with sled dogs … 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