You know that sinking feeling when a promising thing slowly just keeps sinking and sinking into mediocrity? That’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife… a movie that so desperately wants to reboot a franchise but somehow doesn’t get what the franchise was and, at … Continue reading
When this movie stars and I see BuzzFeed Studios in the opening credits, I thought… “Curious…” and then a little “Uh oh”. Not that I hate BuzzFeed… but it’s got a style and a mood that doesn’t care if you … Continue reading
The Guilty is a single-location suspense thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal and the voices of other actors (surprise! It’s certainly a Covid production). Jake takes a 911 call and spends the majority of the movie using his particular set of skills … Continue reading
Violet didn’t introduce itself well to me. I see what it was going for but mainly I just felt it starred an inert character. And that’s the name of the game… it’s about a person with crippling self-doubt and I … Continue reading
Spin is not only a Disney+ movie, the opening credits say it’s a Disney Channel movie. That should be a red flag (says the guy who did not grow up on the Disney Channel). But I grit my teeth, pushed … Continue reading
Passing has such a soft, curious touch that I really dig it even though I was left a little cold at the end. Passing is set in the 1920s and stars Tessa Thompson as a light-skinned black woman who can, … Continue reading
Double Walker is a new dreamlike supernatural film about a little girl who dies and comes back to haunt the living as a pale young woman. She may or may not have made a deal with mysterious figures who asked … Continue reading
I’ll have to admit I’ve got a problem… and that I’m part of the problem. I’ve become intrigued by these toss-aside Bruce Willis quickies that use and abuse his name on the marketing. If maybe I didn’t give them my … Continue reading
I’m shockingly surprisingly mixed on this new Home Alone movie. And, to be clear, I hate the Home Alone movies and, yes, that means I’m a mean old ogre Grinch Dracula monster who hates the first one. I think its … Continue reading
Awww man. This was a bummer. I was having a grand dumb fun time in the first, I dunno, twenty minutes of this film. And I saw all the bad reviews here and on RT so I thought I was … Continue reading