Dec
18
Homestead
Homestead is about a nuclear bomb that goes off in L.A. and how that, I dunno, leads to the collapse of the US. To be fair, there was also a cyber attack that cut the power on the East Coast … Continue reading
Dec
17
Absolution
Absolution is yet another film in the category of “these actors from my youth are now old enough to play geezers with dementia and I’m not happy about it”. Between this one (Liam Neeson), Knox Goes Away (Michael Keaton), and … Continue reading
Dec
17
Outbreak (2024)
Sometimes the onus of having a handful of artsy movies staring at ya just makes you wanna watch a short zombie movie instead. And here we… the cleverly titled Outbreak. It’s about a park ranger dealing with an outbreak of … Continue reading
Dec
16
Dirty Angels
I gave Dirty Angels a shot for two reasons: it’s directed by Martin Campbell and stars Eva Green. But it otherwise sounded like a generic war thriller, maybe a little inspired by The Dirty Dozen (since: dirty) only starring a … Continue reading
Dec
15
Order, The
The Order felt like a movie full of fits and starts… those starts being some surprisingly good action scenes, but the fits just kind of everything else. It’s a movie that is both a little slow and just as fast … Continue reading
Dec
15
Touch
I sat on Touch for months… always in my “I’m gonna watch that some day” bucket… but I just didn’t pull the trigger. I think because I assumed it would focus more on the present timeline with the older characters … Continue reading
Dec
13
Carry-On
Carry-On is one of those solid thrillers that doesn’t want to give you the time to say ‘hey, wait a minute!’ before moving onto the next unlikely but tightly wound scenario. In other words, it’s good. It works. Just maybe … Continue reading
Dec
13
Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
I struggled to understand the need for this anime Lord of the Rings film that’s clearly and visually associated with the Peter Jackson films. I mean, it seems to exist to only tell us why a certain thing in The … Continue reading
Dec
12
Kraven the Hunter
Word on the street is that Sony has given up the tangential Spiderman villain universe of films… and what better day for this to get out than the day Kraven the Hunter limps into movie theaters. A white flag of … Continue reading
Dec
11
Killer, The (2024)
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