Sep
16
Nightbooks
I was constantly up and down and down and up on this movie… I couldn’t decide if I low-key enjoyed it or if I was actively bored. Seemed to shift every ten minutes. So it’s a real mixed bag but … Continue reading
Sep
15
Voyeurs, The
The voyeur thriller is a weird sub-genre that Hollywood sure likes to make every few years. Whether it’s looking our one of them there rear windows, across a valley in LA with a telescope, at the next door neighbors in … Continue reading
Sep
14
Firedrake: The Silver Dragon
You don’t fool me, movie. Whether you want to be called Firedrake: The Silver Dragon (as I saw it on Netflix) or Dragon Rider, you’re still a pretty lame movie. And why the title change anyway? I guess Dragon Rider … Continue reading
Sep
13
Level 16
Level 16 is a movie about a mysterious school/hospital/prison where girls grow up isolated from the world and its poison air. They are taught not to question authority and to obey every order issued. They believe, when they get old … Continue reading
Sep
12
Joe Bell
Well, I give Joe Bell all the credit for being earnest. I feel like the filmmakers weren’t playing this cynic in the least. But I also think they confused earnest with interesting. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as a (real-life) … Continue reading
Sep
12
Prey (2021)
Five guys go on a hike in a (German) forest and wind up hunted by a mysterious figure. I think I’ve seen this plot before and it seems like the easiest thing to do to throw random actors into the … Continue reading
Sep
11
Kate
Kate is an action film with some decent to very good action set pieces and choreography wrapped in a humdrum story with humdrum characters. I only saw life out of one character and most people will probably find her annoying. … Continue reading
Sep
11
Malignant
If I were to draw a line on a graph showing my enjoyment of this flick, it would start low and waver up and down, mostly down, for the first half. And then it’d shoot up up and up. Ask … Continue reading
Sep
09
JJ+E
JJ+E is a sweet, non-cloying, earnest, non-cutesy, mostly non-melodramatic down-to-earth teen romance set in Sweden. He’s from the wrong side of the tracks (or bay, to be specific) and she’s a rich girl. He saves her sister after a cliff-diving … Continue reading
Sep
09
Mortuary Collection, The
I was under the impression that The Mortuary Collection was going to be a kid-friendly / YA anthology of horror shorts. Like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark or Goosebumps. I got that from the cover art and the … Continue reading