If this flick was made with the same premise in the ’80s, it’d be a no-budget Z grade Mad Max knock-off… but thankfully instead this is a serious take. A serious, gloomy, grimy, muddy, ugly, rusty take. And that’s not … Continue reading
Shang-Chi is the latest MCU film. It’s about a regular dude who parks cars in San Francisco with his best gal pal… only to blow his real identity as the son of a shadowy martial arts villain. Now he has … Continue reading
The new Amazon Prime Cinderella follows the basic bones of the old story but updates it massively. It’s now very, madly, deeply socially aware and it makes me think back to Ever After with Drew Barrymore and smile wistfully. It … Continue reading
This damn movie has no right to be as good as it is. In fact, I’d written it off as an annoying movie about an annoying character that was desperately unfunny within the first half hour. But the damn movie … Continue reading
What do you do with a romantic comedy that isn’t funny but does a pretty good job of talking about romance? Is it a failure if 50% of the movie fails to do what the genre dictates but the other … Continue reading
I guess the deluge of half and 1 star reviews wasn’t clue enough for me to stay away from this turkey. But why would I start saving my time and sanity by NOT watching bad films, amiright? The Resort is … Continue reading
Vacation Friends stars Lil Rel Howery and Yvonne Orji as an in-control couple on vacation at a Mexican resort. They run into an irrepressible and excitable and extra x 5 couple played by John Cena and Meredith Hagner. They are … Continue reading
Ride the Eagle is an odd film. It’s maybe meant to be a life-affirming journey of self-discovery but holds that concept at a distance. Yet it also has some of the best romantic chemistry on screen in a while… between … Continue reading
I can defend my rental of this turkey. It was on iTunes and it was released by Lionsgate. I figured it’d be a B movie but it might might have had something extra due to that production/release combo. Oh how … Continue reading
Here’s a movie I respect the hell out of yet didn’t enjoy watching much at all. It’s a movie about demonic possession that somehow – somehow! – doesn’t follow the standard-issue plot requirements of the genre. There isn’t a family … Continue reading