A fairly blind rental, largely based on the title (I’m from Michigan) and a promise of a short run time. I was fairly impressed by this personal, sensitive story. And it has some pretty landscapes of Lake Michigan and, well, … Continue reading
I was pretty unfamiliar with the story of Pat Morita. I knew he was Arnold on Happy Days and Miyagi in the Karate Kid films. So I was quite interested when I saw this documentary popup on digital rental. And … Continue reading
I found this movie thoughtful and touching if a little too slow and uneventful for its running time. But it was fairly interesting and pretty well acted and kind of had something to say by omission. The film is about … Continue reading
I really wanted to say I liked this movie. When it started and for about the first twenty minutes, I was kind of grooving on the humor and the heart. But once the main plotline kicks in, all the air … Continue reading
The Empty Man is a bit of a surprise. I didn’t expect much from it… and certainly if I’d seen the trailer beforehand, I’d have thought even less. I just went in with the only understanding that some people thought … Continue reading
This is a really charming little comedy that crept up on me with its silence and its humor. A weird, deliberately simple looking Japanese cartoon that somehow avoids the common tropes of anime. That’s kind of daring, even if it … Continue reading
I probably like the premise of this film more than I liked the story. It’s another case of a movie showing me a culture and lifestyle I was unfamiliar with… similar to Nomadland in that sense. In this case, the … Continue reading
I rented this one blindly based on good review scores and I went in thinking it was going to be a snarky hipster film about Hindu teens. But I got my Shiva wrong… this isn’t about the Hindu deity but … Continue reading
After all the production and distribution delays, I’ll admit to going into Chaos Walking with some trepidation. And some hope since, hey, maybe it’ll surprise me? Alas… it did not. It wasn’t a disaster but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t … Continue reading
Godzilla vs. Kong is, if nothing else, better than the last entry in this monsterverse of movies. And I’d even go so far as to say it’s a hell of a lot of fun once it stops wasting time and … Continue reading