Dec
15
Mank
I’d prepped for the movie Mank by rewatching Citizen Kane, having not seen it since college. But it took me a few tries to get into this new film on Netflix… but it is a David Fincher movie and I’ve … Continue reading
Dec
14
Jiu Jitsu
I gave this flick a shot because (like many people, apparently) I was suckered in by the trailer. It looked like a big goofy corny ball of kung fu / sci-fi fun. The kind of thing that you can laugh … Continue reading
Dec
13
Prom, The
The Prom is a lot of things. It’s charming, it’s sweet, it’s condescending, it’s assured, it’s witty, it’s mean, it’s judgmental, it’s fabulous, it’s over-the-top, it’s a little long, it’s well-meaning, it’s confused, it’s assured, and its a little important … Continue reading
Dec
12
Songbird
Songbird is a curious film that could have been renamed “Well, I guess it could have been worse?”. The film was made during lockdown and is no small, web-cam-focused film like Host was. It’s produced by Michael Bay and uses … Continue reading
Dec
09
Freaky
Freaky is a certainly a good idea from Blumhouse Pictures… and an interesting possible ongoing angle for future horror flicks from the studio. Previously they had released Happy Death Day which combined a slasher film with a time loop flick. … Continue reading
Dec
07
To Your Last Death
To Your Last Death is a weird amalgam of genres and styles… and not a bad one at that. For me, the biggest turn off was its animation style… it’s kind of a vaguely animated motion comic with a similar … Continue reading
Dec
06
Godmothered
Disney+ dropped a new flick called Godmothered which is remarkably similar to their own film Enchanted. Enchanted was a better, funnier, and more romantic film. And putting on my overthinker hat, much better at the very similar high concept. … Continue reading
Dec
04
Rainy Day in New York, A
So Woody Allen’s newest uninspiration is A Rainy Day in New York (which I rented on Amazon Prime)… and if that title seems a little non-specific, I guess that suits. It does have a plot… two fingers-on-chalkboards go to NYC … Continue reading
Dec
03
Work It
Dance movies are not exactly in my wheelhouse; you tell me it’s good dancin’, I’ll take your word. So not sure why I randomly picked out this Netflix offering… but not really regretting having done so. Work It is about … Continue reading
Dec
02
2nd, The
Oh boy. Just… wow. I haven’t laughed this much at a movie that was trying to be serious since Keanu Reeves gifted us the cinematic masterpiece that was Replicas. The 2nd is a comically self-serious, macho-action-guy piece of hokum… and … Continue reading