Over the Moon is a new Netflix original CGI animated film that wasn’t on my radar. But when I saw some positive reviews that described it as a professionally made, inspirational film, I decided to give it a shot. I … Continue reading
The Witches (or, more properly titled: Roald Dahl’s The Witches) is the second film version of Dahl’s classic novel. I really enjoyed that original from 1990 though I was too old to be scared of it. This new version is … Continue reading
On the Rocks is Sofia Coppola’s latest film and her third with Bill Murray (following Lost in Translation and A Very Murray Christmas). It kind of came out of nowhere, no doubt another victim of Hollywood Covid release trauma. The … Continue reading
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is the shortest title for this sequel to the original Borat film. Apparently – and this could be a meta joke – the original tile was going to be Borat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere … Continue reading
Rebecca is a new Netflix original that is an adaptation of the original novel which itself had already been made into a Best Picture winner by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940. I really enjoyed that previous film (except for the Hayes … Continue reading
Blood Quantum is a Shudder original zombie flick that is currently available for rent on Amazon Prime. I had heard very positive things about this one and had been debating subscribing to Shudder… but I’d also heard enough negatives about … Continue reading
I blame Spooky Season for giving A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting a shot. Saw it pop up as a Netflix Original and thought the title curious, potentially interesting, so I gave it a shot. It was decent for awhile … Continue reading
I watched the Netflix movie All Together Now for one reason alone: it stars Auli’i Cravalho. The young actress played the voice of Moana in Disney’s animated film and she seemed like a bright, energetic presence in all the behind-the-scenes … Continue reading
I only partially recall HBO’s Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (from 1987) which was a movie based on the same trial as the new Netflix film The Trial of the Chicago 7. Having seen that movie so long … Continue reading
Love and Monsters is a new PVOD (premium video-on-demand… aka… $20 rental/$25 purchase at time of release) movie that I kind of rented blind. I caught it on Amazon Prime but it’s available elsewhere as well. I gave it a … Continue reading