Rented a new movie on iTunes called Vivarium. This is a little horror-like movie essentially starring just Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots with a couple other actors coming in and out of the plot. It’s very, very Twilight Zone like… … Continue reading
Checked out a sci-fi/crime movie called Code 8 on Netflix. It’s not a Netflix original and was available for streaming for months but I never pulled the trigger. Box art shows a robot similar to Chappie (the police robot movie … Continue reading
Checked out the (overpriced) release of Trolls World Tour. This one was the first flick to not get delayed due to Covid-19 but, instead, rescheduled for streaming (other movies have shown up early on streaming). Rented this on on iTunes … Continue reading
Rented the 2019 film Portrait of a Lady on Fire the other day on iTunes (it’s also streaming on Hulu). This movie got on a ton of best of the year lists (but was shut out of the Academy Award … Continue reading
So there’s this indie/cult film that’s been getting a lot of word-of-mouth called Verotika. A few people I follow on YouTube made videos on it and I’m always up for a crazy, looney-pants attempt at… something… so I gave it … Continue reading
Checked out the new Netflix teen romance movie All the Bright Places. This one is based on a YA novel I haven’t read but shares a lot of DNA with the book and film version of John Green’s The Fault … Continue reading
Watched the documentary Never Surrender on Amazon Prime. This is a doc about the making of – and the ongoing fandom for – the movie Galaxy Quest. Now, I liked Galaxy Quest… it’s a fun, fairly smart movie. But not … Continue reading
Haven’t done one of these in awhile… but COVID-19 has most of us locked in our homes so watched a few more classic films (not all on Turner Classics, like past posts). So here’s a run down since the last … Continue reading
Rented a teen indie comedy called Banana Splits on iTunes. It’s a new release, but one always intended for streaming (so the price is reasonable). Banana Split is about a teen girl who breaks up with her boyfriend, meets … Continue reading
Watched the documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien which I rented for 99 cents on iTunes. This one came out last year to very good reviews but I didn’t catch up to it until the current low rental fee. I … Continue reading