Horror Noire is a 2019 documentary about black people in horror movies that premiered on the streaming channel Shudder but is, in October 2020, streaming for free on Amazon Prime (where I saw it). It’s one I’ve wanted to see … Continue reading
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet is a new Netflix documentary released this month. As he states, this is his witness statement. Mr. Attenborough is a famous naturalist who has made many, many informative and beautiful nature documentaries. He’s … Continue reading
Totally Under Control is a new documentary about the response to COVID-19 by the US government that’s available on streaming. It’s not only new, but also radically up-to-date, including a last minute text insertion at the end of the movie … Continue reading
You Should Have left is a perfect, if slightly on the nose, title for a spook house movie. It’s what we all say in a haunted house movie and they just went and put it in on all the advertising. … Continue reading
The 2019 movie 1BR is about a young woman who moves to LA to find freedom from her past. She gets the opportunity to move into a fairly exclusive luxury apartment… but not everything is as it seems. While I … Continue reading
A pretty accurate content warning on Netflix for the latest American Pie movie: “Pervasive strong /crude sexual content, language throughout, alcohol and some drug use – all involving teens”. Yeah, that’s about right for the new movie American Pie: Girls’ … Continue reading
I am… perplexed and befuddled by Hubie Halloween. On the one hand, I shouldn’t be… it’s yet another low effort Adam Sandler comedy on Netflix. Yet… there’s something just… weird about this one. Just… weird. And, of course, there’s the … Continue reading
Checked out the indie science fiction movie Archive via 99 cent rental on iTunes. The flick came out earlier this year direct to streaming and I’d been eyeballing it since then but never quite pulled the trigger. Couldn’t beat that … Continue reading
Time for another roll-up of classic films I’ve seen lately. Haven’t done this since the early days of lock-down and you’d think I’d have spent my time watching more. You’d also wonder why I think I have to apologize for … Continue reading
Save Yourselves! (with exclamation point) is an amusing idea for a movie… but, unfortunately, that’s about it. It’s a better idea than an actual movie. I rented this comedy on streaming (it’s also in limited theatrical release… amusingly). The film … Continue reading