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
And, finally, watched the Amazon Prime original film The Aeronauts. I gather this was shown theatrically outside the US but went straight to Prime around these parts. It might have worked theatrically… they have a good cast and a good … Continue reading
Also rented the other Covid-19 theatrical-to-streaming-early film that I hadn’t yet seen The Hunt. This is the flick that was scheduled for release last year but, after a couple shootings and conservative outrage over the premise (including the president), got … Continue reading
So finally broke down and purchased (since it’s not available for rent and it costs as much as the other Covid-19 released movies available as rentals) the Vin Diesel sci-fi action flick Bloodshot. Bought it on AMC Theaters on Demand … Continue reading
Gave the new Netflix movie Spenser Confidential a try. This is a movie based on the Spenser detective novels (which I’ve never read) which were also the basis of the 80s show Spenser For Hire (which I never watched). But … Continue reading