Had the “pleasure” of seeing the new Robert Downey Jr. starring film Dolittle. This flick is being crucified by the professional reviewers and certainly not without cause. But I’m on the fence about it a bit. It’s certainly a bad … Continue reading
Checked out the new big anime theatrical release Weathering With You. This is the follow-up to the same Japanese writer/director’s utterly amazing film Your Name. That was one of the best movies of its release year, regardless of animation style. … Continue reading
Went to see the new January 2020 comedy Like a Boss. This flick stars Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, and Salma Hayek… and you’d think it’d be a better, funnier film with this good cast. And I gather some people find … Continue reading
Also watched the new Sam Mendes’ World War 1 war film 1917. This film is primarily known as a “single take” war film – two solid hours of military suspense and action made to look like it was filmed without … Continue reading
Checked out the second January 2020 low expectation horror flick Underwater. This film was finished a couple years ago but went into limbo and the 20th Century Fox sale to Disney. It was dumped in January which doesn’t bode well … Continue reading
After three days of trying to get into a screening, I finally saw the new Will Smith animated film Spies in Disguise. Why three days? Well, kids are out of school and they only have two regular showings of the … Continue reading
So the first January movie of 2020 is your typical toss-it-into-theaters-and-run low expectation horror movie The Grudge. This is (surprisingly) a sequel to the 2014 Sarah Michelle Gellar remake of the Japanese film Ju-On. And everyone is writing it off… … Continue reading
Rented the “inspired by a true story” astronaut flick Lucy in the Sky on iTunes the other day. This film tells the roughly true story of the female astronaut who put on a space diaper to drive cross country to … Continue reading
Checked out the latest film version of Little Women. This is Greta Gerwig and Saoirse Ronan’s follow-up to Lady Bird and the fourth major Hollywood adaptation of the book but probably the thirtieth adaptation in general (counting tv shows, animated … Continue reading
With great interest, I went to see the new movie Uncut Gems starring Adam Sandler. Note I didn’t say “new Adam Sandler” movie since that would imply a dopey comedy, probably set in some impossibly beautiful location, and co-starring a … Continue reading