So there’s a new Hellboy movie out this weekend that is not a sequel to the previous two films but is also not quite a full reboot or remake. Guillermo Del Toro’s first two Hellboy movies were never never my … Continue reading
And, finally, watched the new Netflix horror flick The Silence. Which has nothing to do with A Quiet Place… honest! This is based on a book published in 2015… so odds are Quiet Place may have been inspired by the … Continue reading
Also checked out the new Laikia-produced animated film Missing Link. Laika is a studio that makes mostly stop-motion pictures that I should like… but never really do. So I didn’t go into this one with high hopes. Missing Link … Continue reading
Subscribed to HBO Now (since Dish Network is somehow still fighting with HBO) for Game of Throne purposes, so gave their most recent in-the-news documentary The Inventor (Out for Blood in Silicon Valley) a watch. This is the story of … Continue reading
Checked out the new flick Best of Enemies which is the true story of school integration and the unlikely friendship between the Klan leader and a black community activist in 1970. This is a well-meaning but ultimately wrong-headed and poorly … Continue reading
So I grinned my way through the latest DC superhero flick Shazam! That wasn’t an excited sentence, the ! is in the title (Shazam!). And that’s pretty apt since the movie sometimes feels like a overexcited puppy… and other times … Continue reading
Here’s a new film version of Stephen King’s Pet Semetary out this weekend and I checked it out. I read the book 35 (ack!) years ago and saw the original 1989 film version a handful of times (I really liked … Continue reading
The new theatrical release The Beach Bum stars Matthew McConaughey and is written/directed by weirdo indie film maker Harmony Korrine. If you don’t know him, it’s best to summarize him as a guy never interested in commercial film making. Or … Continue reading
So, never thought we’d live in a world where Motley Crue had a biopic on Netflix but here we are. The movie is called The Dirt and that’s a fairly accurate title. It’s based on a book the band co-wrote … Continue reading
For a bad time at the theater, you probably want to check out the new terrorism-fueled film Hotel Mumbai. This is the film based on the wide-spread terror attack on Mumbai in general and the Taj Hotel in particular that … Continue reading