Rented the Ethan Hawke indie film First Reformed on iTunes. This is a film written and directed by Paul Scrader who wrote (among other things) Taxi Driver back in the 70s. This film shares some DNA with that film, though … Continue reading
The new suspense/horror film Escape Room is the first theatrical release of 2019… and it manages to be not so bad. Usually the first release of the year is a bad horror movie that couldn’t hack it over the holidays. … Continue reading
Went to see the Dick Chaney bio-pic Vice…. and with a title like Vice (and not, say, Vice President), you can probably imagine that this isn’t a positive portrayal of the ex-VP. That’s an accurate stance… you might even call … Continue reading
Finally made myself go see the new Clint Eastwood movie The Mule. “Made myself” not because I don’t like Eastwood as an actor and director, but because the trailer had him pronounce “pecan” in two different ways! And, yes, that’s … Continue reading
Also checked out the studio’s weird attempt at a Christmas movie, the comedy Holmes and Watson. I see why they released this pile of garbage on Christmas day… they were trying to trick the audience into thinking it was a … Continue reading
Checked out Mary Queen of Scots, the new British royalty costume drama starring Sairose Ronan (as Mary) and Margot Robbie (as Queen Elizabeth). This is roughly the kind of movie the OTHER British Royalty flick I saw the other day … Continue reading
Checked out the new indie darling British monarchy costume drama comedy thing The Favourite today. People are calling it one of the best movies of the year… and I don’t get it. I don’t mean I don’t get why they … Continue reading
Went to see the new Steve Carell film Welcome to Marwen. This is a well-meaning Robert Zemeckis film that gets just about everything wrong that can go wrong, except for competent film-making. Good acting, directing, editing, FX, etc… but everything … Continue reading
Despite the fact it was way down on my list o’ movies to see, I caught the new comedy Second Act (because I overslept and missed the showing of all the movies I wanted to see first). This is a … Continue reading
Checked out the new Netflix original horror flick Bird Box. This is a movie that’s being compared as an also-ran to the excellent A Quiet Place because one movie is about being very quiet around an invading alien force and … Continue reading