Based on some recommendations I read, I checked out the new Netflix shows To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. Lot of buzz about this flick and I can kind of partly sort of see why. It’s cute and sweet … Continue reading
Kin is a new theatrical release that bills itself as a sci-fi film about a kid who finds a ray gun. This has been done before with a very apt title: Laserblast. It’s a terrible 70s movie but it is … Continue reading
Also checked out the Post-WW2 drama Operation Finale… a film dumped in the final days of the Summer movie season that stars Oscar Isaac and Ben Kinsley. That some good actors for such a dreary, no-marketing release. Surely this was … Continue reading
Also checked out Searching, the new film about a regular dad whose teen daughter has gone missing and his efforts to help the cops find her. The film is told from the POV of his computer, similar to recent horror … Continue reading
Checked out a new movie that’s already left the theaters – Beautifully Broken. A film about the Rwandan genocide so you know it’s gonna be fun. <eyes roll> The film follows two Rwandan families either running from death gangs … Continue reading
Checked out the amazingly titled (if, by amazing, I mean boring) Mark Wahlberg actioner Mile 22. Or 23. Or Generic Movie Title, Hope You Don’t Forget It. This film is directed by the same fella who made three other recent … Continue reading
The Happytime Murders is a one-joke movie and I didn’t like the joke. Not that I was offended by it, I just didn’t think it was well-told. The flick opened this weekend up against A-X-L… the robot dog movie. Talk … Continue reading
A.X.L. (pronounced Axle) is a new boy-and-his-dog flick if the dog is a robotic killer war machine and the boy is in his early 20s and should know better. I suspect most people haven’t head of this movie and I … Continue reading
Another roll-up of recently viewed old Turner Classics movies. The Freshman – 1925 – a Harold Lloyd silent film comedy about a freshman who has seen too many college movies and thinks he’ll be big man on campus. So a … Continue reading
Finally checked out the new movie Christopher Robin, the dark, brooding sequel to the Winnie the Pooh movies. Now, I have little affection or nostalgia for Winnie the Pooh, though I do believe I must have watched or read the … Continue reading