Checked out the new romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians… a movie centered on extremely (you might even say crazy) rich Chinese people and the Chinese-Americans who love them. The movie is being celebrated as the first all-Asian cast since The … Continue reading
Alpha is a new hunter/gatherer, early man adventure flick in the same family as Quest for Fire, Clan of the Cave Bear, and… ermm… 20,000 BC. This is the tale of a tribe of hunter/gatherers and the first wolf domesticated … Continue reading
Dog Days is a new theatrical flick that will remind anyone of a Gary Marshall holiday movie like Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Day, and Mother’s Day. That’s neither a compliment nor a recommendation but you know (if you’ve ever seen … Continue reading
Checked Spike Lee’s new film (joint) BlacKkKlansman (I think that’s how its spelled and capitalized). This is his best movie in quite some time and, even though it has some jarring tonal shifts, it’s still more restrained that the lunacy … Continue reading
Also caught Slender Man, the new horror movie based on the Internet creepypasta. Creepypasta, if you didn’t know, is a type of crowd-share internet story designed to creep you out. Slender Man is one of the stories, a modern bit … Continue reading
The Meg is a new giant shark movie and one that was mismarketed. The trailers suggested a goofy, self-aware, more SyFy channel-like-but-with-a-big-budget movie… instead its a more serious (to the extent a giant shark movie can be) movie with a … Continue reading
OK – Turner Classic Movies run-down, part 3. Old movies in review time! Probably too many for one post… sorry about that! Why Worry? – 1923 – a Harold Lloyd silent film about a idle rich hypochondriac who takes … Continue reading
Checked out the new YA adaptation film The Darkest Minds. This is based on a series of novels I’ve never read so I’m coming in fresh… except that the story seems to be just another version of X-Men… maybe X-Men … Continue reading
Also caught The Spy Who Dumped Me, a new action comedy starring Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon. Based on the trailers, I went into this expecting little and was mildly surprised… at least for the first hour. The film … Continue reading
Checked out the indie film Eighth Grade which just went wide this weekend. This is a very good film that shares some basic DNA with Napoleon Dynamite, though the lead is far more likable, less snide, and has 100% fewer … Continue reading