Nov
10
Leave No Trace
Rented a pretty great flick on iTunes called Leave No Trace. One of the best films of the year, so far. Leave No Trace is about a veteran and his teenage daughter who live off the grid in the … Continue reading
Nov
10
Girl in the Spider’s Web, The
Checked out the new film The Girl in the Spider’s Web. In book form, this is the fourth book in the Stieg Larsen Dragon Tattoo (Millennium) series that started with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo… in movie form, it’s … Continue reading
Nov
09
Grinch, The
So… The new animated film version of The Grinch is, at least, better than the Jim Carrey version. I mean, on the graduated scale of badness, it’s a few notches in the positive column. You just have to ask if … Continue reading
Nov
08
Overlord
In the pantheon of Nazi Zombie movies, the new flick Overlord is easily top 5. Of course, I think I’ve only actually seen two other Nazi Zombie movies… but this is easily the best of them. So… Best. Nazi. Zombie. … Continue reading
Nov
08
Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The
Checked out the great big shrug of a movie The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. This is what you get when the studio wants to make a Nutcracker Christmas movie, someone else slates it for October, and then a third … Continue reading
Nov
05
Turner Classics Roll-up Vol. 5
Another update on classic films. This one’s a bit different in that I had intended to only cover movies pre-1970 but I wanted to catch up on all the versions of A Star Is Born, including the ’70s version. This … Continue reading
Nov
03
Bohemian Rhapsody
So Bohemian Rhapsody is the new film biopic about Queen… or Freddie Mercury and those three other guys. You know, Brian May, the blonde one, and the boring guy. I don’t mean to be dismissive of men of real, raw … Continue reading
Nov
02
Nobody’s Fool
Went to see the new romantic comedy Nobody’s Fool, starring Tiffany Haddish…. and a surprise Tyler Perry appears! As it turns out, written and directed by Tyler Perry… I didn’t realize that going in. Not that I wouldn’t see it, … Continue reading
Oct
27
Hunter Killer
Also saw the new cold war inspired / 90s era throwback submarine action thriller Hunter Killer. This is a movie with very bad reviews and very bad marketing that I think is a victim of low expectations and an easy … Continue reading
Oct
27
Silencio
Checked out a new indie sci-fi flick called Silencio at the theater today. And, wow, something went seriously wrong with this one and I’m not just talking about the script. I didn’t know what the film was going in… chalk … Continue reading