You Can’t Run Forever is mostly a forgettable attempt at deep woods suspense… until you realize JK Simmons is slumming it by playing a crazy guy with a gun. Why JK Simmons? I dunno. Maybe he wanted a new pool? … Continue reading
Bionic is a Portuguese hybrid Netflix film about a near future where artificial limb technology is significantly advanced. A female Olympic athlete has just such a bionic limb while her equally athletic younger sister does not. But a crime syndicate … Continue reading
Sometimes you just gotta watch Cinderella take her revenge in a low budget borderline slasher film that throws in a gratuitous sex scene at the very end… and an explosion. Because sometimes… somtimes a little cinder girl needs to get … Continue reading
Jim Henson’s death was the first – and probably the only – celebrity death that kicked me in the stomach. I’d grown up with Sesame Street, the The Muppet Show, and the Muppet Movie. I adored The Dark Crystal and … Continue reading
Westerns are not exactly my favorite genre so maybe my skepticism affected how I thought about this flick. But any movie in any genre as plodding and monotonous and unmoored from a conventional understanding of story progression would be a … Continue reading
I think I was supposed to open a review of Die Hart 2 by saying, “well, at least its better than the cobbled together first one”. Except, yeah, I didn’t think so. I found this a worse film… easily one … Continue reading
Art House Friday the 13th probably deserves extra credit just for the vision and audacity. And here I am having just rewatched all the Friday the 13ths without realizing how much it would speak to this Jason-like slasher’s murder spree. … Continue reading
When MoviePass originally came out, I didn’t bite due to the “high” costs. Then they went mad and offered the $10 a month plan and I figured they were absolute lunatics. But eventually I shrugged and said, “Hell, it’s your … Continue reading
More classic recaps! 1922 – Nanook of the North – slightly controversial and rather boring documentary about the life and times of Eskimos. Can find better and more accurate info on YouTube… leaving the only value of this doc its … Continue reading
Sight is a well-intentioned movie saddled with some bad writing, iffy acting, and, above all, too many plots that made me groan every time they switched between them. It’s the true story of a Chinese immigrant eye surgeon who develops … Continue reading