Rented an eerie little Norwegian-language movie called Thelma on iTunes the other night. It’s about a sheltered Christian girl who goes to university in Oslo where she starts having seizures. Could these seizures be the work of the devil, a … Continue reading
Rented a cerebral WTF sci-fi suspense, art-house, almost experimental flick called Black Hollow Cage on iTunes tonight. A cold, distant, austere meditation on grief with multiple sci-fi concepts, barely explained and barely interested in explaining. It’s a head trip of … Continue reading
Based on the packed parking lot and the ten other people in the theater with me to see Early Man, I suspect Black Panther is making ALL the money. Early Man, for what it’s worth, opened against a juggernaut but … Continue reading
Warning: This is gonna be a long one! Went to see the latest Marvel movie Black Panther. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? Like many Marvel movies, this movie is good. Somehow they continue to make good, but not great, … Continue reading
Checked out a recommended film on Amazon Prime streaming called Shot Caller. This is a gritty prison/crime drama about a white-collar accountant thrown into a maximum security prison after a DUI that killed and injured a couple of people. It’s … Continue reading
Checked out the new Peter Rabbit movie… and I’ve never seen a movie more embarrassed by its source material (except maybe the recent Lone Ranger movie which more hated its source material). I’m not very familiar with Beatrix Potter’s Peter … Continue reading
Also rented Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, a new DC cartoon film on iTunes/Apple TV. This is a Batman film set in the late 19th century where Batman battles Jack the Ripper (and wanders through Oliver Twist a bit). This … Continue reading
Went to see the final Fifty Shades film Fifty Shades Freed. The joke running around is that it’s 50 Shades Freed for star Dakota Johnson (and Jamie Dorman). Finally free of the contractual obligation of gratuitous (but not too gratuitous) … Continue reading
Checked out the new Clint Eastwood film The 15:17 to Paris, the true story of a handful of people who took down a terrorist aboard a passenger train. The main angle on the film is that they hired the real … Continue reading
The Florida Project is a low budget indie film from 2017 that I just caught up with on iTunes rental and it’s really worth seeing. The movie is most known for its very young, novice actors and Willem Dafoe who … Continue reading