Checked out the new teen drama/comedy The Edge of Seventeen starring Hailee Steinfeld (from True Grit and Ender’s Game… and pop songs) and Woody Harrelson. This has been compared to a modern-day John Hughes move and that’s not too far … Continue reading
I’m sad to say that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (the new movie set in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter) is a pretty dull and plodding mediocre movie. It’s not without some strengths but generally speaking its … Continue reading
The Space Between Us is about the first astronauts to colonize Mars… and it turns out the flight commander is pregnant and gives birth on Mars (and then promptly dies). Her boy grows up on Mars among scientists and meets … Continue reading
Shut-In is a new horror movie with minimum advertising starring Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt, and Jacob Tremblay (the little kid from Room). Basic premise… Naomi Watts lives in a great big house in the middle of the woods… her husband … Continue reading
Checked out the new movie Trolls based, more-or-less, on the classic ugly toys with the big hair. More-or-less because these don’t look like the ugly trolls from the 80s and 90s (and earlier) but maybe they’ve been revamped when I … Continue reading
Arrival is the new intelligent, thoughtful, inventive, contemplative, beautiful, and mesmerizing science fiction alien first contact movie by the director of Sicarrio, Enemy, and Prisoners. I mention his previous work to drive home that this is not your average, every … Continue reading
Hacksaw Ridge is the new movie by the director of Braveheart and Passion of the Christ. Shhhh… that means Mel Gibson who is still, in some respects, in Hollywood Jail (though just getting this movie released theatrically means maybe not … Continue reading
Captain Fantastic is a 2016 movie that got a limited release earlier in 2016 and is now available via streaming. It stars Viggo Mortenson as a man living in the woods on the Pacific Northwest with his six children. He … Continue reading
Caught the early Thursday night showing of the Marvel Cinematic Universes’s latest superhero flick Dr. Strange. Dr. Strange is a character I know little about and I gather he’s kind of a B or C lister in the books but … Continue reading
Checked out the animated movie Batman: Return of the Caped Crusader which is based on the 60s Batman show and uses the voice talents of Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar as one three on-screen catwomen (Batman gets blurry … Continue reading