Rented a decent little paranoia / suspense / sci-fi flick called Anti Matter on iTunes. Won’t set the world on fire but if you want smaller, thoughtful, if a little overly-long sci-fi flicks with ideas, it’s not a bad rent. … Continue reading
Also rented on iTunes (apparently available on YouTubeRed) a documentary called Kedi… it’s about cats… street cats… and the people who take care of them… in Istanbul. Seventy minutes of cute cats living on the streets of an ancient city, … Continue reading
Ironically, I rented the new horror movie Slumber via iTunes and fell asleep watching it. I did not, however, suffer from sleep walking and I was not attacked by a demon while in a state of sleep paralysis. Instead, I … Continue reading
Also checked out The Man Who Invented Christmas, a fictionalized account of the writing of A Christmas Carol by that young Charles Dickens fella. It’s funny though, I just saw The Star and I thought a donkey invented Christmas. But … Continue reading
Checked out The Star, the new nativity movie starring donkeys. And pigeons. And sheep. But also a baby Jesus, I suppose. You know, just kind of in the background… it’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead for children!! This is … Continue reading
At this point in this crazy WordPress/blog experiment, anyone still reading these reviews should quit. I would understand. I saw Coco, the new Pixar animated film, this weekend and I darn well nearly hated it. Everyone else loves it to … Continue reading
Also checked out the new Denzel Washington legal drama Roman J. Israel, Esq. Or, at least I think it’s a legal drama. Maybe it’s a light comedy. Or maybe it’s not about the law so much as it’s about victim’s … Continue reading
Checked out the new coming-of-age indie comedy/drama Lady Bird… a film I’m supposed to like what with a lot of Oscar talk for the actors. Sadly, I didn’t connect with the movie… but I suspect that means if you do, … Continue reading
Checked out the new drama / dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. This is a bleak, angry, darkly comedic film written and directed by the guy who made the excellent In Bruges and the pretty good Seven Psychopaths. … Continue reading
The new family movie Wonder is written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, the writer/director of the excellent and honest The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Chbosky also wrote the Wallflower novel but Wonder is written by another author and the … Continue reading