Ctrl is an Indian screen life film available on Netflix (in the US). It’s in the same vein as films like Searching and Missing mixed with a great big – but also kind of obvious – cyber security thriller. It’s … Continue reading
I missed The 4:30 Movie in theaters… it was playing in one theater but I wasn’t aware it was Kevin Smith’s latest. Only found out the day after it closed and have been waiting for a reasonable rental price ever … Continue reading
Levels is a big idea / low budget sci-fi film that plays in familiar sandboxes while trying to elevate them with high-falutin’ tech philosophy. And that’s a sentence that says nothing about a plot that’s hard to synopsize without spoiling. … Continue reading
Bookworm is a film that proves my whole theory: you want Elijah Wood in your movie? Film it in New Zealand. Boom, there goes the dynamite. Bookworm indeed stars Elijah Wood as a street magician and American dad of a … Continue reading
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is a Netflix documentary about a young man with degenerative muscular disease who lived out a deep and meaningful life in World of Warcraft. The doc is clever in how it shows off his real … Continue reading
Of course the music of John Williams is the soundtrack of my life… if you’re reading this, it’s probably made a huge impact on you too. Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Close Encounters, ET, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and onwards to … Continue reading
Here is We Live in Time if we’re more interested in a living room than actual human beings. A gimmick film that only marginally succeeds maybe arguably possibly in the last twenty minutes where we’ve finally spent enough time with … Continue reading
It takes real effort to make a truly bad documentary. Even if you (the viewer) aren’t interested in the topic or even disagree with the thesis, a doc is usually at least informative and interesting on some level. Seeking Mavis … Continue reading
Girl Haunts Boy was a possibility for spooky season since, y’know: Ghosts. But it looked more like a dopey rom-com so I put it off. But Netflix beckons and on my way to catching up with all the non-spooky movies … Continue reading
Canary Black is a spy thriller. And… hmm… I can’t think of anything clever or interesting to say about it in my intro paragraph. That’s not a good sign. It stars Kate Beckinsale as one of those super spies whose … Continue reading