It’s great this movie got released in theaters… it’s the kind of mid-range flick that everyone says is dead. On the other hand, it’s a mid-range flick that’s kind of dead. I only knew about it primarily as a film … Continue reading
Stopmotion is really messed up. That’s an easy descriptor for weird cinema but when it’s applicable, it’s applicable. This is one seriously messed up movie that starts pretty sane and goes bugnuts by the end. It’s about a woman trying … Continue reading
History of Evil is a grab bag of grounded near future paranoia speculative fiction, southern gothic horror, haunted houses, magical realism, male fragility, and, I dunno, evil Lego bricks (sorry, wrong movie). It’s kind of a thematic and plot hodge-podge… … Continue reading
Float is a romance starring Andrea Bang as a Chinese-American good daughter who decides not to spend her summer at the residency her traditional parents set up for her. Instead, she runs away to spend time with her artsy auntie… … Continue reading
Mea Culpa is a Tyler Perry flick about a defense attorney who takes on the case of an artist accused of murder most foul. She takes the gig because her husband, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law subtly suggest she not (and by … Continue reading
Welcome back to “Why do you do this to yourself theater”… this week it’s the final part in the Through My Window trilogy. Netflix promises this is the end so I’m going to believe them and get this turkey franchise … Continue reading
Drive-Away Dolls is a Coen Brother – but not a Coen Brothers – film and maybe that’s why it’s not at the top of their game. But it is good… if a bit much and a bit all over the … Continue reading
Little known fact: the Land of Bad is where the Bye Bye Man lives <insert har-de-har-har here>. Also, a single serving box of Frosted Flakes is 120 calories while a Froot Loops box is only 100. That along with a … Continue reading
Monolith is a slow-burn minimalist cryptic sci-fi thriller/horror amalgam that doesn’t go anywhere… slowly. It’s about a woman creating her own creepypaste podcast through interviews and dialog with off-screen characters. In other words, it might as well have been a … Continue reading
Bob Marley: One Love is a pretty basic biopic of Bob Marley… but it only really covers three years of his life with a smattering of flashbacks to his youth. It opens with him in Jamaica during a time of … Continue reading