Loop Track is film about an introverted paranoid New Zealnder with social anxiety problems that make me look like a goddamn social butterfly. All he wants is to go for a long multi-day hike by himself, get away from the … Continue reading
The Wages of Fear (2024) on Netflix is the latest adaptation of the book… or a remake of either the 1953 film or Sorcerer from 1977. And what does a modern French remake of two classic white-knuckle adventures that were … Continue reading
To be perfectly clear, Godzilla x Kong is 10 pounds of stupid in a 5 pound bag. Taken as a film for intellectual film snobs, it’s trash. Taken as a film that inhabits exactly what the kid in me who … Continue reading
After a somber and frustrating first act, I was surprised and curious to realize I was watching Jim Henson’s Rashomon Babies. A film that unfolds in an elementary school across three different points of view, slowly folding out to reveal … Continue reading
Late Night with the Devil kind of surprised me by doing something a little different with the standard-issue found footage film. For one thing, it’s got more in common with something like Ghostwatch than Paranormal Activity. And it actually dares … Continue reading
Molli and Max in the Future is a very silly, very corny pup sci-fi satire of romantic comedy… and also a very good romantic comedy at that. It absolutely shouldn’t work but by the third act, I was surprisingly engaged … Continue reading
Based on the first ten minutes of Prey, this film actually surprised me by not being as big a pile of big cat scat as I thought it was going to be. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves… that … Continue reading
Immaculate had the bones to be a great freak-out / campy horror film but it turned out full of generic scares to pad the already short 90 minute runtime. The film stars Sydney Sweeny as a young American sister who … Continue reading
Remember when Ghostbusters was a comedy? I do. Good times. Well, here we are with another Ghostbusters sequel that doesn’t quite get it. The original two ghostbusters films took its supernatural backstories and villains seriously… it was the characters that … Continue reading
The American Society of Magical Negroes is a social satire with a good idea but a wobbly presentation. I certainly appreciate the satirical takedown of the old magical negro film trope but I felt it unevenly poked and prodded. Plus … Continue reading