I’m such a sucker for Marvel films… and I’m not even a comic book fan. Just something about their whimsical nature – when they aren’t being universe ending – that appeals to me. The Marvels is a mashup of three … Continue reading
Priscilla, as a movie about the woman and not The King, not only has a noticeable dearth of Elvis songs but also assumes you know an awful lot about the guy coming in. Perhaps too much…. I can imagine someone … Continue reading
What Happens Later is a Meg Ryan film… she directed it and co-wrote the screenplay so good on her. Too bad she wasn’t able to wrangle one of her old co-stars to be in it with her… such a person … Continue reading
I loved Arnold Schwarzenegger films in the ’80s. He was my guy for big dumb action films. I was less into Sylvester Stallone… First Blood was great but the later Rambo sequels were not the big, dumb action flicks for … Continue reading
When the title matches my feelings of being trapped in this movie’s lugubrious pace. Another hour and change to go and I wanted to blink myself out of this this flick… but I also slam my finger in car doors … Continue reading
Pain Hustlers stars Emily Blunt and Chris Evans as a pair of prescription drug pain med peddlers. It shows how maybe some good intentions almost got in the way of all that money. Only in America, amiright? I watched this … Continue reading
The Persian Version is a multigenerational immigrant story that bites off a huge chunk of content that maybe it doesn’t have time to swallow. It primarily (usually) follows the Iranian-American daughter of immigrant parents and how she relates to her … Continue reading
Quiz Lady is a Hulu comedy about an introverted woman who goes viral when someone secretly records her answering all the questions of a long-running Jeopardy-like quiz show. Can she get it together long enough to compete on her favorite … Continue reading
Monsters of California is a sci-fi movie I should have liked… by law. I like the gonzo philosophies and borderline magical realism it trades in… in theory. But it’s so cheap and amateurish, it gets in its own way at … Continue reading
The Marsh King’s Daughter partially takes place in the marshlands of Northern Michigan. When they mentioned this, I frowned… I thought it was set in Louisiana or somewhere more typical of a swampy area in the US. I grew up … Continue reading