The Swan is the second of four Roald Dahl short stories that Wes Anderson produced for Netflix. It follows the rather brilliant Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar but is, itself, not so wonderful. The short is about a kid who’s … Continue reading
Dumb Money is an aspirational and maybe delusional bit of rabble rousing that covers the Gamestop stock pump that (temporarily) freaked out the Masters of the Universe in the stock market a couple years ago. It’s a fictional account with … Continue reading
As Wes Anderson moved further and further beyond that which we humans understand to be reality, it’s remarkable that The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar exhibits those familiar off-putting traits while being one of his most complete and approachable works. … Continue reading
When the Justice League mysterious vanishes and a flaming phantom stalks the Hall of Justice, Jimmy Olson calls in a favor. The Scooby Gang travels to Metropolis to help solve the crime… if they can evade the rampaging supervillains. Yes, … Continue reading
Early on in Elevator Game, a character says their YouTube fans will not think a twenty minute video set in an elevator would be very interesting. Please tell me the cast and crew were self aware… Elevator Game posits an … Continue reading
It’s amazing we can’t get more films like this… a great movie playing in a familiar sandbox. There are so many cheapo horror flicks with rinse and repeat ideas that accomplish nothing. This flick shows you can do it all … Continue reading
The latest Spy Kids is about a villain who tries to take over the world by injecting evil code into all of our technology. You can only use your gizmos and gadgets if you can beat a video game… so … Continue reading
You’d think all the mocking FantFourStick got for doing “the sequel number is in the title so you know it’s cool”, the makers of Expend4bles would have reconsidered. But given how generic and boring the movie they made was, at … Continue reading
Not only does It Live Inside, It also Makes Generic Movies. You’ve seen this one before… like… all the damn time. But at least this one has the hook of a different cultural identity even though it feels like a … Continue reading
Past Lives is a marvelous, wistful, and thoughtfully romantic film that’s easily going in my top ten of the year. I thought it was about immigrants returning to their homeland and finding out they no longer fit in with the … Continue reading