This is the way the DCEU ends This is the way the DCEU ends This is the way the DCEU ends Not with a bang but a whimper. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a tiresome exercise in listless sound … Continue reading
Unfortunately, as an uncultured swine for who the name Leonard Bernstein means very little, my interest in this flick was low. But when you have both Spielberg and Scorsese producing a Bradley Cooper directed and acted film about a musical … Continue reading
Nuclear Now is a documentary that does something that just isn’t done: it’s a pro-nuclear energy doc made by a confirmed lefty who never saw a conspiracy about the right he disagreed with (*this statement may be hyperbole). I was … Continue reading
The Sacrifice Game is a Shudder original Christmas horror home invasion/slasher type thing. It’s about a couple of girls and a teacher at a boarding school over Christmas… you might even call them Holdovers. On Christmas Eve, a gang of … Continue reading
Finestkind is a good movie that wants to be great but is hamstrung by some generic desire to be about something other than what it is. It feels like an earnest story of salty New England fishermen that gets hijacked … Continue reading
The Shepherd is a fairly random 35 minute short film on Disney+ produced by Alfonso Cuarón and co-starring a surprise John Travolta. It’s technically a Christmas film but has more the mood of a gentle Twilight Zone or Amazing Stories … Continue reading
I swear this movie exists… though I also swear you shouldn’t try to prove it. But it popped up on (HBO) Max a couple weeks ago and I watched about half of it, groaning the whole way. When I checked … Continue reading
I’ll admit it: For some unexplored reason, I don’t like Aardman movies. There have been a couple that came in ok for me but most of their iconic titles – including the original Chicken Run but also Wallace and Gromit … Continue reading
The Family Plan is Apple TV+’s latest example of an old trope… a happy family discovers the mom or dad (or both) had (or has) a secret life as a super spy action hero. This time it’s Mark Wahlberg which … Continue reading
Wonka is a curious entry into the Willy Wonka disconnected universe. We had the books, then the original Gene Wilder film that everyone loves, a freak-on-leash Johnny Depp remake, but never a continuation based on the book’s sequel (Charlie and … Continue reading