The Retirement Plan is about a young couple on the run from a crime boss and his goons. Their daughter winds up in the Cayman Islands where she meets her estranged grandpa as played by Nicolas Cage. The goons follow … Continue reading
Shortcomings is an indie Asian American rom-com that exists in a world where a glossy big budget Asian American rom-com makes it easier for indie Asian American rom-coms to get made. It’s a cute bit of meta commentary about Crazy … Continue reading
King on Screen is a documentary about Stephen King film adaptations. I’ve read a lot of King and seen most of the adaptations so I hit play thinking I already knew everything a doc could tell me. And I wasn’t … Continue reading
As someone who more-or-less enjoyed the first Big Fat Greek Wedding and passingly remembers that a sequel was made, I doubt I’ll remember this third film in a few years. The flick opens with Nia Vardalos thanking us for coming … Continue reading
The Adults is a movie that shares some somber, moody, and dethatched DNA with Charlie Theron’s much better Young Adult. Here we have a movie whose title is half true (the “the” is accurate). It’s about three siblings who have … Continue reading
Sitting in Bars with Cake is an unusual title for a movie with a mildly familiar premise. It starts unique though… two besties bake cake and take them to bars to meet guys. But one of them gets cancer and … Continue reading
I really didn’t like The Nun back in 2018… it had good production values but was otherwise a very generic horror flick. But in the grand tradition of throwing good money after bad, I went to see The Nun II … Continue reading
Perpetrator is an… unconventional… Shudder original. It has a nebulous connection to reality sometimes, other times it seems grounded… or something approximating grounded anyway. It takes a good 30-35 minutes to approach the semblance of a plot… before that, it … Continue reading
“We can’t close our eyes to the plight of the working poor. Kids, see all the plight?” The Good Mother tells the plodding story of a mother whose son becomes addicted to Fentanyl (of course). He is murdered and she … Continue reading
King of Killers is a bad film… but there’s a chance it’s bad in a way that could entertain. It’s a tough guy pulp actioner that made my eyes roll… but I have a low tolerance for unironic tough guy … Continue reading