Flamin’ Hot is in the same vein as other corporate/product bios like Air, Tetris, and Blackberry… only it’s about Frito-Lay. Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, to be specific. A food I’ve never tasted since I’m not a huge Cheetos fan in general … Continue reading
Yet another roundup of classic films… 1904 – The Impossible Voyage – an amusing distraction and follow-up to to George Méliès own A Trip to the Moon. There’s not much to say for this silent bit of sci-fi hooey, but … Continue reading
I am absolutely not a fan of the Michael Bay era of the Transformers movies. I found them over-produced noise with a same-iness to all the monotonous action scenes. They left me bored and mentally drained. But I enjoyed the … Continue reading
Malum is one of those movies where a lot happens but probably none of it is real. This kind of ambiguity often doesn’t work for me and that’s the case with this sometimes creepy flick. It’s about a cop who … Continue reading
When this flick was in theaters, it was the B choice that I just never got around to. I laughed with a guy in concessions that, whatever I was seeing today, at least it wasn’t Mafia Mamma. I have no … Continue reading
When is a killer shark movie not a killer shark movie? It’s not when they hide the shark for most of the runtime… there have been killer shark movies that hide their terrible visuals and it’s still a killer shark … Continue reading
To Catch a Killer is an interesting, thoughtful, moody procedural that maybe emulates being bogged down in a case a little too well. It’s a good movie, but could have been better served with a more propulsive middle act. The … Continue reading
Gosh… when a movie misses, it can miss hard. I absolutely did not connect with anything in this movie except for maybe one minute of screen-time. Wish I’d seen the movie everyone else is talking about… and maybe you should … Continue reading
Simulant is such a retread of other movies, I was perturbed when I couldn’t find it when I accidentally typed in “Replicant”. But here we are… a run-of-the-mill robot/AI sci-fi flick with a premise previously scene earlier this year in … Continue reading
The Boogeyman doesn’t make a strong case for itself in the originality department. A child being harassed by the beast under your bed, in your closet, in your head? You don’t say. There have been so many movies like this… … Continue reading