Apr
15
Suzume
I went blind into the latest anime flick to show up at the theater. It didn’t look like it was based on a long-running series that I didn’t follow so I felt it was a safe bet. After it was … Continue reading
Apr
14
Popes Exorcist, The
Y’know, calling a movie The Pope’s Exorcist seems unfair to the demon. It’s doubling down on the holy…. but that assumes the demon is Catholic… maybe the demon is Presbyterian or Mormon or Seventh Day Adventist? All I know for … Continue reading
Apr
14
Colonials
Sometimes you blind watch an unknown indie film with the hope you’ll stumble upon a classic. This is one of those times… but it’s hardly a classic. Some would argue it’s hardly a movie. I wouldn’t go that far… but, … Continue reading
Apr
13
Renfield
Renfield is a fun but slight movie. So slight that it holds it back from greatness. It’s a meta action/horror/comedy hybrid that manages its various genres pretty well. The movie stars Nicholas Holt as Renfield, forever the familiar to the … Continue reading
Apr
12
Paint
What if Bob Ross as played by Owen Wilson. That’s it. That’s the joke. Hope you laughed because there’s 90 minutes of that knee-slapper. Paint is about a guy with curly hair who hosts a painting show on a local … Continue reading
Apr
11
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
This DC animated film is a much better idea than it is an actual movie. Mix Batman and his mythology with HP Lovecraft and his cosmic horror. That’s not half bad. But it introduces a mystery that even the mad … Continue reading
Apr
08
You’re Killing Me
I rented You’re Killing Me since it gave me a Ready or Not vibe from the cover art and description… and that was pretty accurate, though at a much lower budget and far more scattered a tone and themes. The … Continue reading
Apr
08
On a Wing and a Prayer
Well, it’s amateur hour at the Amazon Prime studios and I’m sharpening my knife here. Yes, for the price of an hour and forty of your life and a Prime account, you too can watch one of the worst films … Continue reading
Apr
07
Chupa
Chupa is a perfectly serviceable and mildly enjoyable family film about a kid who returns to Mexico to visit his cousins and his grandfather. And how he befriends a mythical chupacabra and has to keep it (and probably ET, The … Continue reading
Apr
06
Super Mario Bros. Movie, The
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a co-production between Nintendo and Illumination… probably with Nintendo having dictatorial creative control so Hollywood wouldn’t turn out something as off-brand as the 1993 live action Mario Brothers movie. So that means a dedicated, … Continue reading