I struggled to stay focused while watching this drab monotone film. I mucked my way through it wondering what would have happened if someone turned on a light or a tie-dyed hippie wandered on set. The flick is about the … Continue reading
To be honest, I struggled to pay attention to this rather trite but also rather weird animated film. Maybe I wasn’t the target market, maybe it was being lazy, maybe it was just all over the place. The flick is … Continue reading
This flick is a weak puff of air, it might as well not exist given what little impact it had on me. It’s a piffle comedy with surprisingly dramatic (and dark) moments… grim moments that struggled to the surface and … Continue reading
I enjoyed the original Shazam a decent amount more than I did this sequel. It’s not a bad film, but it’s just kind of in the ok camp. It does some things right, it does others super average. It’s kind … Continue reading
Unwelcome is basically Straw Dogs with leprechauns (or their more unruly cousins: Red Hats). Or it could even be Leprechaun X: Leprechauns In Da Ireland. Or a throwback to ’80s movies like Ghoulies, Critters, The Gate, or even Gremlins. It’s … Continue reading
The Silent Girl is a movie about quiet little moments, a thoughtful, sweet, sometimes sad little number that doesn’t have great ambitions. It just wants to be human and humane and humble. It’s about a quiet Irish girl who is … Continue reading
At various times, this very adult animated fable wore on my patience and I almost shut it off. But the finale… oh the final twenty minutes are so small-scale apocalyptically cruel and misanthropic that it turned me around. It’s a … Continue reading
A faith-based film that doesn’t have problems because of a low budget, amateur direction, cheap production values, disingenuous argument, or a misplaced persecution complex? No, this is a well-produced film that suffers from the usual problems a lot of films … Continue reading
When this short started popping up in my Letterboxd feed, I was amused by the title but didn’t see it streaming anywhere. And then I found it on Vimeo but it looked like the “making of” so I shut it … Continue reading
An advanced civilization that looks, acts, speaks, and dislocates its shoulders exactly like modern humans existed 65 million years ago. A spaceship piloted by Adam Driver crashes on Earth. Can he survive the wildlife and get off planet before the … Continue reading