All We Imagine as Light is not the glimpse into transcendent humanity that its title suggested to me. Instead, it’s a dour, murky tale of how two nurses live their lives, find romance, and… just exist. Which is a positive … Continue reading
Heart Eyes rather surprised me. For a movie that sounded like the grimdark sequel to the Emoji Movie, I wound up really enjoying it. Partly because it’s a rom-com slasher that takes its romantic comedy angle just as seriously as … Continue reading
Do good comedians realize they are reciting lines from an unfunny script or are they just happy to take the paycheck? Because people like Amy Schumer, Will Forte, and Jillian Bell have to be smarter and funnier than this. Kinda … Continue reading
September 5 has a strong idea that doesn’t work as well I’d have hoped in actual implementation. It’s about the terrorist attack on the Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. More specifically, it’s about how ABC Sports … Continue reading
Label me one of the frowny skeptics who couldn’t quite get past the experimental dissociative gimmick of this film. I was so taken out of the drama that I almost – almost – came down hard on this flick. But … Continue reading
Valiant One instantly has one thing going for it as a modern war movie… it’s not set in the Middle East. No, these producers didn’t go to a random desert for their action flick, they went to Vancouver and pretended … Continue reading
Another round of classics (pre-2000) films. A pretty assorted lot. 1924 – The Thief of Baghdad – a reasonably entertaining but long and slow Arabian Nights tale. Was nice to see Douglas Fairbanks, at least. 1929 – Woman in the … Continue reading
Well… how to talk about a movie that most people probably already know the surprise to due to the trailer? Especially when I didn’t see those trailers and was surprised myself. Hmm…. I guess as vaugelly as possible? Companion stars … Continue reading
Given that every frame of this flick looks like it’s for 5 year olds playing with Duplo, I had zero interest in it. Until I realized it was a Dreamworks Animation film… so there must be something more to it, … Continue reading
Wait a second. A wedding comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell? When I think of these two comedians in comedies, two very different things show up in my head. A Will Ferrell rom-com and a Reese Witherspoon rom-com are … Continue reading