The premise of Robots showed promise. In the near future, humanoid robots have taken most of the jobs but its illegal to own a realistic robot. Jack Whitehall plays a guy who owns one that he sends out on dates … Continue reading
Even by the charitable standards I rate these dumb action movies, I was pretty underwhelmed by Fast X. And that’s despite the impressive roster of usual suspects and returning faces. And despite – or because of – the level of … Continue reading
The book club is thing you hit me with for going to see Book Club 2. I don’t even remember the original film and had to refer to my 2018 review to confirm, yeah, I saw it and thought it … Continue reading
Unlike most “business bio” movies like the Nike, Tetris, and Facebook ones, BlackBerry is not the story of success. Sure, it’s the story of early success but BlackBerry ultimately went away. Apple ate their lunch. And since I never owned … Continue reading
I’ve always been a fan of Michael J. Fox since his early days on Family Ties. Back to the Future, Teen Wolf, Doc Hollywood, and even Spin City which I only watched a little (my sitcom watching days were fading). … Continue reading
The Mother is relentlessly dour flick that exists in two parts. One part is an uninteresting action thriller and the other is a slightly more interesting mother/daughter bonding story. The two halves fight with one another and the end result … Continue reading
Crater is a Disney+ film set on Earth’s moon which is just a fueling station for folk traveling to Earth’s richer and more abundant colony. A group of moon kids decide to steal a rover and cruise over to an … Continue reading
Hypnotic is a movie that really, really, really, REALLY wants to blow your mind. And maybe it will if you haven’t seen a lot of twisty, clever films. It tries to do something interesting… but it doesn’t do it in … Continue reading
I saw this one pop up at my local theater for an early Thursday showing so I went in blind… only to be kind of baffled. It was only during the closing credits that I realized it was based on … Continue reading
The flick is labeled as a Rom-Com but I’d categorize it as a romance… or just a drama. Mainly because the “rom-com”ness of it is so hazily written that it could – and should have been – ejected from the … Continue reading