Bookworm is a film that proves my whole theory: you want Elijah Wood in your movie? Film it in New Zealand. Boom, there goes the dynamite. Bookworm indeed stars Elijah Wood as a street magician and American dad of a … Continue reading
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is a Netflix documentary about a young man with degenerative muscular disease who lived out a deep and meaningful life in World of Warcraft. The doc is clever in how it shows off his real … Continue reading
Of course the music of John Williams is the soundtrack of my life… if you’re reading this, it’s probably made a huge impact on you too. Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Close Encounters, ET, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and onwards to … Continue reading
Here is We Live in Time if we’re more interested in a living room than actual human beings. A gimmick film that only marginally succeeds maybe arguably possibly in the last twenty minutes where we’ve finally spent enough time with … Continue reading
It takes real effort to make a truly bad documentary. Even if you (the viewer) aren’t interested in the topic or even disagree with the thesis, a doc is usually at least informative and interesting on some level. Seeking Mavis … Continue reading
Girl Haunts Boy was a possibility for spooky season since, y’know: Ghosts. But it looked more like a dopey rom-com so I put it off. But Netflix beckons and on my way to catching up with all the non-spooky movies … Continue reading
Canary Black is a spy thriller. And… hmm… I can’t think of anything clever or interesting to say about it in my intro paragraph. That’s not a good sign. It stars Kate Beckinsale as one of those super spies whose … Continue reading
Brothers is a comedy with a remarkably good cast for such a remarkably bad movie. One of those fierce comedic bombs that makes you wonder if it was so unfunny on the page or if the non-comic actors were asked … Continue reading
The Shadow Strays is the kind of mindless, repetitive action film that can fill the screen with so many clashing swords and yet leave me deeply, deeply bored. But that’s largely a me thing… action junkies will probably love it. It’s … Continue reading
Apocalypse Z (The Beginning of the End) is a Prime Video zombie flick from Spain. It’s a pretty standard zombie outbreak film that offers very little new… but what it does, it does well enough to get a solid recommendation. … Continue reading