Here’s yet another classic update covering the tail end of 2022 (including more Halloween flicks and a couple Christmas ones) and a little 2023. Once again, the question of what makes a classic is stretched given the 90s flicks (time … Continue reading
The Wolf of Snow Hollow is a peppy and enjoyable little gory werewolf black comedy. I was often baffled at what tone they were going for… that is, until Jim Cummings starts to unravel and turn into a shouting anxiety-prone … Continue reading
In a Man Called Otto, Tom Hanks plays a guy one Gran Torino away from pulling out a shotgun and telling people to get off his lawn. But it’s not that movie… it’s a more sensitive and less gritty film … Continue reading
I didn’t plan it, but I’m in the middle of a Child’s Play/Chucky rewatch and suddenly here’s a brand new killer doll movie. Between Chucky, Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toymaker AND an inordinate number of Pinocchio movies last … Continue reading
I watched Firenado only because it’s the first 2023 film to appear on my radar… and what a disaster movie it is. A disaster movie and a disaster of a movie. It’s currently the best and worst movie of 2023… … Continue reading
I did a first time watch of the 90s Matilda film last year and came away thinking it was fine. Without the nostalgia of watching it as a kid (or having read the book) it was energetic and fun but … Continue reading
I decided to give The Automat documentary a try not because I’m fascinated by automats but because I was fascinated by why anyone would make a documentary about automats. And why Mel Brooks was the face of the marketing. Is … Continue reading
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a lovely, thoughtful little animated short on Apple TV+. It is, indeed, about a boy, a horse, a fox and a horse… but not an oxford comma (sorry, grammar humor… … Continue reading
White Noise is a head scratch of a movie. Something that will make you wonder if any of the actors had any idea what was going on during filming. Not that the plot is confusing, more the why of the … Continue reading
I honestly barely remember the first Puss in Boots film much less his appearances in the later Shrek films. But I went into this sequel with high hopes given the reputation it’s earning from film critics and fans. And I … Continue reading