Apr
05
Air
I care not a wit for basketball, Michael Jordan, Nike, or sneaker sales so it was up to everyone in front of the camera and behind the scenes to make me care about these topics… and they succeeded. Air is, … Continue reading
Apr
04
Smoking Causes Coughing
Smoking Causes Coughing is an absurdist French comedy that’s somehow about something very specific without being about anything at all. It’s what you get when you crash Power Rangers with an episode of Seinfeld. Commence head scratching now. The flick … Continue reading
Apr
03
Kill Boksoon
Kill Boksoon is a South Korean action flick about a professional assassin who tries to keep her fifteen year old daughter unaware of her job. And how she may have made a mistake that turns her corporate assassin overlords against … Continue reading
Apr
03
Rye Lane
It’d be unfair to this lovely, creative movie to call it a rom-com since that implies, shall we say, a lesser creative and artistic eye. Instead we’ll go with hang-out romance that just so happens to be very funny. That’s … Continue reading
Apr
02
Murder Mystery 2
Now this is more like it. I caught up with the original 2019 Murder Mystery earlier today and found it… tolerable. OKish. But this sequel is the exact kind of bad Adam Sandler / Netflix comedy I was expecting. Intolerably … Continue reading
Apr
01
Prom Pact
About 84.4% better than I expected since I expected so little. Yet another squeaky clean prom-based teen romcom from Disney? But I gave it a chance and it was sweet and funny and both did – and did not – … Continue reading
Mar
31
Tetris
Unlike the eye-rolling that I experienced when I heard they were making a Tetris movie, they didn’t wind up making a fictional story about geometric shapes who live and learn and love. No, this film is about the international licensing … Continue reading
Mar
30
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
It’s been years since I’ve actually sat down to play D&D but I am a fantasy nerd at heart. A new D&D movie had me hopeful and early buzz had me intrigued. But I guess I’m the guy who showed … Continue reading
Mar
26
Lake, The
The Lake is a Thai creature feature that has a terminal case of bad pacing. Editing and pacing alone sink this film’s chances of being a fun monster movie. It crawls and lingers too long on shots when it needs … Continue reading
Mar
23
John Wick Chapter 4
When I heard that John Wick Chapter 4 was almost four hours long, I got worried. Not because I thought Keanu Reeves was gonna half-ass it. I was worried because I thought there’d be just too much of it. I … Continue reading