I Wanna Dance with Somebody is probably best watched by Whitney Houston stans. I am not one of them. I like her just fine but never got on the bandwagon. Keep that in mind while I go off on this … Continue reading
Darren Aronofsky is a writer/director I admire. I like his instinct to go big, transcendental, and weird with movies like The Fountain and even Noah (which I didn’t particularly like but found fascinating). But he also give us more down-to-earth … Continue reading
As someone who doesn’t like to think the only good horror is An Evil Dead on Saw Street Part 13: Chuck’s Death Day in Texas, I should shut up and admire an eerie, atmospheric haunted film like The Eternal Daughter. … Continue reading
Babylon might not be a movie where all of its disparate themes, ideas, and plots come together, but I had a hell of a time just going along for the ride. Such a manic, thoughtful blunderbuss of a film about … Continue reading
I started this Christmas season by watching a handful of actually pretty decent silly Christmas movies. So I thought to myself, “Self, have these movies gotten better? Or are you turning into a sucker?” Well, I watched two such movies … Continue reading
A Hollywood Christmas is about a female director of generic Christmas movies who finds out her current production will be her last… and that the budget is now under the control of a smug financial guy who doesn’t understand or … Continue reading
Nanny is a tale of two movies… one a pretty good film about a Senegalese immigrant trying to make her way in the United States, the other a vague hand-waving supernatural film with unsatisfying and random frights. It needed to … Continue reading
The Volcano: Rescue for Whakaari is a surprisingly foreboding and frightening Netflix documentary about a recent event I hadn’t heard about. In 2019, a tourist island volcano off the coast of New Zealand pops while two boat-fulls of tourists are … Continue reading
The only thing About Fate has going for it is the sheer magnetism of Emma Roberts. Is it possible for a romantic comedy to have one-sided chemistry? Emma Roberts proves it’s possible since only half the romantic couple in this … Continue reading
The spoiler alert of Spoiler Alert is that the hero dies… which is the full title of the memoir this movie is based on. Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by journalist Michael Ausiello. I haven’t read this book and I’m … Continue reading