Besides having a title bordering on malfeacance to cinema nerds, La Dolce Villa actually turns out a pretty fair and pleasant film. It doesn’t blow me away though it was adding up to it in the first act. In the … Continue reading
The Monkey is an adaptation of an early Stephen King short story that, perhaps, would be a little silly to produce today. So they didn’t take it seriously… and I’m not sure how obvious that is from the trailer. But … Continue reading
This Netflix animated feature length Witcher film is so much better than their lazy, boring first effort in 2021 (Nightmare of the Wolf). It’s better animated, has a better, more complex story, and some pretty terrific action scenes to boot. … Continue reading
Becoming Led Zeppelin is a 2 hour documentary with over half of it being concert footage. So basically a concert spread across multiple venues from 1968-1970 with talking heads in between. So you better be something of a Zeppelin fan … Continue reading
Powerful, concerning, long, and justified in its length. I’m Still Here worked on waves of tension and sedation… especially when we get to the powerful ending that reminds us of the impermanence of memory and life. It’s set in 1970 … Continue reading
Ke Huy Quan’s return to the big screen is a real gift, especially if you were alive in 1984 & 1985 for his kid double feature. So I hope it’s his choice to follow Everything Everywhere with a basic kung-fu … Continue reading
All We Imagine as Light is not the glimpse into transcendent humanity that its title suggested to me. Instead, it’s a dour, murky tale of how two nurses live their lives, find romance, and… just exist. Which is a positive … Continue reading
Heart Eyes rather surprised me. For a movie that sounded like the grimdark sequel to the Emoji Movie, I wound up really enjoying it. Partly because it’s a rom-com slasher that takes its romantic comedy angle just as seriously as … Continue reading
Do good comedians realize they are reciting lines from an unfunny script or are they just happy to take the paycheck? Because people like Amy Schumer, Will Forte, and Jillian Bell have to be smarter and funnier than this. Kinda … Continue reading
September 5 has a strong idea that doesn’t work as well I’d have hoped in actual implementation. It’s about the terrorist attack on the Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. More specifically, it’s about how ABC Sports … Continue reading