Jun
07
RRR
RRR was at my local theater for a few weeks but I just never made the time. So I was very happy to see it suddenly show up on Netflix. It’s a three hour long epic that I thought I … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Action
May
26
Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick is a pretty terrific film. Let’s just start with that. And, yeah, there’s no doubt some of that old nostalgia in that opinion. And, even though Top Gun is far from my favorite 80’s flick, I got … Continue reading
May
04
Black Site
The premise of this movie – in a CIA black site, a terrorist breaks free and begins to hunt the operatives – got me interested. It sounded maybe like a military slasher film, a reverse Die Hard, or if John … Continue reading
May
02
Catwoman: Hunted
Catwoman: Hunted is the latest DC animated superhero flicks that takes a slight left by having an anime (or anime-inspired) style. That doesn’t mean it’s not fairly cheap animation, but at least its got its own style (though I think … Continue reading
Apr
27
Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, The
OK, so maybe I wasn’t expecting a heartbreaking work of staggering genius when I sat down to watch this film, but I didn’t expect to dislike it. But as I sat there trapped in my movie theater seat, the feeling … Continue reading
Apr
22
Northman, The
The Northman is written and directed by Robert Eggers who previously made The Witch and The Lighthouse. This is easily his most accessible movie to a wider audience and yet it still evinces some of his weirder, more artsy vibes. … Continue reading
Apr
13
Ambulance
My love/mostly hate war with Michael Bay continues… though at least we have settled on a little cease fire. I didn’t hate Ambulance… though Mr. Bay made concerted efforts to make me do so. Just not a fan of his … Continue reading
Apr
11
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Everything Everywhere All at Once is a pretty remarkable and interesting film that has both lofty and human ambitions. I went in knowing only that it had something to do with the multiverse and that it starred Michelle Yeoh… which … Continue reading
Apr
08
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
It’s wild that Sega spent two and a half decades making bad sequel after bad sequel to the original slate of Sonic games and, in a climate where the idea of a “best” video game movie is like saying you … Continue reading
Apr
07
Contractor, The
When I went to see the movie The Outfit, I thought it was going to be exactly what The Contractor is… a movie about special ops soldiers or spies working for clandestine organizations. The Contractor is, in every way, exactly … Continue reading