Thor: Love and Thunder is going to be a hard movie to rewatch. The first half of this film is so corny that it almost single-handedly ruins Thor and the MCU in its cheesy overkill. But the second half… the … Continue reading
I wasn’t excited to start The Sea Beast… it looked like another generic Netflix animation. But I was wrong. As soon as the flick starts, it prevents some absolutely stunning visuals. A kid struggling to get onto a piece of … Continue reading
The very idea of Joey King: Action Star is ridiculous to the point you go into this movie expecting a satire. And, indeed, for a few minutes it felt like maybe it’s just that. But that’s not this movie, as … Continue reading
The Man From Toronto is a direct-to-Netflix action buddy comedy starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson. Average guy Hart is mistaken for Harrelson’s professional information extractor (torturer) and has to go undercover as him. Buddy comedy hijinks ensue. There are … Continue reading
Oddly, I liked the world-building and setups in the first half of this film. Seems most people hated that… whereas I was deeply disappointed with the running and the screaming in the second half (where most felt it finally limped … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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