To Your Last Death is a weird amalgam of genres and styles… and not a bad one at that. For me, the biggest turn off was its animation style… it’s kind of a vaguely animated motion comic with a similar … Continue reading
Oh boy. Just… wow. I haven’t laughed this much at a movie that was trying to be serious since Keanu Reeves gifted us the cinematic masterpiece that was Replicas. The 2nd is a comically self-serious, macho-action-guy piece of hokum… and … Continue reading
Fatman is a new Christmas-themed action movie that’s available for rent on streaming. It tells the gritty tale of how a twelve year old rich kid, disappointed by the piece of coal he receives for Christmas, puts a hit out … Continue reading
Unhinged is a film that should probably just have been called Road Rage: The Message. Or perhaps, “Unhinged: You know, the bad guy kind of had a point there at the start of this… too bad he killed those people … Continue reading
Peninsula (or the US release title Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula) is a largely in-name-only sequel to the excellent Train to Busan. Train was a zombie film that somehow made the zombie film fresh again. Not so this loud, bombastic … Continue reading
Love and Monsters is a new PVOD (premium video-on-demand… aka… $20 rental/$25 purchase at time of release) movie that I kind of rented blind. I caught it on Amazon Prime but it’s available elsewhere as well. I gave it a … Continue reading
The new movie Ava is available for streaming rental at a reasonable price. It’s not getting particularly good reviews but I decided to give it a shot (on iTunes) due to the quality of the cast. Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich, … Continue reading
After delaying and delaying and refusing to succumb to the high price tag, I finally broke down and paid for “unlocking” the new live action Mulan on Disney+. I feel like a chump since it’s coming “free” to the service … Continue reading
Checked out the new but not-particularly-original Netflix cop vs superpowers action flick called Project Power. I saw one trailer for this in advance and I like the cast though I was leery of Netflix declaring they are the home of … Continue reading
Rented (on iTunes) the new high concept heist flick Money Plane. Despite the similarity in titles, not a sequel to Money Train. Also, despite the similarities to other heist films, a far cry from anything you might consider smart, sly, … Continue reading