I thought the original graphic novel and the Brandon Lee adaptation of The Crow from the 90s were perfectly fine. They also feel like a property best suited for the goth era they came from. But they went and made … Continue reading
I didn’t rent Duchess for the promise of a great action/crime/revenge film… I rented it because Neil Marshall directed it. He’s hardly my favorite director of genre films, but his ambition has been pretty good over the years. Good enough … Continue reading
Yeah… <1950s style computer clicks and whirs> I’m a little unclear on how this flick’s lottery system is supposed to save the economy. Seems like mixing The Lottery with The Purge wouldn’t work as an income generator. But… pshaw, I … Continue reading
Of all the action/spy/comedy hybrids Netflix has burped up over the past few years, I’m surprised The Union wasn’t one of them. Don’t get me wrong, The Union is definitely a Netflix action/spy/comedy… the surprise is that it hasn’t already … Continue reading
Knives are out for Borderlands… very low critic scores, pretty low (so far) LB ratings, based on a video game, delayed for a long, long time, and a pretty iffy trailer. So color me surprised when I had a blast … Continue reading
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a film start out so scattered and be able to pull out just in time to turn in a pretty great film. But make no mistake, I found the first half pretty mediocre. I … Continue reading
Kill is an Indian action film with an economy of storytelling, screen-time, and even action. Its a quick hour and forty minutes and gets to the point very quickly with some gnarly, brutal action scenes. And even some surprising story … Continue reading
Take my rating of the fourth Beverly Hills Cop based on its backstory. I was a little too young for the original Beverly Hills Cop but all the older kids talked about it endlessly. I never saw it nor its … Continue reading
About all I knew about this film is that it was the most expensive Indian film ever produced… and, after watching it, that’s still about all I know. Which isn’t to say it doesn’t have a plot that I followed… … Continue reading
Trigger Warning reminds of the halcyon days of better Netflix action flicks like The Grey Man and Red Notice. Call it The Beige Project… just a blah bag of beige boredom bothering my beleaguered eyes. Jessica Alba came out of … Continue reading