I knew who starred in A Real Pain going into the theater but I didn’t realize Jesse Eisenberg both wrote and directed it. And while he gave Kieran Culkin the showier role, he sure wrote himself something to gnaw on … Continue reading
I think my smooth brain (safely ensconced in my skull and of regular human size) just isn’t advanced enough to “get” Rumours. It’s a strange, gaspingly overly long satire of global politics or something. If only a machete-wielding madman had … Continue reading
I’m not Jewish and I didn’t grow up around a Jewish community. About all I know I’ve learned in movies… and this movie does show and tell better than almost any one of those films. So credit due to (presumed) … Continue reading
As a fairly secular kid who loved Christmas as much as anyone else, I read the book this film is based on a few times. It was fun, funny, and had a nice Christmas feel. The 2024 adaptation’s trailer though … Continue reading
I missed The 4:30 Movie in theaters… it was playing in one theater but I wasn’t aware it was Kevin Smith’s latest. Only found out the day after it closed and have been waiting for a reasonable rental price ever … Continue reading
Bookworm is a film that proves my whole theory: you want Elijah Wood in your movie? Film it in New Zealand. Boom, there goes the dynamite. Bookworm indeed stars Elijah Wood as a street magician and American dad of a … Continue reading
Brothers is a comedy with a remarkably good cast for such a remarkably bad movie. One of those fierce comedic bombs that makes you wonder if it was so unfunny on the page or if the non-comic actors were asked … Continue reading
The Radleys is a vampire film… a horror (?) comedy (??) about a suburban family of vampires. The parents know what they are and choose to Abstain, their teenage son and daughter don’t know. But when the daughter goes Vegan, … Continue reading
Family Pack is a Netflix family-friendly French horror/comedy (with emphasis on comedy) time travel legally distinct Jumanji knock-off. It also borrows amusingly and heavily from Werewolf… and Ultimate Werewolf, One Night Werewolf, and One Week Ultimate Werewolf. And Loup Garou, … Continue reading
Carved is clearly a short film stretched beyond its limits to reach a full length feature. It’s so full of padding and mediocre family drama that it even calls itself out on it. They just should have made it a … Continue reading