Welcome Home, Franklin is the first Peanuts short dedicated to Franklin. Which is new to the animated features but (I’ve recently learn) not at all new for the comic strip. A number of the details and scenarios of Franklin’s origin … Continue reading
Sadly, Upgraded is not the sequel to Leigh Whannell’s 2018 sci-fi film Upgrade… but is instead a mashup of standard rom-com tropes with a spiritual successor to The Devil Wears Prada (not a single cyborg implant in sight!). It stars … Continue reading
I spent the majority of time wrestling with the tone of Lisa Frankenstein… did I like it? Was it too much? Was it not enough? Was ’80s Tim Burton looking over shoulders, deciding if he’s gonna sue? What was this … Continue reading
The Tiger’s Apprentice looks cheap… very basic character models, a suspiciously empty San Francisco, and a zodiac of animals but most of them are conveniently sidelined. This movie is cheap and plain… I wouldn’t say ugly, just noticeably generic. Cost … Continue reading
Orion and the Dark is a decently amusing conceptual animated film available on Paramount+. Conceptual in the same way Inside Out, Soul, Elemental, and Luck were conceptual. Big, abstract, or weird ideas personified. In this case, it’s the concept of … Continue reading
Fitting In is a coming-of-age film about a teen girl who discovers that she was born with some internal female parts missing. She has a choice to tell her friend and boyfriend about her differences or keep it a secret… … Continue reading
Argylle is a fizzle… and this from a guy who liked The King’s Man (that third Kingsman movie everyone hates). In fact, I like most of his films so when I come down hard on Argylle, I’m not doing it … Continue reading
As an unconventional way to start a review, I remember watching the first episode of the tv show This Is Us back in 2016. I was on the fence if I should bother… the show hadn’t become a phenomenon yet … Continue reading
Self Reliance is such a weird idea for such a light comedy. I spent the whole movie saying “yeah, this is amusing… but what? Why?” It’s like the chuckle-funny version of David Fincher’s The Game. Jake Johnson plays some average … Continue reading
Destroy all Neighbors is a very silly – maybe too silly – Shudder original horror/comedy. It’s wacky and goofy and maybe a little try-hard… like you can see the gears spinning to crate a kind of throwback cult film. I … Continue reading