To call Shaky Shivers a horror/comedy would be giving too much credit to the werewolf angle in this pic. It’s much too twee and corny to be anything but an over-broad comedy that irritated me. But I kind of respect … Continue reading
Totally Killer is a pretty fun mashup of multiple genres and multiple familiar movies… many of which it references directly. It’s a slasher comedy first but a pretty good time travel movie too. The flick stars Kiernan Shipka as a … Continue reading
The fourth and final (for now) Wes Anderson short has a pretty cool premise but only a decent overall flow. It’s about a man who has a small venomous snake asleep on his stomach… and he’s been lying prone and … Continue reading
The Rat Catcher is the third in this weird short file experiment from Wes Anderson, also based on a Roald Dahl short story. This one happily sits in the middle ground between the very good Wonderful Tale of Henry Sugar … Continue reading
The Swan is the second of four Roald Dahl short stories that Wes Anderson produced for Netflix. It follows the rather brilliant Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar but is, itself, not so wonderful. The short is about a kid who’s … Continue reading
As Wes Anderson moved further and further beyond that which we humans understand to be reality, it’s remarkable that The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar exhibits those familiar off-putting traits while being one of his most complete and approachable works. … Continue reading
When the Justice League mysterious vanishes and a flaming phantom stalks the Hall of Justice, Jimmy Olson calls in a favor. The Scooby Gang travels to Metropolis to help solve the crime… if they can evade the rampaging supervillains. Yes, … Continue reading
The latest Spy Kids is about a villain who tries to take over the world by injecting evil code into all of our technology. You can only use your gizmos and gadgets if you can beat a video game… so … Continue reading
As someone who more-or-less enjoyed the first Big Fat Greek Wedding and passingly remembers that a sequel was made, I doubt I’ll remember this third film in a few years. The flick opens with Nia Vardalos thanking us for coming … Continue reading
The Adults is a movie that shares some somber, moody, and dethatched DNA with Charlie Theron’s much better Young Adult. Here we have a movie whose title is half true (the “the” is accurate). It’s about three siblings who have … Continue reading