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
I’m afraid I just didn’t “get” whatever heightened reality they were going for in this film. Something about its bonkers depiction of high school was lost on me… and while I found the movie pretty good, without being able to … Continue reading
I’m a little perplexed about this abstraction of a flick. It’s set in a grounded future where humanity has distanced itself from nature, therapy is handled by AI, and some people carry their unborn babies in external pods like oversized … Continue reading
I kind of liked the original Vacation Friends mainly due to John Cena’s exuberant weirdo of a character. It wasn’t a movie I expected a sequel to and I was pretty sure it wasn’t needed when I heard about it. … Continue reading
Well, extra credit to Happy Madison (and Netflix) for producing a thoughtful YA teen comedy/drama that’s not too crass and not too wholesome. Call it realistic, call it believable, call it not as good as other movies of its ilk. … Continue reading
There are moments in this low budget, hard scrabble werewolf horror/comedy when I was having a lot of fun. And there were moments where I was impressed by the incompetence. And there wAll Postsere moments where I was just bored. … Continue reading