The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a co-production between Nintendo and Illumination… probably with Nintendo having dictatorial creative control so Hollywood wouldn’t turn out something as off-brand as the 1993 live action Mario Brothers movie. So that means a dedicated, … Continue reading
Smoking Causes Coughing is an absurdist French comedy that’s somehow about something very specific without being about anything at all. It’s what you get when you crash Power Rangers with an episode of Seinfeld. Commence head scratching now. The flick … Continue reading
Now this is more like it. I caught up with the original 2019 Murder Mystery earlier today and found it… tolerable. OKish. But this sequel is the exact kind of bad Adam Sandler / Netflix comedy I was expecting. Intolerably … Continue reading
This film is listed as a documentary on the rental service I watched it on, but don’t be fooled. It’s about the guy who convinced NYC to overturn its 30 years ban on pinball machines in the mid ’70s and … Continue reading
Yes, Champions is a little too long for its predictable plot, but it was also that length that allowed this genuine movie to sneak up and surprise me with how good it actually is. The flick stars Woody Harrelson as … Continue reading
This flick is a weak puff of air, it might as well not exist given what little impact it had on me. It’s a piffle comedy with surprisingly dramatic (and dark) moments… grim moments that struggled to the surface and … Continue reading
Unwelcome is basically Straw Dogs with leprechauns (or their more unruly cousins: Red Hats). Or it could even be Leprechaun X: Leprechauns In Da Ireland. Or a throwback to ’80s movies like Ghoulies, Critters, The Gate, or even Gremlins. It’s … Continue reading
At various times, this very adult animated fable wore on my patience and I almost shut it off. But the finale… oh the final twenty minutes are so small-scale apocalyptically cruel and misanthropic that it turned me around. It’s a … Continue reading
When this short started popping up in my Letterboxd feed, I was amused by the title but didn’t see it streaming anywhere. And then I found it on Vimeo but it looked like the “making of” so I shut it … Continue reading
When You Finish Saving the World is about a deluded but mediocre teen who wants to make music for his online followers. It’s also about his mom who helps run a woman’s shelter but can’t connect with her son. The … Continue reading