Despite the fact I didn’t laugh once, despite the fact the movie is super derivative of “other” films, and despite the fact the art and animation is pretty mid-tier… I didn’t hate this movie. I didn’t particularly like it either… … Continue reading
V for Vengeance is a B grade action/horror flick about a pair of vampire sisters who learn their (human) sister is still alive and go on a rescue mission to save her. It’s a low-down dirty shame that this little … Continue reading
Mr. Malcolm is a decent movie of its type… that type being an overly mannered romantic comedy of pointless rich layabouts who talk coyly and slyly while idling in drawing rooms and country manors. You know, a knock-off Jane Austen. … Continue reading
Plot? PLOT? We don’t need nabu nabu sneaka plowa! Yeah, the Minions are back for more throw-darts-at-a-wall silliness and I went from bored to chuckling so often that I just can’t hate the movie. But I’m really not inclined to … Continue reading
Blasted has an amusing idea for a sci-fi action comedy but none of the execution works. The flick is about a bunch of friends who head to an excluded valley for some paint ball and laser tag fun when they … Continue reading
The Man From Toronto is a direct-to-Netflix action buddy comedy starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson. Average guy Hart is mistaken for Harrelson’s professional information extractor (torturer) and has to go undercover as him. Buddy comedy hijinks ensue. There are … Continue reading
I have a lot of misplaced affection for Beavis and Butt-Head. Dumb as a box of rocks satire of some of the people I grew up with (Butt-Head’s laugh is very familiar to me). So I was super-chuffed when I … Continue reading
Jerry & Marge Go Large is a great cast working in a slightly unfocused film. Brian Cranston and Annette Benning play a pair of retirees who discover a statistical flaw in a local lottery. Doing nothing illegal, they play the … Continue reading
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a wonderfully charming and surprisingly sweet movie about an older woman who hires a sex worker. Not exactly a plot you’d normally describe as sweet and charming, but there you have it. I … Continue reading
I was quite pleased by the latest gentle reboot of Father of the Bride (premiering on HBO Max). This version is a more subdued comedy than the broader Steve Martin film (and I haven’t seen the original Spencer Tracy film … Continue reading