Based on the opening scene, I thought I was going to love this cool, amusing, self-aware animated flick. Alas, I struggled with a lot of it and wound up feeling kind of lukewarm by the end. And that’s despite a … Continue reading
Dual is set in the near future where human cloning is possible but mostly outlawed. Karen Gillan plays a woman who is diagnosed with something that might as well be a brain cloud… she’ll die soon enough, but she’ll feel … Continue reading
Everything Everywhere All at Once is a pretty remarkable and interesting film that has both lofty and human ambitions. I went in knowing only that it had something to do with the multiverse and that it starred Michelle Yeoh… which … Continue reading
It’s wild that Sega spent two and a half decades making bad sequel after bad sequel to the original slate of Sonic games and, in a climate where the idea of a “best” video game movie is like saying you … Continue reading
A young teen wants to discover himself through music? Yeah, I just watched Better Nate Than Ever… and Metal Lords. Pretty wide gulf between the musical stylings though… but not so wide in terms of following your dreams storylines. Though … Continue reading
Better Nate Than Ever is a Disney+ original comedy musical… and it ain’t bad at all. Sure, it’s got the emotional complexity of a cardboard box and is set in a fantasy version of New York where a couple thirteen … Continue reading
I didn’t watch this movie expecting it to be good, I watched it expecting it to be hilariously bad. And it wasn’t… it was just your average everyday level of bad. It wasn’t this train-wreck of hilarity, it was just … Continue reading
Madelines is about a married couple working on time travel in their backyard shed. When the wife – Madeline – gets tipsy and decides on human trials, a bug in her code results in one Madeline appearing in their back … Continue reading
The post credit scene in this Netflix original is a microcosm of what’s wrong with this film. It’s Fred Armisen as the movie-with-a-movie’s director wearing a face shield. The joke line is “It’s really hard to direct in this thing.” … Continue reading
I knew this film was coming but I avoided trailers… I knew it starred Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum but was very pleasantly surprised by the villain and the alternate hero. On the off chance those could be spoilers, I’ll … Continue reading