Watched the new film version of the classic book The Little Prince on Netflix. This was going to be a theatrical release but the studio backed out in the US and Netflix picked it up. I think it got a … Continue reading
So my A/C is out and I have a repair dude coming in between 1 and 6. So what to do in an uncomfortably warm house? Go to a movie! Joel going to a movie? Unheard of! But I’ve … Continue reading
What inspired me to see Suicide Squad on the early Thursday 9pm Imax 3D $16 screen was me renting the god-awful garbage fire of a movie Meet the Blacks tonight. This turkey even got a theatrical release but not near … Continue reading
Checked out Bad Moms today (which sounds like I’m a lecherous creep but really just means I want to the see the movie Bad Moms). This is the flick about a mom, played by Mila Kunis, who is running ragged … Continue reading
Also rented the movie Mr. Right starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, and Tim Roth. It’s a little movie about Kendrick, bouncing back from a bad breakup, running into a wacky weirdo played by Sam Rockwell. Rockwell tells her he’s an … Continue reading
Ghostbusters 2016 is, in the long chain of 80s and 90s remakes and reboots, not a bad movie. It’s not a great movie but it’s a decent to good movie. If Ghostbusters (1984) is a 10 and Ghostbusters 2 is … Continue reading
Checked out the new superhero comedy Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, starring YouTube stars Grace Helbig and Hanna Hart. Based on a Syd and Marty Croft show I barely remember from the 70s, this is a marginally amusing comedy that … Continue reading
Went to see the new kid’s flick cartoon The Secret Life of Pets by Illumination Entertainment who also bestow the Minions upon the world (and, in fact, this movie has a Minions short which was amusing). Secret Life of Pets … Continue reading
Checked out Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, the semi-raunchy comedy starring Zac Ephron, Anna Kendrick, Aubry Plaza, and Adam Devine. The premise is that Mike and Dave are brothers who rile each other up at family gatherings and cause … Continue reading
Swiss Army Man is, at its simplest, a movie about a man stranded on a desert island who finds a flatulent corpse that he rides like a jetski… and talks to and uses to help him survive in weird ways. … Continue reading