Like the main characters of this movie, the film does just enough to get by. It isn’t stellar but its consistently amusing enough. I kept wondering if it would be anything more than it is… and it wasn’t. But that’s … Continue reading
I wasn’t even going to bother with Netflix’s latest SpongeBob movie. I’ve seen two of the films and only a handful of the original series. I was much too old for the show so I have no built up nostalgia. … Continue reading
When I bought my ticket to Kneecap, the ticker seller asked what the movie was. I shrugged and explained what I knew… it was about an Irish musical duo who insist on rapping in Irish. I shrugged and said, “If … Continue reading
As a child, I wasn’t a fan of Harold and the Purple Crayon. I was a stan for The Monster at the End of This Book. Those scaredy-cat “Crayolas” had to have a magic crayon for their imagination. “Book Monsters” … Continue reading
This vampire film is almost impossible to classify… is it a romance? a comedy? A Romantic Comedy? A horror movie? Not really any of those… even with all the vampires. It’s also not as quirky as the title suggests… it’s … Continue reading
Non Negotiable bugs me… not because it’s not much of a comedy and not because it’s only a barely decent thriller, but because it doesn’t have a hyphen in its title. But mainly because it’s not much of a comedy … Continue reading
Deer Camp ’86 is a prime example of how taking a gamble on a nothing movie can actually work… sometimes. Not often. But in this case, I gave it a shot basically just because it’s set in Michigan where I … Continue reading
Under the Boardwalk was an overlooked 2023 animated film that I heard was pretty good. One of these two things was true… it was definitely overlooked. For some inexplicable reason, it’s about hermit crabs living under a Jersey boardwalk and … Continue reading
Dave Bautista didn’t get the memo… all tough guy actors are required by law to make a tough guy/cute kid movie and he and Chloe Coleman got that out of their system with the original My Spy. But the law … Continue reading
Blame the Game is a Netflix comedy about a guy who goes to game night and actually plays games… unlike in the (much funnier) American film Game Night. Unfortunately, the insufferable game group makes fun of him for liking The … Continue reading