I could have rated Hundreds of Beavers anything and it’d have been am accurate enough appraisal. I haven’t seen something so random and intentional in a long time. Whatever they were trying to make, they made it. I am simply … Continue reading
Wicked Little Letters tells the tale of a cranky J, a nefarious B, and particularly pernicious Z who… wait… no that’s not right. It’s about a small town in 1920s England where a stuffy British woman is receiving profanity-laden letters … Continue reading
For a brief moment, I found this Netflix kids flick kind of funny… and I thought, hey, maybe this isn’t a total waste of my time as a grown-ass adult with no children to excuse me hitting play. And while … Continue reading
Crew is a high-energy, stylish Indian heist film about a trio of flight attendants working for a bankrupt airline. Having not been paid in some time, they look to more criminal, you might even sage smuggly, opportunities to get what’s … Continue reading
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Old Ones is a low (very low) budget film that’s not an adaptation of any one Lovecraft story… despite his name being a writing credit. Instead it’s a goofy amalgamation of a bunch of his ideas and … Continue reading
Snack Shack is a coming-of-age comedy that may have an aroma of familiarity but vernally comes off as good natured and authentic. It’s about two teens who need to make cash over the summer so they take over the community … Continue reading
Journey to Bethlehem opens with a title card saying it’s based on a true story… the greatest story ever told, as it turns out. This comforts me because it suggests the movie I’m watching is just a tribute (you gotta … Continue reading
Molli and Max in the Future is a very silly, very corny pup sci-fi satire of romantic comedy… and also a very good romantic comedy at that. It absolutely shouldn’t work but by the third act, I was surprisingly engaged … Continue reading
Remember when Ghostbusters was a comedy? I do. Good times. Well, here we are with another Ghostbusters sequel that doesn’t quite get it. The original two ghostbusters films took its supernatural backstories and villains seriously… it was the characters that … Continue reading
The American Society of Magical Negroes is a social satire with a good idea but a wobbly presentation. I certainly appreciate the satirical takedown of the old magical negro film trope but I felt it unevenly poked and prodded. Plus … Continue reading