Also checked out the alleged comedy Gringo over the weekend. I say alleged comedy because the trailers said it was a comedy… and I’m not saying it tries to be funny but isn’t, I’m saying it’s only occasionally trying to … Continue reading
The remake of aging tough guy Charles Bronson’s Death Wish now stars aging tough guy Bruce Willis in a film of the same name. The original was filmed around the time of a real subway vigilante killing in NYC. The … Continue reading
Checked out a recommended film on Amazon Prime streaming called Shot Caller. This is a gritty prison/crime drama about a white-collar accountant thrown into a maximum security prison after a DUI that killed and injured a couple of people. It’s … Continue reading
Checked out the new Matt Damon film Suburbicon and my main take-away is that the trailers are full of lies and are deliberately hiding the more uncomfortable content lest they turn off potential ticket buyers. But that’s just marketing, it … Continue reading
The unending march of obscure indie titles at the movie theater instead of big releases the past two weeks continues… this time it was a blind viewing of the movie Valley of Bones. It was not worth the mystery of … Continue reading
Checked out the already checking out indie flick Good Time (it’s down to one showtime a day in its second week). Didn’t know anything about it going in other than it stars Robert Pattinson who I am neither for nor … Continue reading
Baby Driver is a cool new heist movie starring cool actors playing cool characters. The movie is going for cool and knows its cool and that could have gone wrong but instead goes mostly right. It’s all style and plenty … Continue reading
Checked out a movie that has utterly bombed at the box office called Sleight. Came in 18th place in its opening weekend so was shocked to see it still at a nearby theater the next weekend so I decided to … Continue reading
Free Fire is a new action film that’s pretty much a genre experiment more than it is a movie. Basically it’s a 70’s era crime action flick that takes place in one location and is mostly a 45-50 minute gun … Continue reading
Nocturnal Animals is an interesting and even fascinating but bleak and dark indie film starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Michael Shannon, Isla Fisher, and Armie Hammer. So it’s a great cast in a very good and certainly … Continue reading