Jul
07
Pollen
I’m mixed on this mixed bag “horror” movie. On the one hand, it’s often effectively moody… but not as the horror movie it sells itself as. But it’s also campy and I’m not sure if it knows it is. I … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Drama
Jun
28
Good Person, A
Shelve this film in with the many, many other “Pretty Hollywood Actors Downgrade to Play Junkies” movies. Yeah, you’ve seen it all before… but that doesn’t mean this film doesn’t do it well. And it does it with the lurvely … Continue reading
Jun
10
Flamin’ Hot
Flamin’ Hot is in the same vein as other corporate/product bios like Air, Tetris, and Blackberry… only it’s about Frito-Lay. Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, to be specific. A food I’ve never tasted since I’m not a huge Cheetos fan in general … Continue reading
Jun
05
Sanctuary
Gosh… when a movie misses, it can miss hard. I absolutely did not connect with anything in this movie except for maybe one minute of screen-time. Wish I’d seen the movie everyone else is talking about… and maybe you should … Continue reading
Jun
01
Reality
Reality is almost a more fascinating experiment in filmmaking as it a taut and suspenseful drama. But happily it’s both. I’ve never seen anything quite like it except maybe in a documentary that uses too many reenactments. But this is … Continue reading
May
30
You Hurt My Feelings
I spent the first half of this movie pretty sure I was bored… and then second half slowly realizing I was totally bought in. I can’t pinpoint when the switchover happened, but it certainly happened and I was left bemused. … Continue reading
May
28
Kandahar
I knew almost nothing about this movie going in… I figured it was going to be just another war in the Middle East flick. But when I realized that was Gerard Butler under that beard, I quickly re-oriented my thinking. … Continue reading
May
22
Inside (2023)
Took me some time to get around to this movie. It’s one of those “trapped in a place” pictures that makes you wonder how they’re going to fill an hour and forty minutes with this premise. But I think it … Continue reading
May
16
BlackBerry
Unlike most “business bio” movies like the Nike, Tetris, and Facebook ones, BlackBerry is not the story of success. Sure, it’s the story of early success but BlackBerry ultimately went away. Apple ate their lunch. And since I never owned … Continue reading
May
13
Mother, The (2023)
The Mother is relentlessly dour flick that exists in two parts. One part is an uninteresting action thriller and the other is a slightly more interesting mother/daughter bonding story. The two halves fight with one another and the end result … Continue reading