Violet didn’t introduce itself well to me. I see what it was going for but mainly I just felt it starred an inert character. And that’s the name of the game… it’s about a person with crippling self-doubt and I … Continue reading
Spin is not only a Disney+ movie, the opening credits say it’s a Disney Channel movie. That should be a red flag (says the guy who did not grow up on the Disney Channel). But I grit my teeth, pushed … Continue reading
Passing has such a soft, curious touch that I really dig it even though I was left a little cold at the end. Passing is set in the 1920s and stars Tessa Thompson as a light-skinned black woman who can, … Continue reading
Despite my deep-seated disinterest in the British royal family, I went to see Spencer anyway. I was expecting a traditional biopic (which I might have welcomed if done right) but this wasn’t that at all. It’s just about a few … Continue reading
It took some time for this flick to grow on me. I thought it was a decent post-apocalypse flick that slowly lost me a bit when it became a road-trip movie. But through the sheer power of acting, writing, and … Continue reading
A Mouthful of Air has Amanda Seyfried in a performance that I didn’t expect from her. Not that I’ve ever thought of her as a bad actress, but there’s something raw and dark and alive about her performance here that … Continue reading
The only thing I knew about Last Night in Soho was that it was directed by Edgar Wright and it was classified as horror. I went in blind and I was met with something that was aggressively not a horror … Continue reading
Ever have that feeling the box art has lied to you? It’s as though one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover or something. But that doesn’t explain why this flick is actually labeled horror. I shake my tiny fist … Continue reading
I’m being very charitable giving this movie a decent review. I was bored – deeply bored – with well over half of it. But there’s enough good there that is excuses some of my issues… but it’s a squeaker. The … Continue reading
It’s hard to like a movie when it pulls a complete genre rope-a-dope on you. When it has to lie to tell its story, regardless of how important that story is. But I’m sure they used this horror movie Trojan … Continue reading