Well, I thought Titane was my daily dose of 2021 weirdness but I guess I have to contend with Lamb now. This is its own special case of WTFery. Helps I went in without the trailer which apparently spoils the … Continue reading
Summer ’03 is a teenage coming of age film like many others… though maybe a little more off-kilter and a little more raunchy than some. Not by a country mile, but certainly it has some naughtiness. None of its amazing … Continue reading
The Starling is, if nothing else, earnest. It tries so very hard and I believe they mean well. But take that and a shiny nickel and you get a shiny nickel. This is not a very good movie. The flick … Continue reading
Michael Cane and Aubrey Plaza are two actors I like but never thought about starring in the same film. And when I saw them pop up in this, I thought it was a perfect match. It just made sense. Though … Continue reading
Blue Bayou is an emotionally powerful film with a heart of gold that is really great for 2/3rds of its runtime. There’s very little wrong with this movie… until a muddled, overly-complicated final act. The film is about a Korean … Continue reading
Cry Macho stars Clint Eastwood as an aged cowboy and former rodeo star who is asked by a friend to go to Mexico and retrieve his estranged son. Eastwood does this out of a sense of obligation but eventually out … Continue reading
Level 16 is a movie about a mysterious school/hospital/prison where girls grow up isolated from the world and its poison air. They are taught not to question authority and to obey every order issued. They believe, when they get old … Continue reading
Well, I give Joe Bell all the credit for being earnest. I feel like the filmmakers weren’t playing this cynic in the least. But I also think they confused earnest with interesting. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as a (real-life) … Continue reading
The job portrayed in Worth would not typically be described as beautiful… it’s doing about creating the cold equations needed to determine the financial payout to people who have suffered from a disaster. But this movie challenges that idea and, … Continue reading
This damn movie has no right to be as good as it is. In fact, I’d written it off as an annoying movie about an annoying character that was desperately unfunny within the first half hour. But the damn movie … Continue reading