Well, here’s a slice of unwanted life. A movie starring a washed-up bullshitting loser ex-porn star who goes back to Texas and has trouble finding a 9 to 5 because, you know, 17 years as a porn star “over” qualifies … Continue reading
Hmmm. This doesn’t sound much like an Aaron Sorkin script. Just as Nicole Kidman doesn’t remind me of Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem doesn’t remind me of Desi Arnaz (or JK Simmons the person he’s playing). The movie didn’t make … Continue reading
I have a love/hate relationship with Del Toro movies. I wind up not liking them nearly as much as everyone else. A few I love, more I don’t. So I didn’t go into Nightmare Alley with high expectations. I wasn’t … Continue reading
Silent Night is one of the bleakest, darkest, grimmest dramas I’ve ever seen… that start out as a light frivolous Christmas comedy. I liked the funny first act, loved the grim third act, and then hated hated hated the final … Continue reading
Boiling Point is a movie that <i>almost</i> reaches rarified air but falls just a little short. But it’s still a pretty great movie that’s excels on both a technical and artistic level, even if it doesn’t quite achieve the propulsive … Continue reading
C’mon C’mon is a thoughtful film about human beings. It’s a touching film about familiar relationships and getting along. What it’s like to be a father – or at least an uncle – to a precocious child. A brother to … Continue reading
What is this movie? Is it an allegory for marginalized people or is it a satire of the same? Or just a satire of conversion therapy? And, if so, why does it try to make you laugh or, at the … Continue reading
House of Gucci is a movie I went to reluctantly… and, indeed, bailed on going to for three or four days until boredom drove me to the theater (it happens). I don’t have a fashion sense and, indeed, it may … Continue reading
God’s Not Dead 4… they are still making them and I’m still watching them. I am not the target market for these films but I always try to give them a chance. Are they full of persecution complexes and strawmen … Continue reading
I imagine Belfast might work better for folks who lived in Ireland and/or England and/or Northern Ireland during The Troubles than some random American who remembers the news in the 80s and 90s but didn’t really follow it. Or, you … Continue reading