Based on critical reception (which I didn’t know about until after I saw this), I’m almost embarrassed to say I liked this movie. I guess I’m not supposed to… yet I can’t deny that I thought it was an uneven … Continue reading
Land is a lovely and quietly contemplative film where not very much “happens”… but that’s ok. It’s not the kind of movie that demands dramatic action scenes of strength and survival, melodrama, or constant threats. It’s a movie about a … Continue reading
I went into this movie blind… just saw it at the theater and decided I still have a credit on the recently renewed AMC Stubs card, so lets give it a shot. I spent an inordinate amount of time saying, … Continue reading
I enjoyed a decent amount of this film but feel that, while retaining the themes, it kind of lost the plot half-way through. And that’s a little unfair since the movie has a premise – young woman joins New York … Continue reading
When just about everything goes wrong with a movie, you get Redemption Day. It’s a wannabe Jack Ryan/Tom Clancy geopolitical thriller that doesn’t have the smarts for those ambitions. It’s poorly directed and mushily edited, the acting is sometimes pretty … Continue reading
I suspect Stowaway won’t work for a number of people… either because it’s too “slow” or, for the science enthusiasts, has some floaty physics. But it worked for me. And it works BECAUSE it was slow and methodical and, yes, … Continue reading
A fairly blind rental, largely based on the title (I’m from Michigan) and a promise of a short run time. I was fairly impressed by this personal, sensitive story. And it has some pretty landscapes of Lake Michigan and, well, … Continue reading
I found this movie thoughtful and touching if a little too slow and uneventful for its running time. But it was fairly interesting and pretty well acted and kind of had something to say by omission. The film is about … Continue reading
I probably like the premise of this film more than I liked the story. It’s another case of a movie showing me a culture and lifestyle I was unfamiliar with… similar to Nomadland in that sense. In this case, the … Continue reading
Dark Web: Cicada 3301 is, surprisingly to me, not a supernatural horror movie about a demon living in the dark web (a premise of similarly titled movies). It’s also not exactly the techno thriller it actually is… it’s a hybrid … Continue reading