Decided to check out the movie Dark Waters the other day. With a title like that, you’d think there’s be a Japanese ghost lurking about but no. Instead, we have an environmental horror story starring heroic lawyers working to protect … Continue reading
Went to see the new Clint Eastwood directed movie Richard Jewell. Based on the tragic, stupid, and unfair story about how Jewell found the Olympic Park bomb in the 90s and then got dragged through the mud by the FBI … Continue reading
Went to see Shia LaBeouf’s new film Honey Boy. This is his semi autobiographical film where he stars as a version of his own dad watching over the child star who is newcomer Noah Jupe who also stars in Ford … Continue reading
Went to see the new Bonnie and Clyde-ish movie Queen and Slim the other night. I say Bonnie and Clyde but it shares more DNA with The Legend of Billie Jean (my 80s homies – up high!). That movie (and … Continue reading
Netflix just released the Thanksgiving movie (I guess?!!?) The Irishman, the latest – and super expensive – gangster movie from Martin Scorsese. He brings back Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci and uses Al Pacino for the first time. The … Continue reading
The new film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a narrative/fiction account of Mr. Rogers… or so the marketing would have you believe. There’s some hocus pocus misdirection going on with this film but, at the same time, it’s … Continue reading
Went to see the new con artist movie The Good Liar. It’s not just a con-man movie though… it’s an old person con-man movie. You want your sexy crosses and double crosses with a touch of grey? We got your … Continue reading
And, finally, caught up with the latest South Korean Bong Joon Ho film Parasite. Bong Joon Ho also directed the films The Host, Okja, and Snowpiercer… all three of which are genre pictures with a social conscience (usually without being … Continue reading
Checked out the new racing/business/underdog/sports movie Ford v Ferrari the other day. This is the mostly true story of the time (1966) when Ford decided it wanted to compete against Ferrari by building the fastest, most durable car for the … Continue reading
Also checked out a very good – but maybe not for everyone – kind of drama, dance, freakout, drama, horror movie called Climax. I missed this one when it came out earlier this year but, when I found out it … Continue reading