Rented (on iTunes) a surprisingly good time travel romantic comedy called Time Freak. I expected little and turned it off after five minutes, thinking it was pretty low budget junk. But picked it up the next day and watched – … Continue reading
Rented a pretty great flick on iTunes called Leave No Trace. One of the best films of the year, so far. Leave No Trace is about a veteran and his teenage daughter who live off the grid in the … Continue reading
Checked out the new film The Girl in the Spider’s Web. In book form, this is the fourth book in the Stieg Larsen Dragon Tattoo (Millennium) series that started with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo… in movie form, it’s … Continue reading
So Bohemian Rhapsody is the new film biopic about Queen… or Freddie Mercury and those three other guys. You know, Brian May, the blonde one, and the boring guy. I don’t mean to be dismissive of men of real, raw … Continue reading
Checked out a new indie sci-fi flick called Silencio at the theater today. And, wow, something went seriously wrong with this one and I’m not just talking about the script. I didn’t know what the film was going in… chalk … Continue reading
Mid90s is a new movie written and directed by comedian/actor Jonah Hill. It’s about skaters who hang out. In the Mid 90s. That’s it. End of story. Packing up and going home… Righto. So… umm… it stars a bunch … Continue reading
Checked out the new film The Hate U Give. This is a film about race and the police, based on a YA book that I did not read but probably should. The Hate U Give is about a black … Continue reading
Also caught the latest space race flick First Man, a flick about Neil Armstrong and the moon shot. This one is directed by Damien Chazelle who did LaLa Land and Whiplash prior. Neither movie about song suggested he had a … Continue reading
Checked out the new twisty crime drama Bad Times at the El Royale. I might be the only person that did based on bad box office this weekend. Apparently Fox continues to half-heartedly market things, what with them being bought … Continue reading
Went to to see the film Life Itself, which is the new movie from the creator of the This is Us tv show (which I’ve never seen). I was hoping this would be a great intro to his writing and … Continue reading