OK, that’s it. I want off the art house bus if this is the kind of thing I’m supposed to like. I’ll just step off right here, find a Blockbuster, and rent all the Transformers movies for one night of … Continue reading
Ghostlight crept up on me as I was watching and slapped me in the face with how good it was. It was never bad… but it kind of hid its point and its direction well so once I saw where … Continue reading
If Rachel Sennott wasn’t already my secret Canadian girlfriend (who clearly lives in Niagara) after Shiva Baby and Bottoms, she is now. I loved Shiva Baby (and Bodies, Bodies, Bodies) and thought she was funny in Bottoms, but I don’t … Continue reading
With multiple seasons of Sons of Anarchy out there that I have no interest in, perhaps The Bikeriders wasn’t a movie exactly for me. And it wasn’t. Whoever made this drastically over-estimated my interest in a shaggy, plotless biker gang … Continue reading
Tuesday is a fascinating movie. It could have been quite good if it weren’t so full of so many unforced errors. Just a swath of “WTF are you guys even doing” content. Things that maybe worked in print but just … Continue reading
Treasure is a drama starring Lena Dunham as the daughter of a Polish Jew (Stephen Fry) who survived the death camps in WW2. Dunham’s character has brought her papa back to Poland so she can learn about all the things … Continue reading
Ezra, to me, came as a real surprise. I read the synopsis… and was a little worried we’d have a Rain Man situation here. And it’s weird to say that since Rain Man (about an autistic adult) is a pretty … Continue reading
Hell is other people… and also your own bad decisions. This Spanish horror flick is… disturbing. And disturbed. And not a fun time in front of a screen. It’s cruel and unpleasant and if you want to see how to … Continue reading
Sight is a well-intentioned movie saddled with some bad writing, iffy acting, and, above all, too many plots that made me groan every time they switched between them. It’s the true story of a Chinese immigrant eye surgeon who develops … Continue reading
This one’s a toughie. It’s undeniably a well made film with very good performances… and it connects with me because at some times and at some walks in my life, I’ve been Daisy Ridley, floating just above or below the … Continue reading