Jason Reitman really, really, REALLY wants to be Aaron Sorkin if the walk ‘n talk and jazzy energy of Saturday Night is any indication. But Reitman is a lot of things, but he’s not quite at Sorkin’s level and this … Continue reading
The Outrun is, in fact, not an adaptation of the Sega racing franchise Outrun. Tt’s about as opposite from a video game about racing Ferrraris as you can get. And I’m largely ok with that because: Saoirse Ronan > Ferrari. … Continue reading
As a guy who liked the first Joker (had some issues but most of it worked), I was uncertain how to feel about this sequel going in. Word of mouth wasn’t great. And, wow, were my lowered expectations met…. and … Continue reading
His Three Daughters didn’t goose me into watching it after checking out the first fifteen minutes on the day it released on Netflix. And it’s a 2023 movie so figured I could skip it. And then everyone and his brother’s … Continue reading
Hell is a tween girl, I guess? Or, better yet, Hello God, It’s Me Zafreen (and my demon buddy). I mean, beware the girl in class who gets her period first… she’s probably possesed by SATAN! Tiger Stripes is about … Continue reading
Rez Ball opens with a first act so powerful I guess the only way to go was down. And while it’s a perfectly good sportsball movie, it never rises above that into a great one. But it’s good… a perfectly … Continue reading
Megalopolis is what you get when you mix Ayn Rand with Richard Kelly with <gulp> Neil Breen. A glorious “what were you even thinking” mash of ideas all twirled into a long tasty string of taffy that bends in the … Continue reading
Here After is a morose, ponderous sink into gloomy filmmaking that thinks its profound and original but is neither. It’s about a mother with a teenage daughter who dies for twenty minutes and then miraculously recovers. But is who comes … Continue reading
Omni Loop starts with a wacky idea about why a time loop is happening and then proceeds to be a too somber, mundane take on this genre. I’m not sure why it does a bait and switch, but it’s a … Continue reading
Robot Dreams is set in an alternate 1980s New York… you can tell it’s an alternate timeline because they have robots… and “they” are anthropomorphized animals. Presumably talking animals but the film only has a handful of spare words (plus … Continue reading