Rented the movie The Young Messiah which was released theatrically early this year but I missed. This is a faith-based movie about a seven year old Jesus as he (along with Joseph and Mary, his aunt and uncle, and a … Continue reading
Checked out the new movie Nerve which opens, somewhat inexplicably, on Wednesday and had early Tuesday evening showings (when the local theater has “guest appreciation” ticket prices so, hey, cheap tickets!). This is the new movie about people playing an … Continue reading
Swiss Army Man is, at its simplest, a movie about a man stranded on a desert island who finds a flatulent corpse that he rides like a jetski… and talks to and uses to help him survive in weird ways. … Continue reading
Checked out the new experimental art house film by Nicolas Winding Refn (who made Drive and Only God Forgives) The Neon Demon. This film stars Elle Fanning as an innocent teen who moves to LA to become a model where … Continue reading
Also sat through the unending and unendingly earnest Matthew McConaughey civil war era movie The Free State of Jones. Based on a true story (not sure how true) of a bunch of confederate deserters, runaway slaves, and victimized civilians who … Continue reading
Checked out Now You See Me 2, the sequel to the dueling magicians flick from a few years ago starring Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Isla Fisher. This new movie swaps out … Continue reading
The Big Short was the drama/comedy that was an angry, middle finger polemic at the banking/mortgage crisis… the film Money Monster is the melodrama of the same basic idea. And melodrama is not a compliment here. The premise is that … Continue reading
Checked out Sing Street, the latest movie from the Irish filmmaker who made the movies Once (which won best song for Falling Slowly a few Oscars ago) and Begin Again (a perfectly charming movie about music too). Sing Street is … Continue reading
Checked out a really good flick on iTunes called East-Side Sushi, a movie about Mexican-American chef who gets a job at a Japanese restaurant. It’s about the mostly gentle culture-clash but more about the actual conflict over whether she can … Continue reading
Also checked out A Hologram for the King, the adaptation of the book by David Eggers (which I have not read). This is a new Tom Hanks movie about a broken, lost salesman who travels to Saudi Arabia to sell … Continue reading