Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is a kid’s comedy that isn’t targeted at me and doesn’t care if I like it. That’s fine, but it could still have been a decent movie (and I’m betting no one … Continue reading
Checked out the third Bridget Jones movie Bridget Jones’s Baby (or Bridget Jones’ Baby as civilized people would punctuate it). It was ok, I guess. It was fine, I suppose. It’s a movie that happened, kind of bored me but … Continue reading
The 9th Life of Louis Drax is a very strange R rated children’s movie… or something. To be fair, I’d not heard of this movie – no trailers, never heard of the book, only knew a couple of the stars … Continue reading
Checked out Laika studio’s latest stop-motion animated film Kubo and the Two Strings. Laika previously made a few movies that other people love but I either disliked or found only ok – namely Coraline (the one I kind of liked), … Continue reading
Also took the hit and went to see the Kevin-Spacey-Had-a-Mortgage-Payment-or-Possibly-Someone-Kidnapped-His-Wife movie Nine Lives. In this cinematic gem, Spacey is a power-hungry New York industrialist who wants to build the largest building in North America and is competing against another building … Continue reading
Rented the new R rated Batman animated film Batman: The Killing Joke. Based on a 1988 Batman v. Joker comic book, this adaptation adds 30 minutes of preamble to the story to build up the character of Batgirl before what … Continue reading
Rented the new documentary Raiders! which is the story of three kids who, in 1984, decided to film a shot for shot re-enactment of Raiders of the Lost Ark (including crazy car stunts, lighting each other on fire, making nazi … 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
So I checked out a Thursday showing the new movie Warcraft, based on the Warcraft/World of Warcraft PC game franchise. Quick reaction…. not a very good movie and if you aren’t familiar with the mythology and storylines, you should probably … Continue reading
Also checked out Criminal, the new spy movie with an SF twist starring Kevin Costner. And Gary Oldman. And Ryan Reynolds. And Tommy Lee Jones. And Gal Gadot (you know, Wonder Woman). How, you may ask, can such a great … Continue reading