How to Date Billy Walsh is a teen romantic comedy that’s a bit much when a little less would do. It has the trappings of a better movie and, indeed, is sometimes kind of funny and cute but there’s a … Continue reading
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Old Ones is a low (very low) budget film that’s not an adaptation of any one Lovecraft story… despite his name being a writing credit. Instead it’s a goofy amalgamation of a bunch of his ideas and … Continue reading
Monkey Man is a tale of two halves… if you can bear the shitshow shambles of the first half, you might find a good movie in the second. But what do I know? Everyone seems to be loving this flick … Continue reading
The Wages of Fear (2024) on Netflix is the latest adaptation of the book… or a remake of either the 1953 film or Sorcerer from 1977. And what does a modern French remake of two classic white-knuckle adventures that were … Continue reading
Ricky Stanicky (as played by Monsieur John Cena) might be a fun weirdo who dresses like Britney, but even his mighty arms and plastic face can’t save this trudge of a comedy. The flick is about three childhood friends who … Continue reading
Monolith is a slow-burn minimalist cryptic sci-fi thriller/horror amalgam that doesn’t go anywhere… slowly. It’s about a woman creating her own creepypaste podcast through interviews and dialog with off-screen characters. In other words, it might as well have been a … Continue reading
While Madame Web is a certifiably bad movie, there’s part of me that kinda sorta liked parts of it. Certainly not the editing, choppy action, lack of motivation, blundering dialog, and the sense the whole thing should have been act … Continue reading
60 Minutes is a German Netflix film with a premise that promised crackling, bare-knuckle, fast-paced brawling in 60 real-time minutes. In practice, it falls way short. The film is about MMA fighter who bails on his bout in order to … Continue reading
I.S.S. sounds like a movie designed for me… a total Gravity aficionado. Give me more realistic Low Earth Orbit (or high, or on Mars… I’m easy) movies and I would be a happy camper. But a (Russian) bear came along … Continue reading
I think this movie came out last month and was called The Family Plan… aa happily married couple’s routine is disrupted when one of them turns out to be a secret international kille. How many times will this Mr. and … Continue reading