Piggy tells the story of an overweight teen girl who is ruthlessly mocked by her bullies and constantly judged – whether cruelly or dismissively – by the adults in her life. When she sees a couple of her bullies kidnapped … Continue reading
Having just watched the original Austrian Goodnight Mommy, I went into the American remake hoping it was better than the ratings suggest. And what I got was a defanged, sanitized, and far more mainstream version of the same plot… but … Continue reading
What if you were in a home invasion movie and didn’t realize it? That seems to be the awkward and uncomfortable premise of Who Invited Them… a movie that trades on our civility to drag a simple story out until … Continue reading
It’s not that I disliked the original 1990 tv miniseries of IT… it was perfect fine in a made-for-tv-in-the-90s sort of way. But that was back when made-for-tv wasn’t exactly a medal of honor. It was edgy and bloody for … Continue reading
It kind of breaks my heart to give this such an average score. I was really digging this film’s actorly vibe, enjoying the slow crepe towards whatever reveal it was aiming for. And then… it just just kept creeping and, … Continue reading
I Came By is a Netflix film about a guerilla graffiti artist who breaks into the homes of the rich and powerful in order to leave his called card. One night he stumbles on the underground predilections of a former … Continue reading
Funny Page is not a movie I enjoyed watching, but it is a movie that’s darn good at what it’s doing. And what it’s doing is showing us an underbelly of America full of strange, grimy people living their lives … Continue reading
Spin Me Round stars Alison Brie as a restauranteur who is invited to a manager’s retreat in Italy. She meets a gaggle of other employees and starts to make friends… and then starts to fall for at least one other … Continue reading
Fall (not Moonfall, Legends of the Fall, Falling Down, or even The Fall) is what happens when Cliffhanger and The Descent have a baby birthed by Buzzfeed Studios and it doesn’t suck. It’s not amazing and it has unfortunate downtime, … Continue reading
I hate, hate, hate Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (The Movie) because it’s not the 100% exact identical thing that I watched as a teenager. How dare they not make the exact same thing all over again so … Continue reading