An interesting documentary about the scientific team that recently used an array of telescopes across the planet to piece together a picture of a massive black hole. It’s a slightly less complete documentary abut black holes in general, as suggested … Continue reading
I really was rooting for this movie. It’s such a well-meaning, good-natured adventure movie featuring children (that adults will like too). But it sadly has pacing issues that make it’s middle act lag to the point of distraction. But, I … Continue reading
I enjoyed a decent amount of this film but feel that, while retaining the themes, it kind of lost the plot half-way through. And that’s a little unfair since the movie has a premise – young woman joins New York … Continue reading
The new Mortal Kombat movie almost gets there a number of times but is held back by being so very uneven. But it’s not so uneven that it doesn’t have some fun to it and it’s pretty watchable. I suspect … Continue reading
I found this film moving and pleasant and sad/melancholy. I wish I liked it more but it’s certainly a nice bit of genre bending and a timely story. Rose is a Filipino-American teenager who lives in Texas and loves old … Continue reading
The Last Blockbuster is a 2020 documentary that’s finally arrived (somewhat ironically) on Netflix streaming. It’s about twenty minutes of interesting information about Blockbuster, twenty minutes about the literal Last Blockbuster store (in Bend, Oregon), and the rest is just … Continue reading
Monster Hunter is the latest video game adaptation film directed by Paul WS Anderson and stars his wife and action star Mila Jovovich. They together made entirely too many Resident Evil films (a series that got progressively worse – and … Continue reading
Synchronic was a bit of a surprise to me… I rented it on somewhat of a whim and discovered (to my surprise) that is stars Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan. This matters only because I thought it was a cryptic … Continue reading
I have a vague suspicion that Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar might not be the smartest or most sophisticated comedy in the world. And I have a vague suspicion the movie is exactly what the movie wants … Continue reading
Come Play is often a surprisingly effective chiller when it’s not trying too hard to fill 96 minutes of screen time. The same guy wrote and directed it so he’s got some talent at filming creepy, scary individual scenes but … Continue reading