Honest Thief is a simple movie that doesn’t revolutionize anything, doesn’t set the world on fire, doesn’t change hearts and minds. It does what it does competently and entertains. It’s a solid, effective suspense thriller. The film stars Liam Neeson … Continue reading
The drama about Tenet’s release at theaters and now, finally, on streaming is greater, and more comprehensible, than the movie itself. Well, it finally did come to streaming and I finally did buy it (instead *gasp* of waiting 20 days … Continue reading
To Your Last Death is a weird amalgam of genres and styles… and not a bad one at that. For me, the biggest turn off was its animation style… it’s kind of a vaguely animated motion comic with a similar … Continue reading
I Used To Go Here is a kind of sweet and cynical mix of a mature comedy a bit of a goof college comedy. Plus a healthy dash of Charlize Thereon’s (much more angry and cynical) movie Young Adult. It’s … Continue reading
The LEGO Holiday Star Wars Special is a bit of a goof in that usual Lego kind of way and that’s alright. I’d say it’s not nearly on the level of the LEGO Movie or some of the other productions … Continue reading
I gave The Secret: Dare to Dream a shot not because I believe in The Secret (to my cynical, cold-dead heart, it’s hooey… maybe even malarkey) but I believe that can be fun… but there’s also a chance that it … Continue reading
Holidate is practically the definition of romantic comedy… yet somehow it’s a decent movie. Of course, for rom-com fans, it’s probably the end all be all of flicks but for a grumpy sourpuss who merely tolerates the genre, it’d better … Continue reading
The Witches (or, more properly titled: Roald Dahl’s The Witches) is the second film version of Dahl’s classic novel. I really enjoyed that original from 1990 though I was too old to be scared of it. This new version is … Continue reading
Blood Quantum is a Shudder original zombie flick that is currently available for rent on Amazon Prime. I had heard very positive things about this one and had been debating subscribing to Shudder… but I’d also heard enough negatives about … Continue reading
Netflix has a new zombie flick called #Alive. The hashtag is there to reflect the social media angle the movie is supposed to have. I heard it was a bit of a satire of our connected world… and it has … Continue reading