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
Enola Holmes is the latest Netflix collaboration with Millie Bobby Brown and the latest Sherlock Holmes (related) movie. I didn’t go into this expecting anything beyond the basic concept (Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister) so was able to be surprised by … Continue reading
Netflix’s new Charlize Theron starring action flick The Old Guard was released late last week and I gave it a look. This flick has a premise borrowed from Highlander but wants to be a more prestigious and modern style action … Continue reading
Rented (on iTunes, once again) the new thriller/suspense flick Becky. This is what you get when Home Alone is honest with the violence perpetrated on the bandits… or if John McClane is secretly a twelve year old girl. And a … Continue reading
Also rented (on iTunes) the action/horror movie VFW. I hadn’t heard of this one before I watched a YouTube video about the best horror movies of 2020 (so far). I wouldn’t call it a horror movie so much as a … Continue reading
Rented a new documentary (on iTunes) called Spaceship One which is about the Biosphere Two project back in the early 90s. If that rings a bell, that was the self-contained environment that a bunch of people built to see if … Continue reading