The Dive is a perfectly alright “trapped in an unlikely situation” survival thriller. The kind of movie that sticks its protagonists on the top of a tower, in a shark cage, or buried underground. I have anxiety about these films… … Continue reading
Golda is set in Israel during their 1973 Yom Kippur war with Egypt and Syria. This is a conflict for which I had vanishingly little knowledge… which makes a movie about it potentially interesting. The film follows Israeli Prime Minster … Continue reading
Well, extra credit to Happy Madison (and Netflix) for producing a thoughtful YA teen comedy/drama that’s not too crass and not too wholesome. Call it realistic, call it believable, call it not as good as other movies of its ilk. … Continue reading
Puppy Love is a sweet and decent rom-com / dog movie. It stars Grant Gustin as a neurotic mess (with a female emotional support dog) and Lucy Hale as a more down-to-earth woman (with an adopted male dog). They go … Continue reading
Nicolas Cage could do this movie in his sleep… so it’s rewarding when he doesn’t. Sympathy for the Devil is full-tilt, putting-in-the-overtime Cage. It’s rewarding when you rent a movie just hoping for something interesting and you get it. No, … Continue reading
You could argue a movie with a basic kidnapping/revenge plot has no business being two and a half hours. But this movie – this weird, weird movie – could also make a convincing argument that it fills its time with … Continue reading
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine is a short Netflix documentary about the recently launched (and deployed) James Webb Space Telescope. If I was rating this doc on emotional manipulation alone, it’d get a higher score. But I have to back away … Continue reading
They Cloned Tyrone is a fun sci-fi satire that lives on the intersection of Get Out and They Live. It’s a subversive paranoid thriller that works great for about half the film. The flick is about how a ho, a … Continue reading
Unknown: Cave of Bones is an interesting Netflix documentary about the discovery of Homo Naledi, a hominid species whose bones were recently discovered deep in a cave system in South Africa. Evidence suggests the bones had been buried which would … Continue reading
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is not the mess Crystal Skull was but it’s also rather disappointing for a James Mangold film. But at least the perplexing title makes sense now and doesn’t leave me scratching my head, … Continue reading