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
The Perfect Addiction is another one of THOSE hated modern romance flicks. It’s about an MMA trainer (of course) who is dating her current client when she catches him cheating on her. So she finds another fighter to train to … Continue reading
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster is a movie with a great title and and even greater ambitions. It brushes up against something really interesting and cool but it doesn’t have the follow-through to make it really special. The … Continue reading
Rumors of Maggie Moore(s) being a Fargo knock-off are not greatly exaggerated. My immediate feeling when the movie launched was just that… and it’s far from a perfect film to boot. It has issues but I enjoyed enough of it … Continue reading
To Catch a Killer is an interesting, thoughtful, moody procedural that maybe emulates being bogged down in a case a little too well. It’s a good movie, but could have been better served with a more propulsive middle act. The … Continue reading