With a lot of disinterest, I went to see the movie Superfly, a remake of a 1972 blacksploitation film (similar time and style as Shaft and Foxy Brown). It was a thing to see that had trailers that did nothing … Continue reading
Went to see the new sci-fi/cyberpunk/revenge flick Upgrade last night. This is a movie that got some buzz out of SXSW but I only caught one trailer for it months ago, long enough that I’d forgotten everything. Which was great … Continue reading
Watched a new HBO sports documentary (in association with the WWE) Andre the Giant. This is, surprisingly, a documentary about Andre the Giant!! Who knew! I’m not a fan of pro wrestling but I do acknowledge the guys who do … Continue reading
I checked out the new suspense/horror/sci-fi almost experimental film A Quiet Place on Sunday. This is the film written, directed, and starring John Krazinski (Jim from The Office) and co-starring his real life wife Emily Blunt (lucky man). It made … Continue reading
Got around to checking out Phantom Thread tonight and I wish I’d gone sooner. It was pretty great. I was concerned because I wasn’t the biggest fan of Paul Thomas Anderson’s last films (Inherent Vice and The Master) and, frankly, … Continue reading
Check out I, Tonya – the new Margot Robbie film about Tonya Harding’s life, ice skating, abuse, the Olympics, taking a baton to a skater’s knee, and a host of unreliability narrators. It’s almost Rashomon if, instead of samurai, it … Continue reading
Checked out Darkest Hour, the new drama about Winston Churchill’s appointment as Prime Minister of Britain and the few months following, including the Dunkirk evacuation and his “we shall never surrender” speech. The film is most notable for starring an … Continue reading
Checked out the new historical drama All the Money in the World. This is the true story of the kidnapping of John Paul Getty’s grandson in the mid 1970s and the attempt to rescue him without much help from the … Continue reading
The new family movie Wonder is written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, the writer/director of the excellent and honest The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Chbosky also wrote the Wallflower novel but Wonder is written by another author and the … Continue reading
Checked out a new streaming movie Brawl in Cell Block 99. This is the new movie from the director of the horror western Bone Tomahawk, a movie a lot of people liked (of the few who saw it) but I … Continue reading