I chose to meet Disciples in the Moonlight half-way. I wanted to give it a decent score just to buck the trend of all the terrible reviews. It’s a faith-based dystopian film and I like Dystopias… just because it has … Continue reading
It takes real effort to make a truly bad documentary. Even if you (the viewer) aren’t interested in the topic or even disagree with the thesis, a doc is usually at least informative and interesting on some level. Seeking Mavis … Continue reading
(Un)lucky Sisters is an Argentinian Netflix comedy that lacks a lot of core things to make a comedy… namely laughs but also interesting characters. It’s about two sisters from other mothers whose estranged dad has died. They don’t know each … Continue reading
I thought the original graphic novel and the Brandon Lee adaptation of The Crow from the 90s were perfectly fine. They also feel like a property best suited for the goth era they came from. But they went and made … Continue reading
I wasn’t even going to bother with Netflix’s latest SpongeBob movie. I’ve seen two of the films and only a handful of the original series. I was much too old for the show so I have no built up nostalgia. … Continue reading
When you aren’t sure you’ve just been punk’d watching a satire of a suspense thriller or the real deal, you know something has gone very wrong… or very right… depending on your camp tolerance. The Girl in the Pool stars … Continue reading
Dave Bautista didn’t get the memo… all tough guy actors are required by law to make a tough guy/cute kid movie and he and Chloe Coleman got that out of their system with the original My Spy. But the law … Continue reading
Divorce in the Black is about a woman who married a dirtbag who is just another member of his dirtbag clan. The couple isn’t doing so well and he – not she – files for divorce. But when she starts … Continue reading
The Watchers is what happens when a deeply stupid script full of people who barely act like people meet a pretty good eye for visuals. This movie is capital D dumb… poorly written and full of ADR to, I guess, … Continue reading
Westerns are not exactly my favorite genre so maybe my skepticism affected how I thought about this flick. But any movie in any genre as plodding and monotonous and unmoored from a conventional understanding of story progression would be a … Continue reading