This is what I got vaccinated for? This is what I get when I go back to the theater? This is what Hollywood decides is a theatrical-only experience? Sure, sure. Bad horror movies are a dime a dozen, but they … Continue reading
When just about everything goes wrong with a movie, you get Redemption Day. It’s a wannabe Jack Ryan/Tom Clancy geopolitical thriller that doesn’t have the smarts for those ambitions. It’s poorly directed and mushily edited, the acting is sometimes pretty … Continue reading
Following the literal rapture, people are isolated to their towns and totalitarian rule is established. The rumored existence of a door in the desert leading those left behind to salvation results in some risking their lives and freedom to escape. … Continue reading
I could have rented any number of mature, very serious films with intellectual themes and high minds… but instead I rented Psycho Goreman. Not because it looked like the cheapest of sci-fi B movies, but because it starred a couple … Continue reading
True story: all Hollywood tough guy action stars are required (by law) to star in a movie with cute little kids. What else could possibly explain why Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan, Hulk Hogan, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, John Cena, and … Continue reading
So there’s this movie that made the Internet go crazy a few weeks or month ago called The Fanatic. It stars John Travolta as a super mega fan of an action hero movie star. The movie is produced by Redbox … Continue reading
Checked out the newly released remake of the classic movie Jacob’s Ladder. The original flick starred Tim Robbins as a Vietnam vet who is loosing track of his mind, his sanity snapping back and forth between different realities. It’s a … Continue reading
So I checked out the greatest new movie release of last weekend… number 11 with a bullet, making none of the money and almost none of the recognition… Where’d You Go Bernadette? That’s the name of a movie you probably … Continue reading
Luc Besson’s new film Anna came and probably will be gone in about fifteen minutes. This new film is about woman turned into an assassin… and Besson’s earliest films include La Femme Nikita and Leon: The Professional… so this is … Continue reading
So I checked out the new Elton John biopic Rocketman over the weekend (and it’s taking me three days to work up the ambition to gripe about it). So this flick was directed by the guy who took up re-editing … Continue reading