Checked out the new indie darling British monarchy costume drama comedy thing The Favourite today. People are calling it one of the best movies of the year… and I don’t get it. I don’t mean I don’t get why they … Continue reading
Also caught the latest space race flick First Man, a flick about Neil Armstrong and the moon shot. This one is directed by Damien Chazelle who did LaLa Land and Whiplash prior. Neither movie about song suggested he had a … Continue reading
Also rented the DC animated film The Death of Superman which tells the tale of… you know… the death of Superman. This is from the 90s comic where Doomsday shows up, kills Supes, and the world mourns until it’s the … Continue reading
Checked out a new movie that’s already left the theaters – Beautifully Broken. A film about the Rwandan genocide so you know it’s gonna be fun. <eyes roll> The film follows two Rwandan families either running from death gangs … Continue reading
Alpha is a new hunter/gatherer, early man adventure flick in the same family as Quest for Fire, Clan of the Cave Bear, and… ermm… 20,000 BC. This is the tale of a tribe of hunter/gatherers and the first wolf domesticated … Continue reading
Checked out the Netflix Original How It Ends. This is post-apocalyptic road trip if, by post apocalypse, we mean a handful of days after. And by apocalypse, we mean something vague. Something very vague. As if the film makers couldn’t … Continue reading
Hereditary is a new horror film that has gotten a lot of positive buzz from festivals and critics. I saw the movie tonight and I think it’s a lot of overrated hooey for a movie that’s trying too hard and … Continue reading
The first of two movies that came out this weekend for Mother’s Day is a touching tale of a mom who has to save her children from a home invasion / robbery. It’s touching? It’s called Breaking In and it’s … Continue reading
Caught the new movie Acrimony… aka Tyler Perry’s Acrimony… yes, this is a Tyler Perry movie… one of his morality plays, not a comedy and not starring Medea. Whether that makes it better or worse of about the same, I’ll … Continue reading
Checked out the latest (hey I thought he retired) movie from Steven Soderberg… Unsane. This is one of this artsy fartsy director’s weird experimental genre pics… in this case, it’s his take on the old insane asylum movie. You know … Continue reading