Of all the action/spy/comedy hybrids Netflix has burped up over the past few years, I’m surprised The Union wasn’t one of them. Don’t get me wrong, The Union is definitely a Netflix action/spy/comedy… the surprise is that it hasn’t already … Continue reading
Dead Sea is a movie that I should rate lower, but I’m giving it a bump because, despite its many faults, I realized I cared. Somehow this tepid, slow-paced thriller full of frustrations and annoyances convinced me to root – … Continue reading
Find me Falling is a light-weight romantic comedy filmed in Cyprus… so between its locations and pretty cast, at least it looks good. The film itself is pretty harmless but it suffers from an uninteresting plot and kind of boring … Continue reading
Blame the Game is a Netflix comedy about a guy who goes to game night and actually plays games… unlike in the (much funnier) American film Game Night. Unfortunately, the insufferable game group makes fun of him for liking The … Continue reading
Space Cadet is a dumb movie and would have served itself better by totally committing to its “Police Academy only NASA” vibe. Instead, it’s a dumb movie that knows its dumb but should have either been 10% smarter or 10% … Continue reading
Tuesday is a fascinating movie. It could have been quite good if it weren’t so full of so many unforced errors. Just a swath of “WTF are you guys even doing” content. Things that maybe worked in print but just … Continue reading
Bionic is a Portuguese hybrid Netflix film about a near future where artificial limb technology is significantly advanced. A female Olympic athlete has just such a bionic limb while her equally athletic younger sister does not. But a crime syndicate … Continue reading
I was never superfan of Amy Winehouse… in my memory, she burst onto the scene with a beehive and a smoky voice, said she wasn’t going to rehab, and probably should have. End of story. I knew a handful of … Continue reading
A pretty solid first act, a less good and disappointing everything else. This thriller starts with a cool character and a bit of driving in a blizzard suspense… throws in a surprise… and then struggles to fill the rest of … Continue reading
While I’m highly lukewarm on this action flick, I genuinely would understand if its someone’s favorite. It’s well-executed, technically impressive, and I guess the moment-to-moment gun and fist fights are well executed. But I found it tiresome, repetitive, and was … Continue reading