The new film The Hurricane Heist is, if nothing else, truth in advertising. It is, indeed, about a heist… during a hurricane. It’s a pretty dumb action film directed by someone who has been making pretty dumb action films for … Continue reading
Went to see the final Fifty Shades film Fifty Shades Freed. The joke running around is that it’s 50 Shades Freed for star Dakota Johnson (and Jamie Dorman). Finally free of the contractual obligation of gratuitous (but not too gratuitous) … Continue reading
The Cloverfield Paradox is the Netflix surprise Super Bowl announcement overnight release which, honestly, is a better story than the movie itself. It was previously called Cloverfield: The God Particle and was going to be a theatrical release but I … Continue reading
Also rented (via iTunes) the, if nothing else, curiously titled My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea. It’s an animated teen comedy/satire set in a high school that, due to an earthquake, has slipped into the ocean and is … Continue reading
And, since it IS January, it’s time for the latest mid-tier Liam Neeson action flick, The Commuter. This is one of those flicks where, you know, he plays a guy with a particular set of skills in some rather humdrum … Continue reading
Checked out the mis-titled and mis-marketed movie Father Figures. This is the comedy about two brothers (Ed Helms and Owen Wilson) who find out their mother wasn’t honest with them about who their father was. Since it was the 70s, … Continue reading
Checked out Pitch Perfect 3, the alleged final movie in the series. Is it? I dunno. Should it be? Maybe. Depends on if they can work up the energy and interest in a fourth film… since I’m not sure they … Continue reading
Also rented (on iTunes) the South Korean action flick The Villainess, a movie of which I’m of two very contradictory minds. You will not find a more intense, thrilling, and exciting action movie this year. The action scenes in … Continue reading
Rented a decent little paranoia / suspense / sci-fi flick called Anti Matter on iTunes. Won’t set the world on fire but if you want smaller, thoughtful, if a little overly-long sci-fi flicks with ideas, it’s not a bad rent. … Continue reading
Ironically, I rented the new horror movie Slumber via iTunes and fell asleep watching it. I did not, however, suffer from sleep walking and I was not attacked by a demon while in a state of sleep paralysis. Instead, I … Continue reading