Lift is… a marginal Netflix international thriller that you’ve seen – or skipped – before. This time it’s a heist film but it might as well have been a spy thriller or roll the dice for a similar genre. It … Continue reading
Somewhere out there is the perfect line… the perfect racing line, the perfect biopic line, the perfect period piece line… not everyone can see it. Most can’t. This movie couldn’t. It’s an unfocused sprint spread across a country mile where … Continue reading
The Sacrifice Game is a Shudder original Christmas horror home invasion/slasher type thing. It’s about a couple of girls and a teacher at a boarding school over Christmas… you might even call them Holdovers. On Christmas Eve, a gang of … Continue reading
Wish so wants to be the culmination of Disney’s 100th anniversary… it trades on the wish upon a star theme and references a number of classic and newer films. Its end credits has images from every Disney animated film, including … Continue reading
Muzzle is a streaming film about police dogs. It’s just barely ok as a film but it did teach me one wholesome thing I didn’t previously know. Police dogs live with their handlers and their families. Awww. That’s sweet. I … Continue reading
A Christmas-themed slasher with a central gimmick that ultimately goes nowhere. This flick had potential but it largely just settled on being another generic slasher. The flick is about a slasher dressed like a Christmas tree angel (of sorts) and … Continue reading
The Marsh King’s Daughter partially takes place in the marshlands of Northern Michigan. When they mentioned this, I frowned… I thought it was set in Louisiana or somewhere more typical of a swampy area in the US. I grew up … Continue reading
Oh no…. where do I even start? Should I start by being a giant square and say how much I hated this movie? And then just go ahead and acknowledge that I’m clearly not the target market so it hardly … Continue reading
I know Bill Burr is a standup but I don’t follow standup… so to me he’s that guy on a couple episodes of The Mandalorian. I gather the humor in Old Dads is based on his act… observational comedy from … Continue reading
Between you, me, and the cornfield, Dark Harvest isn’t the best name for this flick. The best name is in the movie itself… I’d watch a movie called “Ain’t No Stop Signs on the Black Road”. I have no idea … Continue reading