Chasing Amy is Kevin Smith’s third film and is known as an important milestone in ’90s queer cinema… as told by a straight white dude. And while it’s a good film, everyone these days seems to agree that it hasn’t … Continue reading
The Return is kind of a big ask for a mass audience. It’s slow, it has issues with motivation and pacing, and an entire scene devoted to stringing a bow. But it’s unique devotion to its source material is impressive… … Continue reading
Knox Goes Away is an interesting film that’s maybe a little too long and doesn’t really present its central disease very well. But it does turn around a rather unique twist/mystery that made me respect the movie a lot more … Continue reading
I didn’t expect the nominal sequel to the 2017 film Wonder to be about a girl being hidden from the Nazis during WW2. Wonder was a joyful and sad modern day film about a kid with a physical deformity so … Continue reading
In my review of Watchmen: Chapter I, I said its adaptation and filmmaking choices sabotaged the film. Nothing has changed with the second half of the story and it even gets a little wobblier than before. Still a pretty good, … Continue reading
Lee is the true story of a WWII war correspondent from Vogue Magazine. I sat on this film for a bit knowing only that it stars Kate Winslet as a photojournalist; I had no idea it was set in the … Continue reading
Well, see you on the FBI watchlist. Decided to watch Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour concert film on Netflix. As I’ve said in the past, I’m not a big fan of concert films but figured she only has two albums … Continue reading
Memoir of a Snail is a quirky sad drama comedy about the life of a quirky sad girl. It’s stop-motion animation all the way down and I’d say its beautiful but its really more deliberately drab and sad (and quirky). … Continue reading
Tonight in “Generic Movie Titles You’ll Forget in a Minute Theater” it’s Don’t Move. Not to be mixed up with Hold Your Breath, Never Let Go, Blink Twice, Speak No Evil, Afraid, The Last Breath, and It’s What’s Inside… all … Continue reading
Amber Alert is a thriller that director Kerry Bellessa kind of made already back in 2012. The earlier Amber Alert, which I haven’t seen, is a low budget found footage pic where this new one clearly had a much higher … Continue reading