The Ugly Stepsister is a Norwegian language retelling of the Cinderella story from the ugly stepsister’s POV. And when the call for actresses to play the ugly stepsister goes out, that must be a tough decision to show up for … Continue reading
Sacramento shares significant DNA with the superior but darker A Real Pain. Except instead of taking place across Europe, it settles for a road trip to Sacramento, California. Maybe that’s a downgrade but also maybe it’s more approachable? The film … Continue reading
My Minecraft bona fides are limited… I’ve played the base game for maybe an hour, Minecraft Dungeons for a few more, and Minecraft: Story Mode not at all. So safe to say I was missing some references in this big … Continue reading
Borderline is a thriller/stalker/comedy that walks a tight-rope of maybe being too creepy and making fun too much of stalkers. But I think it finds the right wobbly balance and charming helter skelter crazy to get away with it. It … Continue reading
The Parenting is a pretty good horror/comedy that gets a boost for its title. It reminds me of The Shining, The Blackening, The Happening, and Highlander II: The Quickening. (<SIDE NOTE>Some of these movies listed are slightly better than others</SIDE … Continue reading
Sometimes Steven Soderbergh’s Prescence tested my patience… and then he’d pull off something that was pretty interesting. Even if half the film is made up of weird relationships and the ghost that still lingers here probably needed to be more … Continue reading
The only thing I knew about this flick was the poster at the theater… didn’t know the plot nor the actors. Figured it was probably a comedy based on the title and poster… though for the first ten minutes of … Continue reading
Ooooh… Latin. Ad Vitam makes this French Netflix movie sound fancy, or introspective, or deep… or if not those, able to summon Deadites. But, no, it’s just a too-lah-de-da title for a pretty generic but entertaining action flick. It’s about … Continue reading
The Last Showgirl tries maybe a little too hard to be the showcase for Pamela Anderson that it very clearly is. And, to be fair, she’s not the first actor to get a role that speaks to their career and … Continue reading
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