OK, OK… Fine. I’ll watch The Power of the Dog. It seems everyone and his father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate is watching and rating it highly, so there must be something there. I know it’s a Jane Campion Western… … Continue reading
Encounter: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept the Film For What It Is. This movie, which I knew nothing about other than it was sci-fi, was bait-and-switch even with my ignorance. As Bait, it’s really good bait. … Continue reading
I (surprisingly) rather enjoyed this cozy little romantic comedy / Christmas flick. I’m not sure I could, in good conscience, recommend it to anyone with a cynical bone anywhere at all in their body though. Which is me so… go figure. … Continue reading
This low stakes, high concept film was cruising for a super average review until, out of nowhere, I realized I was not only kind of enjoying it, but I was liking (some of) the characters. That’s hardly fair. Multiverse takes … Continue reading
Spin is not only a Disney+ movie, the opening credits say it’s a Disney Channel movie. That should be a red flag (says the guy who did not grow up on the Disney Channel). But I grit my teeth, pushed … Continue reading
So Eternals is a really weird one. It’s somehow both better and worse than I hoped/expected. It’s an uneven movie that has problems… but those problems are more due to it not being longer… and it’s already 2.5 hours long! … Continue reading
13 Minutes is a fairly low budget disaster/tornado film that focuses on an average town somewhere in the midwest, USA. It’s characters are mostly regular lower-to-middle class folk – ranchers, motel staff, salon workers – with one couple being a … Continue reading
No One Gets Out Alive has a terrible title and an interesting mood. It’s also wildly unfocused, spins its wheels to reach movie-length (before the requisite 10 minutes of Netflix credits), and then had the audacity to sneak up on … Continue reading
Copshop opens with a snappy, energetic feel with cool music and visuals. I thought this was going to be a fun time at the movies within the first minute. And, hey, for the most part it was. But it was … Continue reading
This was kind of a random Netflix watch but it came out today and I was awake so I gave it a shot. This is a Portuguese-language Brazilian teen comedy with all the awkward teen romance/drama you’d expect. I wonder … Continue reading