Better Nate Than Ever is a Disney+ original comedy musical… and it ain’t bad at all. Sure, it’s got the emotional complexity of a cardboard box and is set in a fantasy version of New York where a couple thirteen … Continue reading
Truth be told, I watched this Disney+ remake fully expecting to hate it… since I’m too cool for Cheaper by the Dozen ‘n all. But I didn’t. What can I say… sometimes you bite the mouse, sometimes the mouse bites … Continue reading
Somehow, Pixar has been relegated to Disney+… but that’s ok since that certainly makes it easier to watch. And happy to say that, when this movie launches and you just want the excitable teen girls to chill out, that that’s … Continue reading
The latest sequel to the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre is nasty, brutish, and short. And for those reasons, I rather liked it. It didn’t overstay its welcome at all of 73 minutes and it reveled in being this dark, … Continue reading
Borrego snuck up on me and surprised me. It’s a dusty, dry, dehydrated crime thriller that has pacing that should have bored me, but didn’t. I was engaged with the story and the characters enough that the slow spots were … Continue reading
Scream (5) is the latest film in the Scream franchise and is a continuation of the original four films while also being a reboot. Which is the primary meta commentary this sequel plays with (sequels that are also reboots). In … Continue reading
The Matrix Resurrections starts strong, has good story continuation from the end of the last film, but suffers from a saggy final act. For awhile, I was thinking the film was going to be quite strong until it fell into … Continue reading
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