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
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