Rented – though I suspect after that I had access to it free – the documentary We Brought Back MST3K. A doc about the Kickstarted Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot that landed on Netflix after crushing the campaign goals. I … Continue reading
Checked out the new Wes Anderson stop-motion animation flick Isle of Dogs. This is his second stop-motion flick after the superior Fantastic Mr. Fox. But like Fox, it’s still got his usual style that you may have seen in other … Continue reading
Rented an iTunes flick (that is also available in limited theatrical release) called I Kill Giants… based on a graphic novel I gather but also sharing a lot of DNA with A Monster Calls and Troll Hunter. That’s neither here … Continue reading
For Easter Sunday, I took myself and a baggie full of chocolate Reese’s eggs to the movie theater and handed ’em out like candy (which, yeah, they are) to the theater crew in a furious fit of guilt for making … Continue reading
Ready Player One is the new Steven Spielberg directed sci-fi film based on the pop-culture riddled novel from a few years ago. I read the book and went into the movie expecting certain changes of plot elements that a movie … Continue reading
Pacific Rim: Uprising is the surprised-it-got-made sequel to the original robots-punching-monsters movie Pacific Rim. I say surprising since it kind of landed with a thud in the US but was saved and became profitable in Asia. Given that movie was … Continue reading
Went to a nearly packed showing of the new coming of age / teen comedy / coming out / romantic comedy Love, Simon today. For the record, based on a novel with a much better title which I have not … Continue reading
The new Tomb Raider film released today is edging close to that final definitive video game adaptation movie that’s good without reservations. It doesn’t quite get there but it’s filmed with more competence and has better acting than almost any … Continue reading
Also watched the new Netflix original romantic comedy / time loop movie When We First Met. It’s mainly a (very broad) romantic comedy that merges that sequence in Groundhog Day where Bill Murray tries to replicate the perfect day with … Continue reading
Checked out a recommended film on Amazon Prime streaming called Shot Caller. This is a gritty prison/crime drama about a white-collar accountant thrown into a maximum security prison after a DUI that killed and injured a couple of people. It’s … Continue reading