Mar
17
Love, Simon
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
Tag Archives: Low 80s
Mar
16
Tomb Raider (2018)
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
Feb
22
When We First Met
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
Feb
15
Shot Caller
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
Feb
03
Hostiles
Checked out the new Christian Bale starring Western called Hostiles. What a fun time at the movies. Such cheer. Wow. Hostiles tells the tales of a US cavalry officer out West in 1893… he’s an angry, bitter veteran of … Continue reading
Jan
26
California Typewriter
I inexplicably watched the typewriter documentary California Typewriter. Yes, that’s a documentary about typewriters and the people who love them. You’d think this would be deadly boring but the movie actually makes a convincing argument that typewriters are interesting, maybe … Continue reading
Jan
23
Marshall
Caught up on the film Marshall on iTunes rental the other day. This is a movie about a case Thurgood Marshall took years before he became the first black justice on the US Supreme Court. The film has Marshall … Continue reading
Jan
20
12 Strong
Checked out the latest post 9/11 war on terror / Afghanistan flick 12 Strong over the weekend. This is the apparently true accounting of the soldiers sent into Afghanistan to help the Northern Alliance fight the Taliban shortly after 9/11 … Continue reading
Jan
11
Paddington 2
Paddington 2 is the sequel to the pretty good and funny-in-a-British-sort-of-way Paddington from a few years ago. That movie was surprisingly good without knocking my socks off… and without knowing anything about the story books (except Paddington is a bear … Continue reading
Dec
29
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
I saw Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the sequel (and it is a sequel) to the original Robin Williams movie from the 90s. I didn’t care much for the original movie but the trailers on this one looked decent so … Continue reading