Caught Ocean’s 8… this is the spin-off or sequel or continuation of the Ocean’s 11 franchise. It stars Sandra Bullock as the sister of George Clooney’s Danny Ocean who is allegedly – but not convincingly – dead. This is somewhat … Continue reading
So, based on the recommendation, I watched a 1992 BBC produced Halloween special Ghostwatch. Playing like a real news investigation with at least some British news people, it tells the story of a haunted house, allegedly in real-time. The film … Continue reading
So there’s this new horror/suspense movie called Revenge in limited release on on iTunes that has inexplicably good reviews for a movie where “rape/revenge” is a descriptor. But it is that kind of film and it does have great reviews… … Continue reading
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