As a movie I think is good, Zone of Interest is nigh on impossible to rate. Is it a “good” movie? Yes. Is it a movie I’d ever want to watch again? No. Did it maintain my rapt attention for … Continue reading
Float is a romance starring Andrea Bang as a Chinese-American good daughter who decides not to spend her summer at the residency her traditional parents set up for her. Instead, she runs away to spend time with her artsy auntie… … Continue reading
Drive-Away Dolls is a Coen Brother – but not a Coen Brothers – film and maybe that’s why it’s not at the top of their game. But it is good… if a bit much and a bit all over the … Continue reading
I spent the majority of time wrestling with the tone of Lisa Frankenstein… did I like it? Was it too much? Was it not enough? Was ’80s Tim Burton looking over shoulders, deciding if he’s gonna sue? What was this … Continue reading
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 1 finds good ol’ Flash having the zoomies through the multiverse again. Just like in the latest Flash live action and a few previous DC animated films (and probably infinite comics). It’s part … Continue reading
My level of interest in an ’80s true story of a family of professional wrestlers was vanishingly small. I have little interest in real pro wrestling and its storylines though I have seen a few good wrestling movies and docs … Continue reading
Nuclear Now is a documentary that does something that just isn’t done: it’s a pro-nuclear energy doc made by a confirmed lefty who never saw a conspiracy about the right he disagreed with (*this statement may be hyperbole). I was … Continue reading
Wonka is a curious entry into the Willy Wonka disconnected universe. We had the books, then the original Gene Wilder film that everyone loves, a freak-on-leash Johnny Depp remake, but never a continuation based on the book’s sequel (Charlie and … Continue reading
I figured there were good odds that this Disney+ documentary on Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford would be a corporate puff piece to sell Dial of Destiny, new to the streaming service. And I was partly right… but before this … Continue reading
The great irony of this “talking lizard helps grade school students with life” film is that it’d probably be better without the talking lizard. If it were just about the kids, it’d still be a funny, uplifting, and still kinda … Continue reading