I hesitated to watch Nyad. How interesting can they possibly make swimming a lot? Plus I skipped that recent Netflix free diving documentary proving my whole theory: I must not like water sports (ahem). But the pull of Jody Foster … Continue reading
Priscilla, as a movie about the woman and not The King, not only has a noticeable dearth of Elvis songs but also assumes you know an awful lot about the guy coming in. Perhaps too much…. I can imagine someone … Continue reading
Pain Hustlers stars Emily Blunt and Chris Evans as a pair of prescription drug pain med peddlers. It shows how maybe some good intentions almost got in the way of all that money. Only in America, amiright? I watched this … Continue reading
Quiz Lady is a Hulu comedy about an introverted woman who goes viral when someone secretly records her answering all the questions of a long-running Jeopardy-like quiz show. Can she get it together long enough to compete on her favorite … Continue reading
I recall the Milli Vanilli saga from back in the day… and my indifference and skepticism when the news broke. In my naivete, I wondered what the big deal was… the catchy tunes remained catchy tunes. Someone else sang them… … Continue reading
Suitable Flesh is gleefully sordid, proudly sleazy adaptation of an HP Lovecraft short that I haven’t read. It also feels like a bit of a wink to Re-Animator (and was produced by, and co-stars, Barbara Crampton) even if the plot … Continue reading
Totally Killer is a pretty fun mashup of multiple genres and multiple familiar movies… many of which it references directly. It’s a slasher comedy first but a pretty good time travel movie too. The flick stars Kiernan Shipka as a … Continue reading
Nowhere is another survival film… or maybe unlikely predicament film. I’m not sure if there’s an actual name for the sub-genre of these survival in unlikely circumstances movies. I think I’ll call them Predicament Films until I hear otherwise. Anyhoo, … Continue reading
The Rat Catcher is the third in this weird short file experiment from Wes Anderson, also based on a Roald Dahl short story. This one happily sits in the middle ground between the very good Wonderful Tale of Henry Sugar … Continue reading
When the Justice League mysterious vanishes and a flaming phantom stalks the Hall of Justice, Jimmy Olson calls in a favor. The Scooby Gang travels to Metropolis to help solve the crime… if they can evade the rampaging supervillains. Yes, … Continue reading