The King’s Daughter is an occasionally lovely movie that I want to like and it wants to be liked. But it’s a mess of story ideas with poor directing or editing. Set in France in the late 17th century, the … Continue reading
This film starts strong with beautiful on-location nature footage of (presumably) Svalbard, Norway in the Arctic Circle. Set on a small tourist boat taking a multinational group of people on a tour of the landscape. It has the setup, it … Continue reading
You know, I swear I thought the third Hotel Transylvania was decent… I didn’t care much for the firs two but maybe I’d turned a corner and started to admire the goofy comedy. But this fourth film makes me think … Continue reading
Upon reflection, I had to wonder why I rented this thing. The description gave me hope. Reminded me a bit of Narnia and maybe this would promote a love of stories and storytelling. During WW2, a woman entertains children in … Continue reading
What is this movie? Is it an allegory for marginalized people or is it a satire of the same? Or just a satire of conversion therapy? And, if so, why does it try to make you laugh or, at the … Continue reading
You know that sinking feeling when a promising thing slowly just keeps sinking and sinking into mediocrity? That’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife… a movie that so desperately wants to reboot a franchise but somehow doesn’t get what the franchise was and, at … Continue reading
The Deep House is about a couple of YouTubers who travel to a lake in France to film a house that was submerged when the area was flooded. They SCUBA down to the house with their submersible camera and before … Continue reading
For the current trend of bad movies that Bruce Willis gets paid to be on the poster, this is one of the better ones, I suppose. I know that’s kind of praising with faint damnation, but I gotta admit at … Continue reading
There’s a certain tension that does manage to creep its way through this film… and that’s about the best I can say for it. It’s generally a kind of slow, rather confusing film that I’m not convinced has any deeper … Continue reading
The ladies in this film are giving it their all and they are reasonably fun together. But they are let down by a iffy script and sluggish pacing. I kind of wanted to like it, but I also didn’t “get” … Continue reading