I’m aware of Monkey and Journey to the West story in broad strokes but I’ve never seen any filmed adaptation. I was curious but skeptical about this Netflix animation so I decided to give it go. The film is about … Continue reading
Love in Taipei is a Paramount+ rom-com that is so harmless that it may as well not exist. It does nothing interesting, it’s not funny, it has characters that are uninteresting, and I might as well not have watched it. … Continue reading
To its credit, The Out-Laws gets the best part of the movie out of the way quickly… it’s a clever title that may remind you of the far superior (and similarly themed) The In-Laws. That’s where the similarities end though. … Continue reading
To misappropriate a tropey review flourish, The Babadook walked so Run Rabbit Run could crawl. Not that Run Rabbit Run has a monster in the cellar (though it would have benefited from one) but it does have a similar frazzled … Continue reading
Tin & Tina is a Spanish creepy kids horror flick that border on satire. It’s about a young couple who decide to adopt two of the oddest and most off-putting children imaginable. They are so odd and off-putting, their school … Continue reading
Mother’s Day is a Netflix-produced Polish action film in the John Wick style. It features an ex-soldier who had to give up her child and go into hiding. Years later, the boy has been kidnapped and she must re-emerge to … Continue reading
I don’t remember much from the original White Men Can’t Jump. I remember it being a pretty decent flick held up by the charisma of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson… something I wouldn’t accuse this sequel of having. It’s a … Continue reading
One More Time is a combo time loop and “relive your youth” timey wimey wibbly wobbly movie. A 40 year old woman is hit by a truck and wakes up on her 18th birthday and continues to relive the day … Continue reading
This flick is a weak puff of air, it might as well not exist given what little impact it had on me. It’s a piffle comedy with surprisingly dramatic (and dark) moments… grim moments that struggled to the surface and … Continue reading
An advanced civilization that looks, acts, speaks, and dislocates its shoulders exactly like modern humans existed 65 million years ago. A spaceship piloted by Adam Driver crashes on Earth. Can he survive the wildlife and get off planet before the … Continue reading