I almost don’t have the energy to really complain about this “live action” remake of Pinocchio. I don’t particularly like Disney’s original animated film and I’m perplexed why there are so many Pinocchio movies coming out (including Del Toro’s and … Continue reading
I went into this Netflix documentary with lowered expectations based on the reviews. Hoping that maybe it was dog-piling… I mean, how can you screw up an informative documentary that bad? Well, you can, as it turns out. The flick … Continue reading
The logline for this film on a rental streaming service promised Nazi Werewolves so I watched it hoping for a mashup of Dog Soldiers and Overlord. But don’t you believe their lies (at least Letterboxd’s description is honest). This is … Continue reading
I’m beginning to think, to paraphrase a fantasy show, that when Kevin Hart releases a movie, the gods flip a coin. Gettin’ pretty annoyed at unfunny Kevin Hart comedies. And this is yet another one… and the gods of Hollywood … Continue reading
WifeLike is a flick that starts out like a teenager’s sex fantasy complete with all the boobs and butts you could leer at. And then it struggles to become something more, treading in overly familiar ground, reminding me of After … Continue reading
Carter is a new single-take action flick from the director of The Villainess… which had a number of great single take action scenes in an otherwise muddled plot. Carter has a plot… something something North and South Korea, a rogue … Continue reading
Luck is a new Apple TV+ animated film from John Lasseter. It’s about an orphan girl who turns 18 and is moved out of the group home she’s been stuck in all her life. Feeling unmoored, she finds and loses … Continue reading
Live Is Life is a Spanish coming-of-age film that borrows loosely from other, similar films like Stand By Me. This pre-programs me to want to love it. It’s about five teenage boys in Spain who set out on adventure (after … Continue reading
Room 203 is a horror show that – like many others – leans on the crutch of dark room = scary and then forgets to be scary. I shudder to think what these filmmakers would do if anyone turned on … Continue reading
This new Netflix interpretation of Dangerous Liaisons is the who-knows-how-many-eth adaptation of a book I’ve never read. I have seen the big US release from 1988 and the “modern” reinterpretation Cruel Intentions (I can change/I can change/I can change) but … Continue reading