Britain and the Blitz is a short Netflix documentary that feels like it needed to be a long Netflix documentary. It contains interesting footage and small stories but its not deep enough to breath or inform. It’s a little over … Continue reading
#Manhole is a familiar smelling single location thriller where a dude falls down a manhole and can’t get out. Seems like a remarkably narrow scenario… how hard is it to climb out of a manhole? Or follow the tunnels to … Continue reading
No lie, when this Netflix film opened, I thought it was actually going to be an animated film with how egregious and unconvict the CGI was. But no… instead of renting out a couple of cop cars and a truck, … Continue reading
The Ballad of Wallis Island is a gently odd British low key comedy/drama that I appreciated and enjoyed… but not as much as I should have. It’s about a slightly washed up British folk singer who gets a gig on … Continue reading
Studio Head: Let’s make an adaptation of the life of Jesus… for kids! Doubting Studio Head: But kids won’t relate to an old fashioned Jesus story. Studio Head: We’ll have a frame story starring Charles Dickens! Doubting Studio Head: Charles … Continue reading
825 Forest Road is a frustrating film. On the one hand, it knows that fear is best expressed as a lurking dread rather than cheap jump scares. On the other hand, it’s incredibly poorly written full of “What?!” moments where … Continue reading
Pets is a Disney+ documentary about pets that struggles to justify its existence. You can get almost everything this flick does in an hour of YouTube cat videos. Cats being sweet, cats being crazy, cats at the vet, feral cats … Continue reading
An action fantasy where the US president gives a shit about foreign nations and who the press can shame? You don’t say! Guess this one was made in the Before Times when a better America was imagined. On the other … Continue reading
Going in blind, I assumed A Working Man would be just another generic Jason Statham actioner. But then I see it’s produced by Sylvester Stallone and written by him and director David Ayer. I picked up a little. None of … Continue reading
Netflix’s The Life List is a perfectly pleasant drama/comedy/romance. And that’s good in that it’s fine… it’s perfectly fine. But it’s bad in that it’s perfectly fine for just shy of two hours. That’s a solid thirty minutes longer than … Continue reading