I admit I rented Roadkill because it was a chance to get in on another early 2024 release. But also because it has the plot of an updated version of The Hitcher… a young woman on a road trip picks … Continue reading
“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the pool… it’s Death Pool: The Pool that Eats”. Or, you know, just good ‘ol Night Swim (a movie about a death pool). Not since Unbreakable and Lethal Weapon … Continue reading
If not for a surprisingly romantic scene in the middle of this movie, I’d have slapped a lower rating on this review. But that moment in sight of the Sydney Opera House and the character driven moments while hanging in … Continue reading
My level of interest in a movie about rowing crew was vanishingly small… but this one is set around the 1936 Olympics so I figured it was the wetter version of the Jessie Owens story. And close enough… at least … Continue reading
Aporia is a Hulu low budget sci-fi time manipulation film that muddles its way through low ambition scenario in a dour yet sometimes lovely way. Judy Grier plays a wife and mother who loses her husband only to discover a … Continue reading
Unfortunately, as an uncultured swine for who the name Leonard Bernstein means very little, my interest in this flick was low. But when you have both Spielberg and Scorsese producing a Bradley Cooper directed and acted film about a musical … Continue reading
When I saw the art style of this DC animated film, I hated it. And that didn’t change with the watching… but the villain character models in the second half at least suited the look. And while I hated the … Continue reading
I’m still unconvinced the move to CGI animated cartoon was a good one for this franchise… but I get the instinct (human kids have the annoying habit of aging out of their roles). And yet I find the animated versions … Continue reading
Giving a low score to Miyazaki’s latest film feels like an anathema… a rudeness to the anime master who came out of retirement to make it. But I sat in the theater analyzing the movie more than feeling moved, intrigued, … Continue reading
In the spirit of the season, good will towards men, and shooting them in the head, I’ll charitably – and I mean charitably – give Silent Night a decent rating. Even I can’t ignore John Woo’s inarguable visual style, the … Continue reading