The Adults is a movie that shares some somber, moody, and dethatched DNA with Charlie Theron’s much better Young Adult. Here we have a movie whose title is half true (the “the” is accurate). It’s about three siblings who have … Continue reading
I’m a little perplexed about this abstraction of a flick. It’s set in a grounded future where humanity has distanced itself from nature, therapy is handled by AI, and some people carry their unborn babies in external pods like oversized … Continue reading
Strays is a massive coat of matted cognitive dissonance for me. On the one paw, sometimes it was just a bad movie… on the other paw, it would nip me with clever and smart dog jokes. When the flick ended, … Continue reading
Compared to some other glossy Netflix spy/action flicks, Heart of Stone is pretty ok. It’s no Extraction with its minimalist plot but maximalist action but it’s also no Red Notice with its stupidity and… umm… it’s stupidity. You could do … Continue reading
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is an amusing zombie comedy that would have been funnier if they cut the “Zom 100” bit from the title. Just lean into the genre conventions and call it Bucket List of the … Continue reading
Perhaps this opening weekend should be BarbenheimerWeb… since Cobweb, a dark little horror flick, dared open against Barbie and Oppenheimer. I guess the crafty counter-programming worked for me since, after seeing Barbie, the thought of sitting for three more hours … Continue reading
Gray Matter is a new (HBO) Max film that is the result of the latest season of Project Greenlight. It’s an interesting, low budget idea that may or may not have been able to stand on its own. It doesn’t … Continue reading
I wasn’t expecting a part 5 of the Insidious franchise nor was I expecting it to be a sequel to part 2, mostly ignoring the events of parts 3 and 4. Not that continuity and cannon are all that critical … Continue reading
I’m mixed on this mixed bag “horror” movie. On the one hand, it’s often effectively moody… but not as the horror movie it sells itself as. But it’s also campy and I’m not sure if it knows it is. I … Continue reading
After missing the inexplicable and short theatrical release, I’ve been eyeballing this flick for months now as it refused to drop below its overpriced $9.99 rental. It finally did – $4.99 – so I gave it a whirl. The flick … Continue reading