At various times, this very adult animated fable wore on my patience and I almost shut it off. But the finale… oh the final twenty minutes are so small-scale apocalyptically cruel and misanthropic that it turned me around. It’s a … Continue reading
A faith-based film that doesn’t have problems because of a low budget, amateur direction, cheap production values, disingenuous argument, or a misplaced persecution complex? No, this is a well-produced film that suffers from the usual problems a lot of films … Continue reading
Personally, I’m more of a Charlotte. More of a Jane Eyre than a Wuthering Heights… but that’s neither here nor there in this tale of Emily Bronte and how she eventually got around to writing Wuthering Heights. I probably should … Continue reading
While a pretty decent Norwegian werewolf movie, there’s still a meaty chunk of this film that’s a little too plodding. It’s a little too cold, a little too bleak, and not scary enough. But, hey, a Scandinavian film that’s cold … Continue reading
I’m being a little charitable giving Cocaine Bear a decent review. It starts very wobbly with an over-abundance of wacky characters and pretty mediocre jokes… but by the end, the fun and crazy moments ramped up just enough for me … Continue reading
Legion of Super-Heroes is a Supergirl origin story of sorts… Supergirl landed on Earth a few months earlier but is having a hard time adjusting to Earth’s primitive culture. So Superman sends her to the 31st century to attend a … Continue reading
At Midnight is surprisingly not a horror film with that title. It’s Paramount+’s attempt at a Valentine’s Day rom-com. A rom-com that largely doesn’t work except for some heavy-duty hitting from its star Monica Barbaro. The flick is about an … Continue reading
Your Place or Mine is a Netflix romcom that asks the bold question… if we put hot Reese Witherspoon and aged (but probably hot) Ashton Kutcher in a movie, is there any point pretending they aren’t going to get together … Continue reading
Somebody I Used to Know is a romantic comedy that’s better on the romance than it is on the comedy… and it’s only so-so on the romance. I think the problem is the movie has the wrong main character. The … Continue reading
I learned about this movie from its interviews… Anna Kendrick saying she wanted to play a role that didn’t rely on her being adorable. And Anna Kendrick is naturally adorable so I support her choice to go darker, to add … Continue reading