Aug
05
Bullet Train
Bullet Train is a very slick film that fell out of the Tarantino 90s Clone tree and hit all the branches on the way down. It thinks its the most clever thing to quip and all I could think of … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Mid 70s
Jul
18
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is about Mrs. Harris who goes to Paris… to buy a Christian Dior gown (frock) in 1957. She has no practical idea how the House of Dior works, but she’s got gumption and the respect … Continue reading
Jul
11
Mr. Malcolm’s List
Mr. Malcolm is a decent movie of its type… that type being an overly mannered romantic comedy of pointless rich layabouts who talk coyly and slyly while idling in drawing rooms and country manors. You know, a knock-off Jane Austen. … Continue reading
Jul
10
Press Play
Press Play is a decent, low-stakes romantic time travel story. It’s a low-investment fairly short film that may appeal to the romantic in you and may slightly appeal to sci-fi fans. A little bit. The film is about a girl … Continue reading
Jul
06
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Plot? PLOT? We don’t need nabu nabu sneaka plowa! Yeah, the Minions are back for more throw-darts-at-a-wall silliness and I went from bored to chuckling so often that I just can’t hate the movie. But I’m really not inclined to … Continue reading
Jun
29
Where the Scary Things Are
The description card on streaming services compares this film to The Goonies and Stand By Me. Yeah, don’t you believe that… that’s some marketing hack’s attempt at stealing glory from much better films. Which isn’t to say this is a … Continue reading
Jun
21
Mad God
If there’s a strictly coherent plot to Mad God, it’s not interesting in explaining it. Which is fair enough – the movie wants more to be a blistering explosion of stop-motion imagery designed to make your skin crawl. Whether that’s … Continue reading
Jun
16
Lighyear
Most of this Toy Story spinoff feels like a generic space adventure that someone, early on in development, glued a Toy Story connection onto in order to get folks to rush out to the the theater. In other words, no … Continue reading
Jun
04
Unhuman
Half a generic, low budget zombie flick, half an actually pretty interesting high school horror/comedy. This movie certainly has its problems but it’s filmed with an energy and gives us an interesting variation on the usual zombie tropes. I admire … Continue reading
May
27
Found Footage Phenomenon, The
Considering I got to the point of referencing any found footage film as “yet another found footage film”, I was a little hesitant to watch this Shudder documentary. And I think I was ultimately right. This doc isn’t terrible but … Continue reading