The Tiger Rising is a pretty decent little family drama that shares some DNA (but not the heart-wrenching agony) of My Girl and Bridge to Terabithia. It has, at its heart, a nice conundrum for its kids but it really … Continue reading
No real point for me to actually review Jackass Forever. The fact is, I’m not a fan of the series or films. Not my stick-in-the-mud, party-pooping sense of humor. Not a big fan of practical jokes or these kinds of … Continue reading
That popping sound you hear is the collective brains of scientists and NASA officials exploding at once. This is a remarkably dumb movie – ridiculous and stupid on a monumental level. Not to be taken seriously, not to be taken … Continue reading
I know nothing of the true story this is based on, but I do know it’s better than most Happy Maddison films. It almost rates as a good flick but settles on being inoffensively harmless. The film stars Kevin James … Continue reading
A decidedly adult Western (non-anime) animated dark fantasy film that shares DNA with older titles like Fire and Ice, Wizards, Heavy Metal, and Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings. I’m surprised it exists, though I’m a little soft on how … Continue reading
The Door into Summer is a Japanese film that’s available on Netflix. It’s based on a Robert Heinlein novel of the same name, written in 1956 about a scientist in 1970 who gets cryogenically frozen and wakes up in 2000 … Continue reading
Wow… almost missed this later-career 2021 Bruce Willis “starring” movie… looks like I got a watch in before whatever fresh hell 2022 brings us. Which, for the record, looks like it will contain TWELVE more Bruce Willis takes a paycheck … Continue reading
Don’t Look Up isn’t a particularly good comedy and it isn’t a particularly well-focused social satire, but it is a decent disaster movie. Unfortunately, it wants to be all three of these things but a broken script gets in the … Continue reading
Hmmm. This doesn’t sound much like an Aaron Sorkin script. Just as Nicole Kidman doesn’t remind me of Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem doesn’t remind me of Desi Arnaz (or JK Simmons the person he’s playing). The movie didn’t make … Continue reading
I have a love/hate relationship with Del Toro movies. I wind up not liking them nearly as much as everyone else. A few I love, more I don’t. So I didn’t go into Nightmare Alley with high expectations. I wasn’t … Continue reading