Kate is an action film with some decent to very good action set pieces and choreography wrapped in a humdrum story with humdrum characters. I only saw life out of one character and most people will probably find her annoying. … Continue reading
If this flick was made with the same premise in the ’80s, it’d be a no-budget Z grade Mad Max knock-off… but thankfully instead this is a serious take. A serious, gloomy, grimy, muddy, ugly, rusty take. And that’s not … Continue reading
The new Amazon Prime Cinderella follows the basic bones of the old story but updates it massively. It’s now very, madly, deeply socially aware and it makes me think back to Ever After with Drew Barrymore and smile wistfully. It … Continue reading
What do you do with a romantic comedy that isn’t funny but does a pretty good job of talking about romance? Is it a failure if 50% of the movie fails to do what the genre dictates but the other … Continue reading
This film is advertised with a reference to early Tarantino. Don’t you believe it. It’s more similar to 70s era bad girl exploitation… maybe a little Russ Meyers. But it’s not as hyper literate or as violent as Tarantino. So … Continue reading
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf is an anime-style story set in the Witcher book, tv series, and video game universe. If you aren’t familiar with The Witcher, I’m not sure this is a great entry point. The animation It … Continue reading
I thought this Italian flick started decently in its quirky way… then it just kind of dragged a bit during it’s deepest romantic comedy bits, but it pulled out of the nose dive with a surprisingly sweet finale. The flick … Continue reading
A dame walked into a hard-boiled voice over… and just like that, I realized I was watching a sci-fi detective noire. And my heart kind of sank a little as the narration continued to try too hard. This movie isn’t … Continue reading
Settlers is about a colony on Mars… cool… wait… they are breathing the atmosphere? And living in a lone settlement with only three people? What’s going on here? This seems impractical. Is this Mars or is it just Arizona with … Continue reading
You’d think a movie about blood-sucking locusts would be a fun (or insufferable) B movie. But, no, leave it to the French to give us a story about a struggling small business owner with family drama who is trying her … Continue reading