I really wanted to say I liked this movie. When it started and for about the first twenty minutes, I was kind of grooving on the humor and the heart. But once the main plotline kicks in, all the air … Continue reading
I probably like the premise of this film more than I liked the story. It’s another case of a movie showing me a culture and lifestyle I was unfamiliar with… similar to Nomadland in that sense. In this case, the … Continue reading
After all the production and distribution delays, I’ll admit to going into Chaos Walking with some trepidation. And some hope since, hey, maybe it’ll surprise me? Alas… it did not. It wasn’t a disaster but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t … Continue reading
Yes Day is a pleasant but inconsequential family comedy that the kids will probably love. I’m not sure there’s much more for anyone older than a tween though. The film stars Jennifer Garner as a mother of three who spent … Continue reading
Red Dot isn’t a movie without merits… sometimes its suspense works and the actors have charisma. It’s also a Swedish take on a city folks run into trouble in the country movie… a couple travel to the backwoods of Sweden … Continue reading
Flora & Ulysses is a “good enough” family film. It doesn’t seem to have any inspiration to rise above what it is: a basic Disney family-friendly fantasy adventure about a superhero squirrel. And, hey, when you have all the Marvel … Continue reading
The Little Things is one heck of a somber, slow, gloomy, ugly bit of film that reminds me of the end of Burn After Reading: what did we learn here? What was this about? Was it as nihilistic and defeatist … Continue reading
I blind watched a newish digital rental called Bacurau, a Brazilian film of some indeterminate genre. I’d heard it talked about and it’s been given good reviews. So I gave it a shot, intrigued by the mystery, and spent more … Continue reading
Outside the Wire is a serviceable enough action/war movie that, in between firefights, wants to say something about war. Whether it accomplishes that in its overly long runtime is debatable. Set in the near future, America is running peacekeeper operations … Continue reading
Shadow in the Cloud is an all-over-the-place campy WW2 action/horror flick about a bomber under attack from gremlins (and Japanese Zeroes). At various times, I kind of loved and kind of hated it… it’s so scattered that there’s surely something … Continue reading