Journey to Bethlehem opens with a title card saying it’s based on a true story… the greatest story ever told, as it turns out. This comforts me because it suggests the movie I’m watching is just a tribute (you gotta … Continue reading
Immaculate had the bones to be a great freak-out / campy horror film but it turned out full of generic scares to pad the already short 90 minute runtime. The film stars Sydney Sweeny as a young American sister who … Continue reading
I’ve never been the biggest fan of the Kung Fu Panda series… it’s not something I grew up with and I barely even remember the third film. But I’ve been ok with them… nothing great, nothing bad. So when I … Continue reading
The world of Into the Abyss is like a rainier, darker Seven. Or maybe a less misty version of The Mist. Or maybe a more accurate solo build of The Last of Us. It’s actually a lot of things you … Continue reading
As a disaster movie, The Abyss has a great premise and location but it fails to be the disaster movie I wanted to see. Maybe its intent was to be more serious… though a sinking sandbox suggests otherwise. The flick … Continue reading
Bob Marley: One Love is a pretty basic biopic of Bob Marley… but it only really covers three years of his life with a smattering of flashbacks to his youth. It opens with him in Jamaica during a time of … Continue reading
This documentary is so slight its over before it even begins. It’s such a cursory examination of the book burn… I mean banning – (aka social mockery) that I might as well have just looked up videos of school board … Continue reading
Players is about four friends who sound like they are grifters/con-men in the opening credits… but their schemes are not about taking money from fools, but for scoring one-night stands. Gina Rodriguez is one of these horndog scammers which, I … Continue reading
Grieve was on my Watchlist due to a recommendation from a friend. I figured I’d add it and get around to it eventually. But then it (sadly) met the Watchlist challenge criteria of least popular film on my list. But, … Continue reading
Sadly, Upgraded is not the sequel to Leigh Whannell’s 2018 sci-fi film Upgrade… but is instead a mashup of standard rom-com tropes with a spiritual successor to The Devil Wears Prada (not a single cyborg implant in sight!). It stars … Continue reading