The Naughty Nine is a case of taking a heist movie and ’80s-ifying it into a kids flick. I could see it being made in the era of The Goonies or Gremlins… only it would have been made better back … Continue reading
The Killer… aka The Killer of the Slower Moon… has deceptive opening credits. They are cool and crisp, fast-paced and exciting… but they end very abruptly. They lead, however, into a kind of brilliant first act as Michael Fassbender thinks … Continue reading
The Persian Version is a multigenerational immigrant story that bites off a huge chunk of content that maybe it doesn’t have time to swallow. It primarily (usually) follows the Iranian-American daughter of immigrant parents and how she relates to her … Continue reading
So…. are we talking about reptile brains? Is that why it’s called Reptile… or is it just Benicio Del Toro’s stoic, reptilian glare? Or does it refer to the coldness of the murder? Hmmm. Maybe just the shed snake skin? … Continue reading
Besides being audacious enough to call itself Night of the Hunted (Robert Mitchum is not amused), this film has the audacity to both-sides” a brutal showdown between a right-wing conspiracy nut and a lefty Big Pharma rep. It asks who … Continue reading
Awareness is a Spanish sci-fi action flick on Amazon Prime Video about people with psychic powers and the factions who want to stop or control them. You’ve seen this movie before… but it’s pretty sure you haven’t. It thinks it’s … Continue reading
Starry Eyes is a Hollywood navel gazing horror/thriller that starts well, stumbles, and falls off a cliff. And yet I can totally understand why some people would love it… but it just got too fixated on staring at itself in … Continue reading
The Swan is the second of four Roald Dahl short stories that Wes Anderson produced for Netflix. It follows the rather brilliant Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar but is, itself, not so wonderful. The short is about a kid who’s … Continue reading
Dumb Money is an aspirational and maybe delusional bit of rabble rousing that covers the Gamestop stock pump that (temporarily) freaked out the Masters of the Universe in the stock market a couple years ago. It’s a fictional account with … Continue reading
Landscape with Invisible Hand is a film as cryptic and roaming as its title. It’s a low-fi sci-fi tale of casual alien invasion… no ray guns, just inconsiderate occupation. The film has something to say… and I got some of … Continue reading