Aug
13
Jules
Jules is an odd duck of a movie. In some ways, it’s kind of adjacent to a Wes Anderson movie… but not as artsy (you’d never confuse a single frame of it with anything Anderson shoots). It is similar in … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Mid 80s
Aug
10
Last Voyage of the Demeter, The
I didn’t have a lot of faith (har) in The Last Voyage of the Demeter and certainly its first twenty minutes had me slumped in my seat… but the movie surprisingly pulls through to deliver a movie with real… bite … Continue reading
Aug
04
Meg 2: The Trench
In my review of The Meg, I groused that it wasn’t half as fun as the marketing suggested. That they took themselves too seriously. And the first half of The Meg 2 follows in the same boat (submersible?). But then … Continue reading
Aug
02
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Didn’t we just do an animated TMNT in 2022? Yes, yes we did… and it was fine. But we didn’t do THIS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. And, sure, it’s yet another franchise reboot with a whole new art style… … Continue reading
Jul
29
Talk to Me (2022)
Talk to Me is a very good horror movie that breaks one of my personal cardinal rules of horror flicks. I like events that feel concrete and logical rather than random chaotic visions. Movies where the scares may or may … Continue reading
Jul
28
Beanie Bubble, The
Beanie Babies was a craze I was aware of but pretty much ignored back in the ’90s. I did buy one as a gift once, but I cut off the Ty tag thinking it was tacky to include. I only … Continue reading
Jul
26
Sharksploitation
Sharksploitation is a pretty great deep (ahem) dive into the killer shark movie genre. You want to know about the earliest shark movies? They go back to at least the 1930s. You want to know the shark movies that immediately … Continue reading
Jul
25
Resident Evil: Death Island
Color me surprised. This new Resident Evil animated film is the best of in the series. And I’m not just talking about the other CGI animated adaptations but the live action ones too. Though, to be fair, that’s a pretty … Continue reading
Jul
21
Oppenheimer
I would think a three hour movie about the building of the atomic bomb would be more about the building of the atomic bomb. I would also think a three hour movie about the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer would … Continue reading
Jul
19
Unknown: Killer Robots
I launched the Netflix documentary Unknown: Killer Robots fully expecting it to be a manipulation. And I would clearly be too well-armored to fall for their editing tricks. Jokes on me though. If the goal of the doc was to … Continue reading