I haven’t seen a lot of Argento’s work and certainly only one of his most recent attempts (but, shhh, if you talk about Dracula 3D, shitty CGI bats will come eat you up). So I was skeptical about Dark Glasses, … Continue reading
The Sound of 007 is a documentary about the songs and scores of the James Bond franchise over the past 60 years. My first instinct was to be above a bunch of navel gazing at the classic Bond theme… but … Continue reading
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon is about a young woman who comes to her senses in a strait jacket in a psychiatric ward. She uses psychic powers to escape into the wilds of downtown New Orleans where she gets … Continue reading
I was immediately fascinated by Mila Kunis’ character when this film started. It seemed, at first, that she was a monologuing sociopath presenting herself as bright sunny side for the world. But, as the film progresses and we learn more … Continue reading
For as long as live streaming has been a thing and for as long as found footage AND screen life movies have been a thing, how is it taken this long to get a movie called Deadstream? Well, this Shudder … Continue reading
Athena is a Netflix film that gets an A+ for filmmaking effort even if it just gets a B for character drama. I wish it had nailed every aspect because, wow, this is an amazing movie on a technical level. … Continue reading
Somehow – probably through voodoo – Billy Eichner and the gang made an accessible mainstream gay romantic comedy that is also super duper out-of-the-closet gay. I don’t know how they got the mixture right… but I didn’t come away thinking … Continue reading
If the purpose of a biopic is to tell an understandable, possibly relatable, version of a famous person’s life so you come away understanding that person better, then Blonde is an abject failure. But if you come to see a … Continue reading
Don’t believe the lies… this is listed as a comedy, but it’s really just a sweet and charming (if predictable) little family/musical drama. If it was meant to make you laugh, it fails miserably. But if it’s just meant to … Continue reading
The Woman King is a very well produced film in two halves with maybe a little extra shaggy character drama added in. I don’t think the multiple personalities of the film gel super well, unfortunately. I was very engaged in … Continue reading