Checked out Jordan Peele’s latest film Us. This is his follow-up to the very good to great Get Out. It’s also a horror/suspense film but more than “just” a horror film, though on a different social message level than Get … Continue reading
So, a new Nancy Drew movie came out theatrically… Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (based on the second book in the original series, as it turns out). I’d only noticed a trailer for this one on YouTube and never … Continue reading
Alita: Battle Angel is the new budget sci-fi action flick based on a Japanese manga/anime called Battle Angel: Alita. This is a flick that James Cameron has been talking about making for around twenty years… but, in the end, he … Continue reading
Checked out the 2018 documentary Free Solo which finally made its way to my local theater (and its faux IMAX screen). This is the documentary about the first guy to free climb (as in, with no ropes) the face of … Continue reading
Checked out the Netflix documentary about the failed Fyre festival that fizzled out spectacularly in 2017 (I think). There’s a matching, competitive Hulu documentary as well… but I don’t have Hulu so Netflix is it. I don’t travel in circles … Continue reading
Finally made myself go see the new Clint Eastwood movie The Mule. “Made myself” not because I don’t like Eastwood as an actor and director, but because the trailer had him pronounce “pecan” in two different ways! And, yes, that’s … Continue reading
So Aquaman, the movie, exists in the DC cinematic universe along with Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman, Justice League, and Wonder Women. The question is, on what side of these quality polar opposites does it land? It’s hard to … Continue reading
Checked out the new Netflix original – and Coen Brothers film – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. This is a movie that probably could have never been funded for theatrical release – it’s a 2hr 20min western anthology film… a … Continue reading
So I checked out Once Upon a Deadpool last night… which is to say, the weird experimental film that turns Deadpool 2 into a PG-13 film. Presumably this is done to appease on some level Disney which has purchased (or … Continue reading
Caught an early showing of the new Marvel animated film Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse. This is not in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is not directly related to the recent Spiderman: Homecoming (though it could be due to the introduction … Continue reading