Checked out the new heist film Widows, which looks like a more serious-minded version of Ocean’s 8, based on the trailers. In reality, they are both crime capers but Widows has different things on its mind and is less a … Continue reading
Rented (on iTunes) a surprisingly good time travel romantic comedy called Time Freak. I expected little and turned it off after five minutes, thinking it was pretty low budget junk. But picked it up the next day and watched – … Continue reading
In the pantheon of Nazi Zombie movies, the new flick Overlord is easily top 5. Of course, I think I’ve only actually seen two other Nazi Zombie movies… but this is easily the best of them. So… Best. Nazi. Zombie. … Continue reading
So Bohemian Rhapsody is the new film biopic about Queen… or Freddie Mercury and those three other guys. You know, Brian May, the blonde one, and the boring guy. I don’t mean to be dismissive of men of real, raw … Continue reading
Also saw the new cold war inspired / 90s era throwback submarine action thriller Hunter Killer. This is a movie with very bad reviews and very bad marketing that I think is a victim of low expectations and an easy … Continue reading
Went to see the new Halloween movie last night. Halloween 2018 – staring Jamie Lee Curtis – is a direct sequel to the original Halloween. It ignores the seven sequels and two Rob Zombie reboot movies in between. Which is … Continue reading
Checked out the deviously fun new flick A Simple Favor. This is somehow the new Paul Feig murder mystery suspense film starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. I saw a trailer for this once but I think it was being … Continue reading
Checked out the new romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians… a movie centered on extremely (you might even say crazy) rich Chinese people and the Chinese-Americans who love them. The movie is being celebrated as the first all-Asian cast since The … Continue reading
Checked Spike Lee’s new film (joint) BlacKkKlansman (I think that’s how its spelled and capitalized). This is his best movie in quite some time and, even though it has some jarring tonal shifts, it’s still more restrained that the lunacy … Continue reading
Had a very curious experience watching the new horror movie sequel Unfriended: Dark Web. Unfriended was a decent little horror movie from a couple years ago that was told from the perspective of someone’s monitor during an extended Skype chat. … Continue reading