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
Rented a flick on iTunes called Thoroughbreds, a flick that is critics compared to Heathers (in a good way) when it was first released earlier this year. It’s a decent comparison… this film shares the same darkly humorous DNA of … Continue reading
So Pixar’s Incredibles 2 came out… and the history of Pixar and random, possibly unnecessary sequels is rocky. Yes, Toy Story 3 can rip your heart out… but Cars sequels make you want to cry. So its been 14 years … Continue reading
So, Solo: A Star Wars Story is a perfectly fine crime/heist flick that happens to be set in the Star Wars universe. Which, technically makes it one of the most different Star Wars flicks, even though it plays things pretty … Continue reading