Rented a cerebral WTF sci-fi suspense, art-house, almost experimental flick called Black Hollow Cage on iTunes tonight. A cold, distant, austere meditation on grief with multiple sci-fi concepts, barely explained and barely interested in explaining. It’s a head trip of … Continue reading
Warning: This is gonna be a long one! Went to see the latest Marvel movie Black Panther. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? Like many Marvel movies, this movie is good. Somehow they continue to make good, but not great, … Continue reading
The third Maze Runner film (The Death Cure) limped (har) into the theaters this weekend and I went to see it out of some kind of obligation to see it through. Wasn’t excited, was barely interested. The first Maze Runner … Continue reading
Checked out the new Spielberg directed, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep starring movie The Post last night. This is the film about the Washington Post and their risky move to publish articles on the Pentagon Papers. Those were the stolen … Continue reading
Also caught The Greatest Showman, the flick about P.T. Barnum as played by Hugh Jackman in full song-and-dance mode (as opposed to action hero mutant mode). This movie has some pretty bad reviews and I suspect a lot of that … Continue reading
This may be an unpopular opinion. The new Star Wars movie – The Last Jedi – is a bit flabby and unfocused and seems to struggle to give all of its characters something to do. But it’s not a bad … Continue reading
Checked out the very well made movie The Disaster Artist, based on the book about the creation of The Room, one of those “Worst Movie Ever” movies. Made in 2003, The Room is notoriously bad and the subject of countless … Continue reading
Checked out the new drama / dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. This is a bleak, angry, darkly comedic film written and directed by the guy who made the excellent In Bruges and the pretty good Seven Psychopaths. … Continue reading
Also saw the new version of the Agatha Christie movie Murder on the Orient Express. Based on the classic whodunnit novel (and a few previous movies), it’s a well-cast, very good looking movie that I’m not sure is accurate to … Continue reading
Checked out a documentary on iTunes/Apple TV called 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene which is about the shower scene in Psycho. 90 minutes worth. You know if you are interested in behind-the-scenes and making-ofs if you can sit through this! … Continue reading