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
Only the Brave is the most generic title for a movie that’s actually pretty unique by today’s standards. It’s based on the true story of a group of Hotshot firefighters. Apparently a Hotshot firefighter is kind of a green beret … Continue reading
Also saw Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, the new biopic about the creator of Wonder Woman and the two loves of his life who influenced the creation. And by the two loves of his life, I mean his wife … Continue reading
Blade Runner 2049 is, as you probably already know, the sequel to the 1982 late-to-the-party science fiction classic Blade Runner. Blade Runner is a good movie that has grown in pop culture estimation over the years but is essentially a … Continue reading
Gerald’s Game is a new Stephen King movie that premiered on Netflix Friday night. It’s based on one of his books that I thought was unfilmable when I read it 30 some years ago… but they pulled it off and … Continue reading
Checked out the new romantic comedy The Big Sick. Stand-up comedian / actor Kumail Nanjiani (the Pakistani guy from HBO”s Silicon Valley) stars as himself in a mostly true retelling of how he started dating a white woman, breaks up … Continue reading
War for the Planet of the Apes is misnamed third movie in the Planet of the Apes reboot series. It’s an uneven movie that starts great and then takes a turn and winds up a pretty good flick in the … Continue reading
Baby Driver is a cool new heist movie starring cool actors playing cool characters. The movie is going for cool and knows its cool and that could have gone wrong but instead goes mostly right. It’s all style and plenty … Continue reading