Hidden Figures is the new pic about the real-world human calculators who helped create the math equations needed to send men into orbit and return them safely. In that the calculators in question were women in 1961 is one thing, … Continue reading
Caught up on the indie comedy(?) romance (?) sci-fi (?) film The Lobster – available on Amazon Prime. This is a rather… odd… movie starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, and John C. Reilly (in a small roll). What’s it about? … Continue reading
So I rented the kids animated movie Storks on iTunes – this is a movie I skipped at the theaters because it looked like a baby movie for babies (with Kelsey Grammer doing so amusing voice work). I almost went … Continue reading
Checked out the new teen drama/comedy The Edge of Seventeen starring Hailee Steinfeld (from True Grit and Ender’s Game… and pop songs) and Woody Harrelson. This has been compared to a modern-day John Hughes move and that’s not too far … Continue reading
Caught the early Thursday night showing of the Marvel Cinematic Universes’s latest superhero flick Dr. Strange. Dr. Strange is a character I know little about and I gather he’s kind of a B or C lister in the books but … Continue reading
Checked out the new Tom Hanks starring/Clint Eastwood directed film Sully, based on the Miracle of the Hudson forced water landing of a passenger plane back in 2009. Hanks plays Captain Sullenberg in a good, very Hanksian performance with Aaron … Continue reading
Went to see an early Thursday showing Sausage Party, Seth Rogan’s new deeply R rated animated comedy about talking food. I am a bad person for seeing it… and a worse person for laughing as much as I did. The … Continue reading
Checked out the early Thursday screening of DC’s new villain ensemble superhero flick Suicide Squad. Movie has been getting some very bad reviews that seem to be centered on a confused tone… and I’m here to say it’s a bit … Continue reading
Rented a new release (also in limited theatrical run) film called Into the Forest, starring Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood as two sisters surviving in an America where the power seems to have gone out forever. It’s not sci-fi … Continue reading
Checked out Bad Moms today (which sounds like I’m a lecherous creep but really just means I want to the see the movie Bad Moms). This is the flick about a mom, played by Mila Kunis, who is running ragged … Continue reading