After four sessions, finally powered my way through the new Netflix original film Mute. This is the latest sci-fi film from Duncan Jones who previously made Moon, Source Code, and the Warcraft movie… most would say with diminishing returns. Mute … 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
The Snowman is a new murder mystery film based on a best-selling book by Jo Nesbo that I have not read. It’s something like the seventh book in the (ahem) Harry Hole series of Norwegian detective novels, of which I’ve … 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
Wind River is the new movie by the writer of Sicario and Hell or High Water… two very good, serious and sometimes dark dramas. Taylor Sheridan both wrote and directed this film and he’s got as firm a touch on … Continue reading
Checked out Inferno, the latest Tom Hanks film based on the Dan Brown novels about Robert Langdon: professional symbologist (previous movies: Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons). This film is alright. It’s ok. It is very competently shot and … Continue reading
The Girl on the Train is a slog of a movie with pretensions of quality that it is just sordid… but not sordid enough. It wants to be artistic but it’s telling a sleazy kind of story that’s also a … Continue reading
The Nice Guys is the new buddy cop/detective movie out this weekend starring Russel Crow and Ryan Gosling. The movie is about two semi-competent men (one a leg-breaker for hire, the other a PI) hired to… well… the mystery is … Continue reading
Risen is the new biblical film about a roman soldier (Joseph Fiennes) who is tasked, at first, to make sure no one disturbs the tomb of the just-crucified Jesus (Pontius Pilate and the Pharasies believe his followers will steel the … Continue reading
Went blind into the movie Child 44 which stars Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, and Noomi Rapace. It’s set in 1950s Soviet Union with Hardy as a member of the Soviet goon squad (secret police) who is investigating a child murderer … Continue reading