So, a new Nancy Drew movie came out theatrically… Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (based on the second book in the original series, as it turns out). I’d only noticed a trailer for this one on YouTube and never … Continue reading
Also checked out Searching, the new film about a regular dad whose teen daughter has gone missing and his efforts to help the cops find her. The film is told from the POV of his computer, similar to recent horror … Continue reading
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