The Shrouds opens with a fascinating, disturbing, and old in Cronenberg’s twisted brain kind of way. What if you could bury your loved ones and use an app to monitor their decomposition? And what if the designer of such a … Continue reading
Ash was a roller coaster… one with a five minute chain ride up a hill with a thirty second ride on the other side. It’s a rather slow and frustrating “we aren’t telling you anything” premise that eventually gets to … Continue reading
O’Dessa is a Hulu movie apparently directed by two people in one body. The one who made the joyful, transfixing musical loved what he was making and poured his imaginative soul into it. The other one just slapped together a … Continue reading
Striving for the position of “Anti-Fun Curmudgeon of the Year”, here’s my entry. I hate Looney Tunes, apparently… or I hated this modern endless diversion of madcap tomfoolery that didn’t make me laugh once. Because I had my fun-o-meter surgically … Continue reading
The Electric State is a blah sci-fi movie full of big half-assed ideas you’ve seen a bunch of times before. It could have been decent if they had put in more effort and taken anything seriously. Instead it screws around … Continue reading
Oh boy… In the Lost Lands is twenty pounds of nonsense crammed into a ten pound sack. It’s overflowing with credulity-challenging plot, goofy dialog, and so much slow-mo that both Zack Snyder AND Michael Bay are sitting in a corner … Continue reading
Nothing against most of the acting or any of the production value or special effects. A lot against the writing though. Mickey 17 is a movie that doesn’t feel focused or grounded… it’s overbroad while also under-written. It’s a movie … Continue reading
The Gorge on Apple TV+ is a film of two distinct halves that will appeal to different camps. Me? I liked the unique first half a lot more than the second, more derivative half. The movie’s good though and perhaps … Continue reading
Well… how to talk about a movie that most people probably already know the surprise to due to the trailer? Especially when I didn’t see those trailers and was surprised myself. Hmm…. I guess as vaugelly as possible? Companion stars … Continue reading
Worth cancelling Paramount+ for… or a good reminder I should have done it months ago. Thanks, clueless Paramount+ executive… you’ve saved me some cash while ruining Star Trek! I’m a Star Trek fan but not a “go to conventions” or … Continue reading