Infinity Pool is a bit of an uneven film that I’m ultimately coming down positive on, certainly more so than I thought I was during its second act. It’s third act – and especially it’s ending – really feeds my … Continue reading
I feel like a meanie for not giving this flick at least three stars. It’s so earnest and excitable. But it’s got some slogy bits for a movie that barely hits 80 minutes and its aggressively low budget sometimes gets … Continue reading
The Tomorrow Job is like a D grade clone of a Christopher Nolan film. An interesting idea executed poorly. A science fiction heist film with a time travel premise with doubtful utility and a heist plotline that fails to crackle. … Continue reading
JUNG_E is a Korean science fiction flick (on Netflix) that borrows heavily from better movies. It is, itself, a decent enough movie with a promising emotional core but with dodgy visual effects and only ok action. Nothing particularly remarkable about … Continue reading
Ultraman was a very cheesy imported Japanese 60s tv series that I must have seen in rerun syndication a decade or two later. I didn’t like him as much as Johnny Sokko and his Giant Robot (or maybe Flying Robot)… … Continue reading
I didn’t plan it, but I’m in the middle of a Child’s Play/Chucky rewatch and suddenly here’s a brand new killer doll movie. Between Chucky, Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toymaker AND an inordinate number of Pinocchio movies last … Continue reading
For a four star movie, saying Avatar: The Way of Water was a bit of a disappointment is a head scratcher. But given its pedigree and how many years since the last James Cameron film, I was hoping for something … Continue reading
When I heard this movie was about a murderous robotic mall Santa, my mind immediately went to a killbot from Chopping Mall with a Santy hat and beard. I mean, why wouldn’t it? But no, this robot Santa just looks … Continue reading
I’m (condescendingly) proud of Norway for making a giant monster movie that looks this good. One with a big enough budget to have some great visual effects that honors their folklore. These aren’t the trolls I’m familiar with from fantasy … Continue reading
Something in the Dirt is by the same pair of nerds who brought us the cryptic The Endless and the somewhat-less-cryptic Synchronic. It’s another lo-fi sci-fi from this pair of knuckleheads designed to make you ponder reality while probably not … Continue reading