The Cloverfield Paradox is the Netflix surprise Super Bowl announcement overnight release which, honestly, is a better story than the movie itself. It was previously called Cloverfield: The God Particle and was going to be a theatrical release but I … Continue reading
Finally caught up on the highest grossing Japanese anime film (in Japan) from 2016 – Your Name. See. This. Movie. It’s a marvelous, beautiful, sweet, funny, tragic, gorgeous, romantic, and all around excellent film. Inside Out won best animated film … Continue reading
The third Maze Runner film (The Death Cure) limped (har) into the theaters this weekend and I went to see it out of some kind of obligation to see it through. Wasn’t excited, was barely interested. The first Maze Runner … Continue reading
Rented a new direct-to-streaming sci-fi flick called The Beyond on iTunes. Premise is a wormhole mysteriously opens in Earth’s orbit and the “space agency” wants to send a human through to see what there is to see. It’s a relatively … Continue reading
Checked out the new Matt Damon flick Downsizing… a mis-marketed sci-fi comedy or satire or something about shrinking people to save the world. It’s not much of a comedy… though it is a satire… and the trailers are really not … Continue reading
Guillermo Del Toro’s new movie The Shape of Water is what happens when you drop ET, Splash, The Iron Giant, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Pan’s Labyrinth into a blender. This crazy mix of themes and ideas results in … Continue reading
So, the new movie Beyond Skyline is the totally unexpected and yet not completely unwelcome sequel to the low-budget-yet-visually-impressive-but-ultimately-pretty-bad sci-fi alien invasion movie Skyline from 2010. In that movie, exasperatingly annoying twenty-somethings watch an alien invasion of LA from a … Continue reading
This may be an unpopular opinion. The new Star Wars movie – The Last Jedi – is a bit flabby and unfocused and seems to struggle to give all of its characters something to do. But it’s not a bad … Continue reading
Rented a decent little paranoia / suspense / sci-fi flick called Anti Matter on iTunes. Won’t set the world on fire but if you want smaller, thoughtful, if a little overly-long sci-fi flicks with ideas, it’s not a bad rent. … Continue reading
I was legitimately pleased and surprised that I found myself really enjoying the new Justice League movie. Given the train-wreck that was Batman v. Superman and the disappointments with director Zack Snyder, I was expecting the worst. But the movie … Continue reading