Hypnotic is a movie that really, really, really, REALLY wants to blow your mind. And maybe it will if you haven’t seen a lot of twisty, clever films. It tries to do something interesting… but it doesn’t do it in … Continue reading
Despite the fact you can see the gears at work in this film, Guardians 3 did for me what few MCU films have done: it made me genuinely concerned about the characters and it made me care. Care enough to … Continue reading
The Artifice Girl is exactly what I want from a science fiction film. It puts to shame a number of other attempts at representing AI. I hope I’m not overselling it or ascribing greater meaning or intelligence than it deserves. … Continue reading
War of the Worlds: The Attack is the latest adaptation of the classic novel. It’s an ultra low budget flick that makes an effort to translate the book to modern England… but it’s sabotaged on all sides by incompetence. The … Continue reading
Sometimes you blind watch an unknown indie film with the hope you’ll stumble upon a classic. This is one of those times… but it’s hardly a classic. Some would argue it’s hardly a movie. I wouldn’t go that far… but, … Continue reading
An advanced civilization that looks, acts, speaks, and dislocates its shoulders exactly like modern humans existed 65 million years ago. A spaceship piloted by Adam Driver crashes on Earth. Can he survive the wildlife and get off planet before the … Continue reading
I’m Totally Fine is a film that starts out very very wobbly but grows with emotional strength into a lovely little movie. It really snuck up on me. The film stars Jillian Bell as woman who recently lost her best … Continue reading
I had a blast with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (maybe not the most popular take out there considering the reviews). The Ant-Man movies have been pretty small scale superhero comedies and never really mattered to the bigger picture. So … Continue reading
The Wandering Earth II popped up at my local theater here in the US unexpectedly. So I caught up on the two hour original (which I didn’t exactly love) and then hit the theater for the three hour sequel. I’ve … Continue reading
I was recently surprised to see The Wandering Earth 2 show up at my local cinema. I’m not sure I want to spend three hours in the cinema to watch it but certainly won’t if I havn’t seen the original. … Continue reading