Checked out High-Rise, a UK movie that what was supposed to be interesting but I thought was a semi-incoherent bunch of violence looking for a point. The premise is the residence of a high-rise apartment building (the rich on the … Continue reading
Eye in the Sky is the new suspense / war-on-terror movie about the ethics and the math behind drone strikes. The premise is that the British and the Americans have eyes (in the sky) on a house-full of terrorists who … Continue reading
Went to see 10 Cloverfield Lane tonight, the semi-sequel but not really but kinda maybe if you think about it kinda-sorta sequel(ish) to the giant monster attacks NYC movie Cloverfield from 8 years ago. Is this a sequel? Is it … Continue reading
Caught the 2015 movie Room, which is up for a few Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay), which is important to note since I’ll just go ahead and describe the movie as about a young woman who … Continue reading
Went to see Concussion, the new Will Smith movie that wants you to fear and dread the NFL. The NFL… it lurks out there, waiting for you to speak out against it and then they COME FOR YOU!!! This film … Continue reading
Caught an early showing of Quentin Tarrentino’s new movie The Hateful 8 – a kind of locked-room pot-boiler of a western. Eight people in the old west are snowed in during a blizzard and tensions run hot and dialog and … Continue reading
So I rented Eli Roth’s (other) new 2015 movie Knock Knock… a sordid and kind of campy erotic suspense film starring Keanu Reeves as a happily married man who, while alone on father’s day, answers the front door to find … Continue reading
Caught Sicario, the new US/Mexico drug war movie starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro. This movie is getting fantastic reviews and a lot of that praise is deserved. The basic plot is that Emily Blunt is an … Continue reading
Went to see Everest, the true story of a mountain climbing expedition that didn’t go so well. Set in the 1990s, this film has a pretty impressive cast with members often serving small roles or not the big hero roles … Continue reading
The Perfect Guy is yet another stalker / domestic suspense movie (think Fatal Attraction, The Crush, The Boy Next Door, etc.) – this time a woman breaks up with her commitment-phobic boyfriend of two years, meets a great (maybe even … Continue reading