September 5 has a strong idea that doesn’t work as well I’d have hoped in actual implementation. It’s about the terrorist attack on the Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. More specifically, it’s about how ABC Sports … 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
“Mel Gibson?!” is what I said when his directing credit popped at the end of the film. I hadn’t seen the trailer to have his ‘from the director of” credit show (without naming names) so I was surprised. The flick … Continue reading
This is (literally) the 543rd movie called either Inheritance or The Inheritance (I counted). The knockabout reason its even called Inheritance isn’t revealed until the very last five seconds of the film. Not that it matters, just found it amusing … Continue reading
The Calendar Killer is a German Prime Video thriller that is so needlessly overstuffed with plot and characters for a flick where I couldn’t care less about the plot or characters. With a better written script, all the plot and … Continue reading
Based on the descriptions of this film, I was expecting more of a supernatural/psychological thriller where reality bends and nightmares take over. The film isn’t that at all… and waiting for the zone of the twilight blackened mirror to hit … Continue reading
Carnage for Christmas is one of three Alice Maio Mackay low budget horror flicks to hit Shudder this December. This is her fifth (rather short) full length movie… and she’s 19. So even if the budget is vanishingly small and … Continue reading
Cellar Door is a conceptual mess… and a bait-and-switch. It’s misleading in its synopsis and I’m all grumblypegs about that. Less grumblypegs that the cover art clearly shows Scott Speedman and Jordana Brewster who I like but didn’t recognize until … Continue reading
Homestead is about a nuclear bomb that goes off in L.A. and how that, I dunno, leads to the collapse of the US. To be fair, there was also a cyber attack that cut the power on the East Coast … Continue reading
Absolution is yet another film in the category of “these actors from my youth are now old enough to play geezers with dementia and I’m not happy about it”. Between this one (Liam Neeson), Knox Goes Away (Michael Keaton), and … Continue reading