The Killer… aka The Killer of the Slower Moon… has deceptive opening credits. They are cool and crisp, fast-paced and exciting… but they end very abruptly. They lead, however, into a kind of brilliant first act as Michael Fassbender thinks … Continue reading
When the title matches my feelings of being trapped in this movie’s lugubrious pace. Another hour and change to go and I wanted to blink myself out of this this flick… but I also slam my finger in car doors … Continue reading
Death’s Roulette is a Mexican thriller about a group of kidnapped people locked into a mansion and forced to pick one of their number to murder. It’s like a basic Escape Room puzzle mixed with a tiresome game of Ultimate … Continue reading
So…. are we talking about reptile brains? Is that why it’s called Reptile… or is it just Benicio Del Toro’s stoic, reptilian glare? Or does it refer to the coldness of the murder? Hmmm. Maybe just the shed snake skin? … Continue reading
Besides being audacious enough to call itself Night of the Hunted (Robert Mitchum is not amused), this film has the audacity to both-sides” a brutal showdown between a right-wing conspiracy nut and a lefty Big Pharma rep. It asks who … Continue reading
After one too many horrorshows this spooky season, I put on this Netflix movie to give myself some downtime. And it turned out to be every bit a horrorshow as anything on Shudder… only I can’t tell who the real … Continue reading
Nowhere is another survival film… or maybe unlikely predicament film. I’m not sure if there’s an actual name for the sub-genre of these survival in unlikely circumstances movies. I think I’ll call them Predicament Films until I hear otherwise. Anyhoo, … Continue reading
The fourth and final (for now) Wes Anderson short has a pretty cool premise but only a decent overall flow. It’s about a man who has a small venomous snake asleep on his stomach… and he’s been lying prone and … Continue reading
The Retirement Plan is about a young couple on the run from a crime boss and his goons. Their daughter winds up in the Cayman Islands where she meets her estranged grandpa as played by Nicolas Cage. The goons follow … Continue reading
“We can’t close our eyes to the plight of the working poor. Kids, see all the plight?” The Good Mother tells the plodding story of a mother whose son becomes addicted to Fentanyl (of course). He is murdered and she … Continue reading