Borrego snuck up on me and surprised me. It’s a dusty, dry, dehydrated crime thriller that has pacing that should have bored me, but didn’t. I was engaged with the story and the characters enough that the slow spots were … Continue reading
This film starts strong with beautiful on-location nature footage of (presumably) Svalbard, Norway in the Arctic Circle. Set on a small tourist boat taking a multinational group of people on a tour of the landscape. It has the setup, it … Continue reading
The biggest sin Brazen commits is being no more scandalous than an awkward teenage boy noticing the lingerie while walking through Target. It <i>thinks</i> it’s being naughty or <clutches pearls> sleazy, but it’s really just a Halloween costume. It’s an … Continue reading
The 355 is about a team of female agents, each from a different country’s intelligence agency, working together (eventually) to retrieve the most McGuffiny of McGuffins. A doohickey that lets baddies hack anything… cause planes to explode mid-air, shut down … Continue reading
I have a love/hate relationship with Del Toro movies. I wind up not liking them nearly as much as everyone else. A few I love, more I don’t. So I didn’t go into Nightmare Alley with high expectations. I wasn’t … Continue reading
Encounter: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept the Film For What It Is. This movie, which I knew nothing about other than it was sci-fi, was bait-and-switch even with my ignorance. As Bait, it’s really good bait. … Continue reading
Oh wow… what a bait and switch… and it’s all my fault. With a title and poster art like that, I thought I was in for something gonzo and wildly satirical, especially with it being defined as a satire. But … Continue reading
Cryptic, obscure, impenetrable… I’m not even sure I can talk about this movie in context of what it is, what it’s about, or even what happens. It’s deliberately muddled, murky, and muffled… not something that I think is intended to … Continue reading
The Guilty is a single-location suspense thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal and the voices of other actors (surprise! It’s certainly a Covid production). Jake takes a 911 call and spends the majority of the movie using his particular set of skills … Continue reading
The Beta Test is, at first, a head-scratching title but eventually the twisty narrative navigates to a general explanation. And I guess it’s a warning… though maybe in the “no duh” camp. But that’s not a crime for this otherwise … Continue reading