This film is advertised with a reference to early Tarantino. Don’t you believe it. It’s more similar to 70s era bad girl exploitation… maybe a little Russ Meyers. But it’s not as hyper literate or as violent as Tarantino. So … Continue reading
I really kind of want to rate Sweet Girl just a little higher. It is a painfully generic and bland action movie with a hero with dubious goals who should have Child Protective Services called on him. Until it makes … Continue reading
I rather liked the first Don’t Breath film but never thought there was a need for a sequel. But here we are. And it’s not a complete disaster… though perhaps it makes some story decisions that some might find… controversial. … Continue reading
The Retreat is a movie that suffers from the weird decision to film it in the dark. The movie has long sequences at night (or inside without lights) that are so black I could barely see anything at all. This … Continue reading
Masquerade is a movie where an active home invasion and burglary is happening from almost minute one, yet nothing is actually happening at all. It’d be charitable to call it a slow burn, but also an insult to artistic slow … Continue reading
This is an alright Liam Neeson action/thriller thing. Probably a little better produced and directed than some of them… though maybe a little less interesting overall. I think Neeson needs to take a vacation though… one that doesn’t involve kidnapping, … Continue reading
I’ll admit that I watched this one just because I just watched Bruce Willis more-or-less in Midnight in the Switchgrass, another thriller where he more-or-less-but-mostly-less stars. And since I’d seen Cosmic Sin earlier this year, I figured I’d be a … Continue reading
It’s the Case of the Vanishing Movie Stars… or the Mystery of the Missing Screentime… or maybe just a lot of bad editing and short shrifted script. This movie is a bit of a mess on a directing and editing … Continue reading
Deeply unsettling and somewhat transgressive is how I’d describe this movie. It plays in the same themes and ideas of other films in a sub-genre I call the domestic thriller or horror. Movies where the average everyday people in your … Continue reading
I’m kind of floored by this movie. Because the first half hour is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen – a shouty, extravagant attempt at coolness that waves a great big neon sign reading, “Look how edgy and … Continue reading