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
I kinda sorta liked the first Escape Room film… the suspense really wasn’t there but the characters were ok and I rather liked the ending. So I was surprised to see a sequel coming, but I wasn’t dreading it. I … Continue reading
Well, based on the reviews of this movie, I guess I was supposed to absolutely hate it. And certainly if you are the kind of person who is sick and tired of screen-life movies and/or movies about quarantine, I can … Continue reading
I spent random swaths of time in this flick pondering why it’s No Sudden Move and not No Sudden Moves. No Sudden Move doesn’t sound right… nobody says that. “OK you palooka. No sudden move or the dog gets it”… … Continue reading