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
I watched The Dive earlier today only to find out it’s a remake of this Swedish film. Normally I’d say, “Silly Americans always remaking movies…” but The Dive was a German film (in English)… so I guess we can blame … Continue reading
The Dive is a perfectly alright “trapped in an unlikely situation” survival thriller. The kind of movie that sticks its protagonists on the top of a tower, in a shark cage, or buried underground. I have anxiety about these films… … Continue reading
I went blind into this latest Liam Neeson flick, just knowing it was yet another in a long line of his action flicks. But at least it was gracious enough not to communicate its mediocrity by opening in January. The … Continue reading
I had no expectations for The Passenger going in… I thought the title was generic and Blumhouse has both a good track record and a bad one. But they are the reason I gave it a shot. The film is … Continue reading
When I saw River Wild on Netflix, my immediate thought was “A remake of The River Wild from 1994?!?”… did anyone remember that movie? And, more importantly, would I remember anything about it? (spoiler alert: nope). Also had to wonder … Continue reading
Nicolas Cage could do this movie in his sleep… so it’s rewarding when he doesn’t. Sympathy for the Devil is full-tilt, putting-in-the-overtime Cage. It’s rewarding when you rent a movie just hoping for something interesting and you get it. No, … Continue reading
You could argue a movie with a basic kidnapping/revenge plot has no business being two and a half hours. But this movie – this weird, weird movie – could also make a convincing argument that it fills its time with … Continue reading