Outside the Wire is a serviceable enough action/war movie that, in between firefights, wants to say something about war. Whether it accomplishes that in its overly long runtime is debatable. Set in the near future, America is running peacekeeper operations … Continue reading
The Tom Hanks movie Greyhound is a WW2 naval warfare movie that was going to release theatrically until the usual COVID story hit. It’s not the first such movie to release streaming but it is clearly one of the biggest, … Continue reading
Watched Da 5 Bloods on Nettfix… this is the new Spike Lee flick that went directly to streaming (which makes it, at least for this year, eligible for Academy Award nominations). This flick is a witch’s brew of Spike Lee’s … Continue reading
Rented a new documentary (on iTunes) called Spaceship One which is about the Biosphere Two project back in the early 90s. If that rings a bell, that was the self-contained environment that a bunch of people built to see if … Continue reading
Also watched the new Sam Mendes’ World War 1 war film 1917. This film is primarily known as a “single take” war film – two solid hours of military suspense and action made to look like it was filmed without … Continue reading
So checked out the new WW2 war movie Midway, a movie about the war in the Pacific. I’d say it was about the Battle of Midway but that’s not exactly true… and that’s one of the bigger problems with the … Continue reading
Rented a sci-fi action flick called Occupation… which is in the same wheelhouse as Red Dawn… only with ALIENS instead of Russians or North Koreans. It’s also set in Australia so it has a little of that Tomorrow, When the … Continue reading
In the pantheon of Nazi Zombie movies, the new flick Overlord is easily top 5. Of course, I think I’ve only actually seen two other Nazi Zombie movies… but this is easily the best of them. So… Best. Nazi. Zombie. … Continue reading
Also saw the new cold war inspired / 90s era throwback submarine action thriller Hunter Killer. This is a movie with very bad reviews and very bad marketing that I think is a victim of low expectations and an easy … Continue reading
Blink and you missed the new CGI animated movie Bilal: A New Breed of Hero. Correction, you didn’t even have to blink. Somehow this movie arrived at my local multiplex and I gave it a go. About all I knew … Continue reading