I’m just a guy that loves movies and loves talking about movies. Actually, that’s a lie. I love a lot of movies and really hate a lot of movies. But, either way, I love talking about them. I’ve been writing movie reviews for years and finally decided to share them because this interweb thing really seems to be taking off. I hope you enjoy my reviews and equally hope that you don’t bother me if you don’t.
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C Crimes of the Future was my most anticipated film of the year because it features the return of director David Cronenberg, best known for the excellent and horrific 80s version of The Fly. Cronenberg hasn’t made a movie in eight years and I had assumed that he was retired. Furthermore, […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: B+ Top Gun: Maverick may be the best sequel I’ve ever seen to a movie that I don’t like. It may be heresy for somebody my age (born in the 80s) to say this, but I find the original Top Gun to be a plotless, meandering bore and I admittedly groaned with […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: D Alex Garland directed two of my favorite films of recent years, Ex Machina and Annihilation, so I had high hopes for his latest effort, Men. Sure, the trailers weren’t particularly inspiring and the title warns of identity politic bullshit, but I still had faith in the man. Unfortunately, that faith was […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: D- I never thought that I could be this irritated by the remake of such a mediocre movie, but here we are. Firestarter is based on the 1980 novel by Stephen King, which is one of the few 80s King novels that I haven’t read. I have seen the original film […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: D+ Bear with me for a moment on this one. I collected comic books, making a weekly trek to my comic shop, for the majority of my life. I finally gave it up around 2010 because, simply put, I no longer enjoyed new comics. There were a number of contributing […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: B- It takes either massive balls or a lot of stupidity or both to make a $90 million arthouse film and that is basically what director Robert Eggers has done with The Northman. Considering that few such productions exist nowadays that aren’t based on a comic book, I at least have […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C- Welcome back to the wizarding world of who-gives-a-shit as Warner Bros. continues to bleed this franchise to the very last drop. New ideas be damned, Fantastic Beasts was originally going to be a one-off prequel to the Harry Potter series, but was then stretched into being a trilogy before finally […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C- Ambulance is a remake of the 2005 Danish film Ambulancen (I haven’t been able to find an English translation of the title). I haven’t seen the original movie because it’s frigging impossible to find in this country (seriously, somebody point me toward a copy if you can), but I do […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: D I don’t normally read other reviews before writing my own, but I couldn’t help but notice the incredibly negative buzz on Morbius. To that buzz, I say the following: welcome to the party, everyone! I’ve been saying for the last couple years that most Marvel movies have become generic and […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C+ In many ways, The Lost City is a throwback. Perhaps most notably, it is a medium-budgeted film that isn’t based on an existing intellectual property. That alone put it in my good graces as I entered the theater. It is also a star-driven comedy, something that has become almost extinct […]