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: D+ I went to the movies twice this week (to make up for an absence last week) and I actually saw Godzilla vs. Kong on the first trip. However, I’m reviewing The Unholy first because my brain is already struggling to retain the fact that this movie exists. Despite an oddly amazing […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: A- Nobody is the latest entry in what seems to now be a full-blown subgenre: stories of ordinary-looking guys that are secretly badasses who are pulled out of their normal lives to kick large amounts of ass. If you’ve seen the John Wick or The Equalizer movies, then Nobody is going to […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: A- Benedict Cumberbatch takes a break from the wizarding world of Marvel and returns to The Imitation Game territory with The Courier, a true story about unsung heroes in a war effort (or Cold War effort, in this case). As both an espionage thriller and a historical drama, The Courier is a […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C- Chaos Walking was filmed in 2017, then sat on a shelf, then underwent extensive reshoots in 2019, then sat on a shelf before finally being released to the excitement of seemingly nobody in 2021. The final result is a film so steeped in mediocrity that I must wonder what the fuck […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C+ I must admit that I’m not a huge fan of Tom and Jerry cartoons. While I grew up with the old Looney Tunes and Hanna Barbera cartoons, and literally have a Bugs Bunny cartoon on the tv as I write this, the cat and mouse pair never did much for me. […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C- I don’t know what the fuck this movie is or who it was made for. Hipsters, maybe, I don’t know. On the surface, French Exit seems like another entry in one of my least favorite genres: award-grabbing dramas with little plot about characters that amount to nothing but an odd collection […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C+ I have a soft spot for Chinese fantasy films. While I often have no fucking clue what’s happening in terms of plot, Chinese movies are rarely boring and A Writer’s Odyssey is a solid example. Does it make sense? Hell no. Do bizarre plot elements appear and disappear without explanation? Hell […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C Let’s just get this out of the way: this movie isn’t for me. My knowledge mainly lies with horror, action and exploitation movies, so a British melodrama about a gay couple struggling with dementia isn’t exactly my cup of tea. But the combination of awards season and the pandemic means that […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: D I knew that I was in trouble when Nomadland opened with the proclamation that it won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice Film Festival. For the unaware, the Venice Film Festival is a place for pretentious asshats to pretend to like boring movies in order to impress […]
The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C+ Between Fatale and The Little Things, 2021 feels a lot like the 90s so far. In this case, I mean that both literally and figuratively. The Little Things is set in the 90s and that’s not an artistic choice; it was actually written in the 90s and the script has been […]