The trailers for Promising Young Woman promised a rape-revenge film and I figured that could go one of two ways. It could be an artsy feminist film or it could go the route of gritty exploitation, along the lines of something like I Spit on Your Grave or Ms. 45. If you’re familiar with […]
We finally made it here, America. We’ve all gone through some dark days, but I always knew this light remained shining, as dim as it may have seemed at times, at the end of the tunnel. Yes, you know what I’m talking about: The New Mutants has finally been released in theaters. I have […]
Ever since I started going to the movies weekly in 2014, I’ve kept a list of the films that I see (this is entry #296). I occasionally look over the list and I’m always struck by the movies that I have no memory of seeing. These are the film equivalent of taking that last […]
Unhinged is a perfectly decent thriller that probably won’t stay in your memory bank for very long. This is the kind of thing that I expect to catch on cable after midnight, not as something starring Russell Crowe and playing in thousands of theaters. It’s not something that you will regret watching, but it […]
If I had been writing reviews when Inception was released, I could just repost that review now with some nouns changed. Much like with Inception, Christopher Nolan has crafted a clever film with astounding visuals and concepts that are highbrow for a mega-budget Hollywood film. Also much like Inception, Tenet is a bit too far […]
The Intruder is directed by a guy named Deon Taylor and I would like to begin with an actual excerpt from his biography on IMDB: “A prolific writer, filmmaker, director and idea generator, Deon Taylor is a self-taught, creative genius. His work is innovative, his writing is cutting edge and his vision is iconic… […]
As you may have noticed, I watch a lot of bad movies. Most of those, though, are either forgettable and boring or they are cynical cashgrabs. Serenity is none of those things. Serenity is something special. This trainwreck is so misguided and miscalculated that I don’t know what to make of it. It’s either […]
Ready or Not is a freaking blast and easily one of my favorite movies of the year. That’s especially impressive considering that this kind of thing is hard to pull off. This is a thriller/comedy and that is a tough balance to strike; usually it devolves into just being a comedy with thriller elements. […]
For the second consecutive week, I’m reviewing something that most people probably don’t know is a remake of a foreign film. Cold Pursuit is a remake of the 2014 Norwegian film titled In Order of Disappearance and, unlike Miss Bala, it sticks so close to the original film that it really doesn’t even need […]
Keanu Reeves is back to fuck shit up in the latest John Wick film and I’m damn happy to see him. I love these movies. John Wick films remind me of the fun and unabashedly violent actions films that I grew up with, the kind of thing that would have starred Stallone or Schwarzenegger […]