2024 Reviews – Blink Twice
This smells like Don’t Worry Darling. Prominent female actor turned director ✅ A plot where a man gets his jollies off control, while his female subjugates struggle to decipher what’s going on ✅ So the number one task for Blink … Continued
2024 Reviews – The Crow
Here, I’ve only seen the first ‘Crow movie, but I understand there’s four of these things – one with Tara Reid and one with Kirsten Dunst, too. As a straightforward revenge flick, I enjoy The Crow. I enjoy The Crow … Continued
2024 Reviews – Alien: Romulus
I reviewed Prey a few years back, and didn’t return to Predator before watching it, but I won’t skimp out on an Alien or Aliens rewatch, before reviewing what looks like a retread of similar stuff, with a hope for … Continued
2024 Reviews – Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
I’d seen Aquaman, but forgotten most there is to know about it. So I watched it again, thinking I’d have it set in my mind for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, but then a few weeks went by, and Aquaman … Continued
2024 Reviews – Drive-Away Dolls
Lo and behold, there’s a new Coen Brothers movie sweeping into town. Well, half a Coen Brothers movie, because Ethan Coen is going solo. Now, I knew nothing about this movie ahead of time – I avoided the trailer, like … Continued
2024 Reviews – Civil War
Kirsten Dunst, we meet again – it’s been a while. Kirsten, I’ll always love you, my OG Mary Jane and conqueror of Jumanji, but the last time we met, I couldn’t get behind the hype for The Power of the … Continued
2024 Reviews – Deadpool & Wolverine
Oh, how I really want to love this movie! The first Deadpool was revolutionary – ingenious, for fourth wall breaks, hilarity, and R-rated comic potential. Like with most things, it’s hard to ante-up on something so profound, and so Deadpool … Continued
2024 Reviews – Kinds of Kindness
I am loaded up and ready to go! Since we last spoke about Yorgos Lanthimos, I have traversed his filmography. The Lobster, what a hoot! Extremely original. The Killing of a Sacred Deer was not as visceral as I was … Continued
2024 Reviews – Twisters
Twister… is not great. No, I’m sorry, but it’s not. Chasing twisters that subjectively pick up what they want, and the pang of a main character thinking the skies are personally against them, is silly 🤷♂️ I have a prediction … Continued
2024 Reviews – Challengers
Luca Guadagnino has hit the mainstream! I had to chase down Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria in arthouses, and backtrack through DVDs and streaming to view his earlier work, but Challengers was everywhere a few months ago, from … Continued