Welcome To The Funhouse

If you know about Flight 19, it pretty much help birth the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. On Dec. 9, 1945, 14 pilots of the U.S. Naval Aviation went missing off the eastern coast of Florida. Till this day, nothing has been discovered. It’s been suspected that Lt. Charles C. Taylor, who had been flightContinue reading “Welcome To The Funhouse”

‘Reptile’ Slithers At Snail’s Pace

Reptile is one of those slow-burn gritty movies that sometimes works if all the pieces come together correctly. And a lot of times they don’t. It begins with a gruesome murder as a cop dealing with his own demons is brought in to investigate. They think they get the right person in the second act,Continue reading “‘Reptile’ Slithers At Snail’s Pace”

‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Spotlights Dark Time In American History

One might not think Martin Scorsese would be the right person to direct a movie like Killers of the Flower Moon. Scorsese grew up in what was once called “Hell’s Kitchen.” People are trying to change that phrase and refer to it as Clinton as it’s always been. But it’s a neighborhood, a region ofContinue reading “‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Spotlights Dark Time In American History”

‘Case Of Natalia Grace’ Keeps Getting Curiouser And Curiouser

I had heard of the case of Natalia Grace a long time ago, but I had forgotten about it. It is disturbing in so many ways it makes your skin crawl. Natalia is a Ukrainian-born woman who doesn’t even know how old she is. Some people say she was born in 2003. The State ofContinue reading “‘Case Of Natalia Grace’ Keeps Getting Curiouser And Curiouser”

‘Echo’ Still Resonates Despite Flaws

For the past few years, just about every MCU installment could’ve been critiqued with the phrase, “Well, it could’ve been worse.” Who knows what Kevin Feige and Disney had in mind before this time four years ago when Covid-19 started to make headlines. A worldwide pandemic for the first time in about 100 years andContinue reading “‘Echo’ Still Resonates Despite Flaws”

‘Identity’ Has A Great Look

A movie like Identity draws its inspiration from Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. A character even references it at one point. And why not? Most thrillers/horrors owe some debt to Christie and what she did to help the genre. But this movie has a twist that is so good that when you thinkContinue reading “‘Identity’ Has A Great Look”

Comedy Troupe Search For ‘Treasure Of Foggy Mountain,’ Find Off-Color Humor

I had never heard of Please Don’t Destroy before watching their movie The Treasure of Foggy Mountain. But their brand of humor seems to be common to a lot of movies that have becoming out. They mostly bust each others balls for a 90-minutes movie, telling dirty jokes but still remain good friends at theContinue reading “Comedy Troupe Search For ‘Treasure Of Foggy Mountain,’ Find Off-Color Humor”

Leave Behind ‘Leave The World Behind’

A movie like Leave the World Behind suffers the same fate that Bird Box had that it had a great set up to a final act that feels like someone trying to rush everything. It’s like they filmed the movie in chronological order and ran out of money with 75-80 percent filmed and just decidedContinue reading “Leave Behind ‘Leave The World Behind’”

‘The Creator’ Doles Out Same Old Story

There’s been a lot of talk of artificial intelligence in the last few years with deep fakes and even pictures that look like they’re the real deal. There are numerous pictures online of supposed people who have never existed but they look like they’re flesh and bone. A movie like The Creator is one ofContinue reading “‘The Creator’ Doles Out Same Old Story”

‘May December’ May Somber But Still Leaves Some To Remember

Mary Kay Letourneau died in the summer of 2020 when Covid-19 was still a huge issue. Yet, she didn’t pass away from that but colorectal cancer. The image of a blonde woman teacher in her 30s who looks like she could be anyone’s teacher from small-town America is what made the case one of those thingsContinue reading “‘May December’ May Somber But Still Leaves Some To Remember”