For the most part, the Ant-Man movies have been nothing more than a buffer for the bigger and better movies next in line. At least, the first movie had some fun to it, even if it was just to introduce the titular character to the the psuedo-Avengers flick, Captain America: Civil War. I still haveContinue reading “‘Quantumania’ Full Of Sound And Fury Signifying Nothing In Third Ant-Man”
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Disney Scares Itself Silly With ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’
Disney has always had a love affair with the macabre. You need to only look at several plots and subplots of the classic movies. The boys turning into donkeys in Pinocchio probably has terrified people over the decades. In Sleeping Beauty, Malificient turns into a dragon as she battles Prince Phillip. Then, you have theContinue reading “Disney Scares Itself Silly With ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’”
Anna Nicole Smith Doc Exploits While Accusing Others Of Exploitation
The Netflix documentary Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me is two hours of stuff we probably already knew. Smith has been deceased for over 16 years, which was longer than she was active. So, why do something like this now? Filmmaker Ursula Macfarlane assembles some people who were close to Smith as talking-head interviewees.Continue reading “Anna Nicole Smith Doc Exploits While Accusing Others Of Exploitation”
‘Inside’ Keeps Willem Dafoe In Mostly One-Man Show That Overstays Its Time
For the most part, I think many actors are obsessed with just doing normal things in movies anybody will do with no dialogue. For True Confessions, Robert DeNiro wanted a scene of him just doing stuff without any dialogue. In All is Lost, Robert Redford’s dialogue could’ve been written on a index card. During theContinue reading “‘Inside’ Keeps Willem Dafoe In Mostly One-Man Show That Overstays Its Time”
‘Moonage Daydream’ Tells Bowie’s Life In Lyrical Stream Of Consciousness
Going into Moonage Daydream, the musical documentary directed by Brett Morgan, you should know ahead of time, it isn’t your typical documentary. You won’t see many talking heads telling you about how David Bowie did this or he did that. This is the documentary that Summer of Soul should’ve been. Morgan lets musical scenes playContinue reading “‘Moonage Daydream’ Tells Bowie’s Life In Lyrical Stream Of Consciousness”
J. Lo Plays One Bad ‘Mother’ (Shut Your Mouth.) I’m Talkin’ ‘Bout J. Lo. (Then, We Can Dig It?)
Jennifer Lopez has had one of those careers where people love to hate her and hate to love her. From her start as one of the Fly Girls on In Living Color to her groundbreaking role as doomed Selena Quintanilla Perez in Selena, it seemed that Lopez later nicknamed just J. Lo wouild be theContinue reading “J. Lo Plays One Bad ‘Mother’ (Shut Your Mouth.) I’m Talkin’ ‘Bout J. Lo. (Then, We Can Dig It?)”
‘Clock’ Updates ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ For The Millennial Audiences
The beginning of Clock plays almost like a parody as Ella Patel (Dianna Agron) is at a baby shower for a friend when all the other women are going on and on about motherhood and having babies. She hides her dislike, eye rolls and frustration from them before she is asked the one question mostContinue reading “‘Clock’ Updates ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ For The Millennial Audiences”
‘Temple Of Doom’ Takes Indiana Jones Down Into The Depths Of True Horror
The Indiana Jones franchise can best be described as a casserole of genres all thrown together. They’re all set decades in the past making them period pieces with mixes of historical drama. They include action-adventure with elements of comedy thrown in sprinkled with some romance. And there are hints of the supernatural, fantasy and horror.Continue reading “‘Temple Of Doom’ Takes Indiana Jones Down Into The Depths Of True Horror”
‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Is MAGA Porn
Before I begin this post, let me preface I like movies and stories where the main characters aren’t the most likable. But there has to be some dimension to characters. And while people might draw comparisons to Dirty Harry and To Live and Die in L.A., Dragged Across Concrete isn’t in the same league. IContinue reading “‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Is MAGA Porn”
‘Twilight’ Dims Too Dull Too Soon
When you think of Twilight, you think of vampires and werewolves and an young woman torn between the two. Well, that might be the same premise of the 1998 neo-noir thriller from a certain point of view. Yet, a movie like this shouldn’t have be as disappointing as it is with the overabundance of talentContinue reading “‘Twilight’ Dims Too Dull Too Soon”
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