The first half or so of Trap reminds me of what Alfred Hitchcock would do in showing us a bad guy racing against time to prevent or retrieve something. In his 1972 movie Frenzy, Barry Foster playing a serial killer finds himself in the back of a potato truck trying to retrieve a tie pinContinue reading “‘Trap’ Can’t Beat Filmmaker’s Bum Rap”
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‘My Old Ass’ Is A Hallmark/Young Adult Hybrid With Lots Of F-Bombs
The marketing behind My Old Ass makes it out to be an irreverent comedy starring Aubrey Plaza as a grown woman who visits her teenage self. It’s actually a Canadian version of The Fault in Our Stars where Plaza has less than 10 minutes of screen time. Since I already mentioned that atrocious teen movieContinue reading “‘My Old Ass’ Is A Hallmark/Young Adult Hybrid With Lots Of F-Bombs”
‘Dream Scenario’ Is A Snoozer
A movie like Dream Scenario seems like a hybrid between a Charles Kaufman script that is directed by Ari Aster, even though he is credited as a producer. Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli seems to be inspired by both especially with the casting of Nicholas Cage as the protagonist Paul Matthews, a biology professor at aContinue reading “‘Dream Scenario’ Is A Snoozer”
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