Movie Review: My Dearest Assassin
The Oscars have warped my brain on international cinema. Here I am mocking some of the drivel the US is making, totally forgetting other countries …
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Movie Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures
Most of the byproducts of movie studio’s search for IP is bad for the moviegoer: vapid, soulless efforts designed to extract cash and offer nothing …
Movie Review: Swapped
You gotta start somewhere right? Skydance didn’t have an animation wing until 2022. So, when you’re trying to get off the ground, what do you …
Movie Review: Apex
Kiss me. No, not the Sixpence None the Richer song. Keep it simple, stupid. Netflix takes two great actors, a beautiful landscape, and a good …
Movie Review: Roommates (2026)
I had two roommates my freshmen year in college. I brought the TV. One guy brought the fridge. The other a microwave. I wouldn’t say …
Movie Review: Thrash
Thrash comes pre packaged. If you’re into these sort of trash disaster movies, there’s no less than 9 million other choices on the streamers. But …
Movie Review: Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
British IP holders are the best. When they could so clearly cash in more and more shallow, condescending ways. The controllers always pivot and evolve …
Movie Review: War Machine (2026)
I guess Netflix ran out of titles…and irony. Or Ted Sarandos just forgot? 2017’s War Machine was going for acid tongued satire of the military …
Movie Review: Queen of Chess
Disney gave us the Queen of Katwe. Anya Taylor-Joy, the Queen’s Gambit. But when the real Judit Polgar comes along, there’s only one title Netflix …
Movie Review: Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
Dang it! This was so close! Cosmic Princess Kaguya! has so many awesome things going for it! WHY AM I YELLING WHEN I HAD A …