Movie Review: Secret Obsession
When you title your movie Secret Obsession, the bar is low. All you really have to be is fun, and kinda tense, and end in …
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Movie Review: Luce
Luce (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) is at a constant war with himself, perpetually trying to figure out what other people are projecting onto him when they …
Movie Review: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
So here I am, walking to the theater to go see Hobbs & Shaw tonight. I pull out my app based ticket, start walking to …
Movie Review: The Great Hack
Quality filmmaking has been slow coming to Netflix. They seem pretty content most of the time to make something cute and watchable, not caring how …
Movie Review: Once Upon a Time … In Hollywood
If it were up to me, I’d put a moratorium on movies about making movies. They all reek of Hollywood self indulgence…or a movie maker …
Movie Review: The Art of Self-Defense
If masculinity was “in crisis” when Fight Club came out, then it’s full on DEFCON 1 now. How are all these men coping with their …
Movie Review: The Farewell
Family dramas or comedies walk a very thin line. They can very easily become melodramatic, or boorishly broad and funny: a wacky aunt! a truth …
Movie Review: The Lion King (2019)
I recently watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers. That movie is about pods who look and act like real people but are just empty shells. …
Movie Review: Avalanche Sharks
Sharknado set a dangerous precedent. Imitators like Avalanche Sharks will basically say: let’s take a natural disaster and animal and piece together a stupid movie …
Movie Review: Crawl
A great premise, especially for a horror movie, can go a long way to making a movie successful. Alexandre Aja certainly has a knack for …