Years ago, I staggered out of Mad Max Fury Road, going, How did they do that? I feel the same way now with The Invite. There are no flaming guitars and death-defying wire stunts here, though. Instead, it’s how did they write a script so funny and sharp and then direct the hell out of [ ]
Aye gods what a flick. So much to unpack here and despite the jokes about spoilers for a several thousand year old story — that most of us were taught in school — there will in fact be spoilers in this review. First, I joked with a friend before seeing this movie that if Sir [ ]
I can, I think, nail this down for you quickly. If you can suspend disbelief enough that when the bumbling human detective thanks a group of sheep for solving a murder then this is the whimsical, charming flick for you. I loved it. My mystery loving mother will love it. You mileage may vary. There [ ]
HA HA HA YES! Double Dragon undefeated. I’ll take almost any movie where everyone knows Kung Fu but how wonderful it is to get one that is so well made. This flick is not interested in character development because it sticks to its lane of noble good guys verses unique and in a few cases [ ]
Vampire’s Kiss This actually happened to a buddy of mine. Anyway, this is a one or two star movie with a five star Nic Cage performance in it. Every so often I try to make it through a series of Nic Cage films just because the completionist in me can’t help it and because you [ ]
Despite all the effort, dollars spent, words written and time wasted there have only been two good Hannibal Lecter movies. This and Silence of the Lambs. Director Jonathan Demme brought the Thomas Harris book to life in Silence of the Lambs. And Michael Mann took a Harris book and turned it into a Michael Mann [ ]
The moral of the story is, is we re here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don t realize, or they don t care, is we re dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And, we re not supposed to dance at all [ ]
It’s the last day of middle school and she broke up with you again. You don’t know why because you don’t understand these things at all. Summer is almost here though and it promises an endless series of sunny days in a quiet neighborhood. There will be movies and pool parties and other girls that [ ]
Jester woke up surprised to be alive. Chained, beaten, bent but unbroken. His supernatural eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness. His legs and arms were held by silver shackles. They held him up against a wall. The wolf would be no help. Rebel was tied down to a table, a black cloth under her and [ ]
The Lord save me from smirking teenagers. Jester was barely able to contain his excitement when I told him we were going to see Lady Defuniak. He had no love for the lady who had raised him to adolescence, or most of the other kids she raised there — but there was this one girl. [ ]