INTERSECT (2020)
“in its attempt to shoot for the moon it tripped and broke its face”
Read MoreI AM LISA (2020)
“Female revengesploitation with lycanthropy could have been fun…”
Read MoreINFINITE (2021)
“Stakesless and more interested in splosions than mythology or drama”
Read MoreBLACK WATER: ABYSS (2020) + BLACK WATER (2007) & THE REEF (2010)
“I at least find the basics of Trauki’s work enticing and enjoyable.”
Read MoreSTARDUST (2020)
“Let me worship at my deity’s feet instead of listlessly withering into his flawed and restrained humanity”
Read MoreMULAN (2020)
“the film itself is the dullest of blades, unable to cut tissue, let alone the binding of cultural mores or cinematic ramparts”
Read MoreWONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020)
“They took all the good will, expectation, excitement and hope from the best DCU film to date and gratuitously squandered it.”
Read MoreTHE MIDNIGHT SKY (2020)
“feels like a Hallmark meets SyFy Channel feature with money from a bigger studio & stars”
Read MoreFATMAN (2020)
“leaving any cheer in the trailer and deliberate interest a spent ember of hope”
Read MoreSONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2020)
“If only this Sonic movie could have raced a little faster to the finish”
Read MoreTHE SPECIAL (2020)
“Spoilers: it’s a movie about a mysterious box that men put their penises in”
Read MoreCOUNTDOWN (2019)
“tagline into movie” and that is it
Read MoreA SERIAL KILLER'S GUIDE TO LIFE (2020)
“helma and Louise by way of Fight Club, with the lightest dusting of a God Save America sprinkled on top.”
Read MoreTHE COURIER (2019)
“might pass your time, but you wouldn’t be out of bounds to just pass it by”
Read MoreONE MUST FALL (2018)
“Supposedly a horror comedy, but it lacked being either”
Read MoreTHE POOL (2019)
“It just becomes untenable and overwrought, almost to the point of a joke. If only it was funny...”
Read MoreTHE AXIOM (2018)
“not finessed to creation the way the imagination might have promised”
Read MoreTHE NIGHT CLERK (2020)
“keeps you wanting and expecting trepidation or titillation, but amazingly provides neither”
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TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG (2020) & A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX (2019)
5/6/20 - TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG (2020) - 6+/10
Manic and poetic, narratively and visually. It is punk, it is hard steel with a soft lacy dress underneath, it is a rebellion against truth and lies and form and fashion - it carves its own weathered path through the rock of myth. It asks for no quarter and begs for no virtuous admiration. It is, bleak and severe as the embittered progeny of an inhospitable land.
The spotlight night travels were enchanting. The dps work was quite good. As was the acting from a smorgasbord of kind and quality. McKay solidified his passion filled physicality and determined acting prowess. He is a star on the come up.Yes, this isn’t a “true” account, but it is a wickedly alternative twist on a legend, and it popped in a delightful way for me.
5/12/20 - A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX (2019) - 3+/4-/10
A pretty generic romcom setup that struggles to get out of the gate. Eventually it hooks into a serviceable, if not pretty charming groove, but even at its height it still has some grating elements and can’t get out of its own way. I wanted to like this, seeing as how I like the actors and I thought the premise was cute, but it managed to have too many cringe worthy social situations, too many dickhead characters, it lacked in making an emotional connection for the majority, and it punched down instead of up where it could have swung.
The best parts of this film are pretty amiable, but they kept getting trumped by overwrought plotting or poor screenplay decisions/characters. It’s like it wanted to be more “teen ready” when it would have benefited from trying to appeal to an older audience. I didn’t hate the viewing, but it steered away from the path up the road to the shining hill and decided to drift off into cheesy stripmall nothingness.
DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF (2019)
“seeds of ideas that never grew into flowering plants”
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