I’m way behind on current films but I did catch Train Dreams last night. I didn’t know what to expect, which is often for the best, but what I saw was not as satisfying as I had hoped. Clint Bentley’s quiet, […]
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Moving On (2022) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I’ve been complaining about dark comedies which wallow in bloodletting. Well, here’s one that keeps the bloodletting to an absolute minimum but still packs a punch. Instead of one person shredding a horde of unimportant assailants we have two women […]
Continue reading »The Naked Gun (2025) ☆ ☆
I’ve recently been ranting about the downside of violent dark comedies. Well here is a genuine comedy, and it isn’t much better. Comedy is a personal matter, and silliness like this film is just not my cup of tea. The […]
Continue reading »Fight or Flight (2025) ☆
Several reviews ago I vented a bit about dark comedy movies with brutal violence. I was unhappy with the amount of grotesque brutality in Novocaine (and other movies like Bullet Train that treat killing and maiming as entertainment). Well, this thing puts […]
Continue reading »My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
After enjoying the huge success that was My Big Fat Greek Wedding back in 2002, and to a lesser extent, its 2016 sequel, I only recently saw the third entry in its Portokalos family saga. I was surprised that a third movie […]
Continue reading »Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) ☆ 1/2
This was not what I expected. My only exposure to “Section 31” in “Star Trek” lore was Admiral Marcus’ reference to it in Star Trek: Into Darkness. So, not knowing that “Section 31” is included in at least two of the later […]
Continue reading »Novocaine (2025) ☆ ☆
A recent movie trend (that I dislike, if not despise) is the brutally violent dark comedy. Such films attempt to frame their mostly criminal-related plots in veiled comedy terms, with amoral characters killing and maiming at will and insisting that […]
Continue reading »Return to Wickensburg (2024) ☆ 1/2
While Wickensburg is worthy of a look, its immediate sequel is not. Continuing a story a couple of years later, adding twists and defying expectations while trying to remain consistent is not as easy as one might think. While this movie […]
Continue reading »Wickensburg (2022) ☆ ☆
There is a fairly extensive history of movies with teenage protagonists bravely facing danger and opposition while trying to save their town or family, from The Goonies and The Monster Squad to the more recent Super 8 and Monster Summer. They […]
Continue reading »The Inspection (2002) ☆ ☆ ☆
The most powerful stories are those that relate personal experience in all its detail and emotion. This particular story is based on writer-director Elegance Bratton’s own homelessness and difficulties he experienced after joining the Marine Corps. How one reacts to […]
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