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  • The Killer’s Game – John Wick but (un)funny

    The Killer’s Game – John Wick but (un)funny

    I currently have an AMC A-List membership, so I’ve been trying to see a bunch of movies I’d normally pass on (movies are an expensive hobby!). So that’s how, on a random weeknight, I ended up at the Dave Bautista/Sofia Boutella vehicle The Killer’s Game. Bautista plays Joe Flood, a contract killer (the best!) who…

  • Twisters – Hell Yeah

    Twisters – Hell Yeah

    While I was visiting home, I saw Twisters with my daughters. I think they were more interested in Glen Powell, but everybody had fun. The plot isn’t complicated, but neither was the plot of Twister. There’s some will-they, won’t-they/love triangle stuff between the leads, there’s a tragic loss to overcome, but more than anything there’s…

  • Let RDJ Rest

    Let RDJ Rest

    Look, I love Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark as much as anybody. I was excited for him to play the role long before the first Iron Man movie came out. A lot of people forget that there were doubts about him as Iron Man. He pulled it off, though, bringing some surprising depth to one…

  • Let’s talk about Inside Out 2

    Let’s talk about Inside Out 2

    I watched Inside Out 2 with my girls recently, and it was an interesting experience. My older daughter, 16, enjoyed it but said it was ‘totally unrealistic’. Which is funny, considering I’ve witnessed all the drama and angst that two teenage girls can generate (three, if you include my niece). Anyway, I really liked Inside…

  • Movie Review – The Garfield Movie (2024)

    Movie Review – The Garfield Movie (2024)

    Okay, look. I love Garfield immensely. Growing up, for reasons I can’t truly fathom, the Garfield strip was my favorite. I had dozens of the books collecting the strips, even the ones from the 70s that didn’t make sense to a kid. The classic Garfield that stuck to your car window? We had it! I…

  • Movie Review – Black Adam

    Movie Review – Black Adam

    *sigh* How can DC/Warner Brothers can find a bunch of attractive, talented, charismatic people, and make a movie that is so aggressively mediocre? Black Adam is a HUGE missed opportunity, one that Warner keeps making over and over again. Thousands of years ago, the kingdom of Kahndaq (a stand-in for Egypt) was ruled by an…

  • Marvel’s Black Widow Problem

    Marvel’s Black Widow Problem

    We watched Black Widow a little while ago, and it was fine! Solid action, and the new characters were great. Especially Yelena. There’s just one problem with the movie – there’s no reason for it to exist in the MCU, except for setting up other shit. The character of Black Widow is currently dead (and…

  • Movie Review – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

    Movie Review – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

    The first Jurassic Park is a classic. Plenty of tension, action, humor.  When we have fond memories of this franchise, that’s the movie we’re all thinking of.  As you move forward, they decline rapidly in quality.  Most of the good feelings you have for The Lost World and Jurassic Park 3 are due to Jeff Goldblum…

  • Movie Review – Kubo and the Two Strings

    Movie Review – Kubo and the Two Strings

    We saw Kubo and the Two Strings a while ago, but I’m just gathering my thoughts on it now.  It’s quite possibly my favorite Laika movie, and that’s saying something as Coraline gets a ton of play, especially this time of year.  Kubo deals with complex feelings with mind-numbingly gorgeous visuals.  It’s the sort of…

  • Movie Review – Storks

    Movie Review – Storks

    We saw Storks at a preview screening, and it had some really cute parts and fun actiony bits.  However, I think they just had no idea how to start the movie to get to those bits and just decided to use the “I’m giving you the company as long as you don’t screw up this…

  • Movie Review – Pete’s Dragon (2016)

    Full disclosure:  if I saw the original movie as a kid, I don’t remember it.  This version of Pete’s Dragon starts out in the most Disney manner ever, with Pete (Oakes Fegley) losing his parents but being rescued by Elliott.  Pete lives in the forest for several years with Elliott, until he’s found by Grace…

  • Movie Review – Star Trek Beyond

    Movie Review – Star Trek Beyond

    I’ve got a bit of a love/hate relationship with the “Kelvin-verse” Star Trek movies.  I really like the cast, and have come to grips with the fact that, since it’s not a TV show, the movies need to shade a bit more to the action side of things than the more cerebral Trek episodes.  Still,…

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