Because hundreds of vampire movies have been made (thousands? perhaps) genuine originality — or even a fresh approach — is difficult to find. Yet sometimes creativity can be sparked by a return to an original source and finding inspiration there. […]
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Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
I have to admit that I don’t love the first two of Tom Cruise’s now-seven-film franchise; the first one unnecessarily betrayed Mr. Phelps and the second one I recall as just godawful. But since then they’ve figured it out. While […]
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Writer-director Christopher Nolan is revered in Hollywood, which I find curious because I don’t love his movies. But others do, from his “Dark Knight” trilogy to Dunkirk, Tenet and Interstellar, all of which I thought were overrated. On the other hand […]
Continue reading »Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I’m also not a big fan of fantasy, especially when it involves magic, dragons, witchcraft, sword fighting, mystical creatures and lute playing. All of those elements are present here, and, because of the beguiling efforts of the cast, it almost […]
Continue reading »Elemental (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
I haven’t been the biggest fan for Pixar’s films for more than a decade now, and I wasn’t looking forward to this one based upon its previews. I thought it looked far too much like Inside Out, with its separation of […]
Continue reading »Barbie (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
Then there is Barbie. Once in a while I don’t feel qualified to write a review about a specific film and this is one of those times. I’m not a Barbie person. I knew of the dolls, of course, but […]
Continue reading »Crawlspace (2022) ☆ ☆ 1/2
This comic crime drama set in Oregon (but filmed in British Columbia) follows a familiar path, establishing a clever premise in which an ordinary guy must take extraordinary means to survive. It hits a great many obvious tropes along the […]
Continue reading »The Flash (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Long, overproduced superhero movies are, as regular readers are certainly aware, not my thing. I am not the intended audience. Nevertheless, I buy my ticket, I get to have my say about it. And what do you know, I was […]
Continue reading »Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) ☆ ☆
Famed movie hero Indiana Jones is on the big screen again, for the fifth and final time. One last go-round for the man with the whip and the fedora. It’s been quite a ride, but the bottom line is that […]
Continue reading »No Hard Feelings (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
As prudish as I can be about crudity and profanity and bad behavior in modern movies, which is sometimes pervasive, it is more often the style in which it is presented than the subject matter which bothers me. What I […]
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