May 10, 2026

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Rating: 5 of 5 octopi
Happy and sad and interesting stories of multiple lives intersecting in a small town. Oh, and an Octopus. Great performances, touching and realistic storylines. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, it’ll become a part of you.

May 8, 2026

Apex

Rating: 3 of 5 re-tellings
Another take on “The Most Dangerous Game”. Pretty well done, amazing photography (I got vertigo just watching the TV). Good action sequences. Only thing is, you know how the story ends. Protagonist gets hunted, a ton of close calls happen, protagonist survives, antagonist dies. And this followed the formula to a “T”.

April 20, 2026

28 Years Later the Bone Temple

Rating: 0 of 5 stars
Slow, a bit confusing, and really not scary. Just got bored after an hour, and turned it off.

April 20, 2026

If I Had Legs Id Kick You

Rating: 0 of 5 cell phone videos
I guess there’s good acting and stuff, but between the difficult to watch video, the angst-ridden plot, not really knowing if the main character is simply hallucinating, I never finished it. Tried to continue 3 times, but each time, it just made me uncomfortable.

April 20, 2026

Crime 101

Rating: 3 of 5 carats
A slowish burn, but a well crafted heist film. Actors are all great, plot is straighforward but interesting, last act is satisfying.

April 20, 2026

The Family Plan

Rating: 4 of 5 Summer Vacations
Watched this after really enjoying the sequel. It’s another fun ride, where Mark Wahlberg plays a suburban car salesman with a secret past as an assassin, unbeknownst to his family. His past comes to find him, and again, hilarity and drama ensue.

March 31, 2026

Train Dreams

Rating: 4 of 5 stars
A turn of the (19th) century drama about a mans adult life. Finding work, finding love, building a homestead, and of course, it needs tragedy and loss, or it’d just be boring. Moderately paced, it never really speeds up or slows down, just keeps plodding along, like the protagonist. Lovely photography and cinemaphotograpy. Wasn’t until 1/2 way through I realized it was filmed in 3:2 aspect ratio. That just fit the intimate nature of the filming.

March 31, 2026

Anaconda

Rating: 3 of 5 Ant Men
It’s a comedy staring Jack Black. So, that about sums it up. A couple friends go to remake “Anaconda”. Fun ensues. There are snakes, water, jungle boats, bad guys. All the things you need. And, the result is fine. Shut off your brain, grab a soda and some popcorn, and double screen away.

March 20, 2026

Wicked for Good

Rating: 4 of 5 flying monkeys
Wasn’t a huge fan of the first part. 2nd half was OK, but wasn’t really looking forward to this. It was really good, not just better than I expected, but actually quite good. Of course, amazing visuals, but a decent plot as well. Songs were fine, a bit too “manufactured pop” for my tastes, but not annoying.

March 10, 2026

War Machine

Rating: 1 of 5 alien invasions
Army guy with something to prove, a group of Army guys training for an exclusive Ranger position. Final exam turns crazy when Aliens invade as they’re heading into the big last training mission. Hillarity ensues as the unstoppable Alien war machine makes boom-boom on the entire squad. Think Predator, where the Predator is a big robot, badder than anything in the future world in Terminator. A big meh from me.