January 25, 2025

The Fall Guy

Rating: 5 of 5 car rolls
A fun action movie, with a slight nod to the TV Series, plot-wise. A casual attempt at a dramatic plot wraps the stunts into a story. A few slow parts, but in general, good pacing to keep you engaged. Amazing stunt work, which is kindof the whole point. And the actors obviously had a blast making the movie.

December 29, 2024

Interstellar

Rating: 5 of 5 actual stars
Amazingly beautiful, both in cinematography and soundtrack, this well acted drama can’t be considered science fiction, because they went to great lengths to make sure the science was actually science-y. It’s a bit long, but that’s because they spend a lot of time giving you the backstory, which really pays off in the final act. The technology, from using NASA-accurate switch panels, to the really interesting robots showed ridiculous attention to detail and imagination.

December 29, 2024

Joker Folie Du Deux

Rating: 1 of 5 cigarettes
As pretentious and silly as it’s title, I still have no idea what the intention of this movie was, other than give Lady Gaga another opportunity to belt out a few tunes, and I’m guessing sell cigarettes. Not since 50’s Film Noir has there been so much on screen smoking. Yeesh. Boring, slow, tedious, predictable. There is no reason to watch this humorless flop. None.

October 26, 2024

Deadpool and Wolverine

Rating: 5 of 5 flying body parts
Comically over-the-top violence? Check. More one liners than you can shake a sword at? Check. Breaking the 4th wall at every opportunity? Check. Maybe the best flick of the franchise. Absolutely top shelf writing and delivery.

October 13, 2024

Mom and Dad

Rating: 3 of 5 homicidal parents
Something causes parents to want to violently kill their children. Hilarity ensues. That’s about it. Pretty good creepy flick staring the master of horror, Mr. Nicolas Cage. Have to take off a star because the alternating quiet then insanely loud music is unnecessary, and another for the hyperactive camera work.

October 11, 2024

Wolfs

Rating: 4 of 5 buddy flicks
The plot leaves a bit to be desired, and is intentionally pretty thin, since the movie is really just about the chemistry between Clooney and Pitt. But, that chemistry is quite good, and makes for a very fun buddy flick.

October 3, 2024

Knox Goes Away

Rating: 5 of 5 Pacinos
A very well crafted and acted story about a hitman who’s loosing his memory, but has loose ends to wrap up while he’s still able to function. Michael Keaton turns in another great performance, and Al Pacino shows up as Keaton’s mentor, amazing as always. It’s a bit of a thriller, and keeps you guessing about how it’s going to wrap up to the end.

October 2, 2024

Cold Pursuit

Rating: 4 of 5 headless bodies
Liam Neeson has a particular set of skills, even though he’s a simple snowplow operator in this action flick, you go with what you know. Not bad, as Yet Another Revenge action movie. Seems like these require their own category, there are so many of them. And nearly always close family member meets with untimely end, quiet/retired protagonist for some reason (cops don’t believe it was foul play, are in cahoots with bad folks, can’t be involved because spies) must kill everyone involved, because that’s how it works.

September 30, 2024

Upgrade

Rating: 4 of 5 root kits
A near future action/revenge story. Nothing particulary novel, bad things happen, main character eventually goes after the people who caused the bad things. Think Robocop. But, it’s fun. And violent, and dystopian. Not a ton of character development, just as well, these characters are sterotypes and don’t need it. But, all in all, a fun ride, if you don’t think about it too much.

September 29, 2024

Dream Scenario

Rating: 4 of 5 stars
A creepy film, hard to categorize. Drama? Thriller? Basic premise is simple, the main character (Nicholas Cage) starts appearing in peoples dreams. He doesn’t know why, nor does anyone else. It gets creepier since the dreams aren’t nice, and people’s reactions start to effect his real life. It’s a bit nightmareish as you watch the fallout. The last 20 minutes is kindof a “4th act” which is both plausable, and even more of a nightmare.