Reviews of films
In Which Pizza can be Ordered Online The most notable thing about the 1995 cyber thriller The Net is that Sandra Bullock orders a pizza. After a tough day of bug hunting a copy of Wolfenstein 3D and chatting up randos online, programmer Angela … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 31: The Net
A foreign power using a shared ethnic link as a pretext for exacting dominance sends a city into chaos. I have talked about movies with disturbing subject matter before, but this one may be the most disturbing so far. Available … Continue reading WTF ASIA 70: City of Life and Death (2009)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. We have finished the animated films and we’re moving on to the live-action and partially animated films. The title comes from a … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Partially-animated edition. Pete’s Dragon
When a closeted celebrity proposes to an oblivious woman, he’ll drag friends, exes and a tabloid photographer into a vulgar screwball farce. The gays are evil, the women are gorgons and the straight leading man thinks he’s in a high … Continue reading LGBT Movies: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (1999)
Hallmark’s Christmas in July bonanza is over, so the channel is back to its regular programming: Home & Family, the Golden Girls, and Hallmark films that try to tie into some sort of season. I’ve covered a few of the … Continue reading Hallmark: In the Key of Love Recap/Review
It may be funny to think of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark as the best Halloween anthology movie since 2007’s Trick r Treat, but it’s a claim that can be defended. The reason the claim is funny is … Continue reading Review: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
In Which the Serial Killer is Coming From Inside the Computer As I finished watching Virtuosity, the 1995 film by Brett Leonard (him of Lawnmower Man fame) about rogue serial killer AI Sid 6.7 (Russell Crow) and a the disgraced cop Parker Barnes (Denzel … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 30: Virtuosity
Growing up is not easy. Available…online. Approximately 126 minutes. Inoue Meiko is almost twenty-four-years old. Almost immediately after college, she took an entry-level office job that she has grown to hate. Her mother frequently sends her packages of vegetables, most … Continue reading WTF ASIA 69: Solanin (2010)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. We have finished with the animated films, so we are moving on to the live-action films. The title comes from a quote … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-action edition. Freaky Friday.
Promiscuous hunk meets monogamous introvert. The hunk sees a chance to leave the scene and settle down. Can these crazy kids work things out? Turns out they can’t. All the Rage morphs from a romcom into something darker and stranger. … Continue reading LGBT Movies: All the Rage (1997)
In Which This is All For You. The 90’s were the perfect decade for the full flowering of modern conspiracy theories. Here we have a culture where the past eight decades of existence were defined by the greatest conflicts of … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 29: The Game
A pregnant woman searches for her missing husband, only to find herself embroiled in a terrorism investigation and a web of lies. Available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and maybe some other countries. Approximately 122 minutes. The movie starts … Continue reading WTF ASIA 68: Kahaani (2012)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. We have finished the animated films so we’re moving on the live-action films. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-action edition. Gus
“It’s a date movie, like straight people have had for years, and I’m glad to fill that gap. I’m a big romantic at heart.” ~ Writer/Director Brian Sloan. A writer is violently rejected by their college crush. Years later they … Continue reading LGBT Movies: I Think I Do (1997)
[By Mars Five: Originally Posted 12/4/2016] This movie was a vehicle for the celebrated movie star George Arliss. “Who?” I wondered—but the joke’s on me because George Arliss was an extremely successful stage actor, who went on to be an … Continue reading NOT AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX: “The Working Man” (1933)
[By Mars Five- Originally published 9/4/2016] Let’s set some parameters. Netflix is a glorious invention and has more good movies available than I could watch in a lifetime. But as Blaise Pascal once remarked, “All of humanity’s problems stem from … Continue reading Not Available on Netflix: Springtime In The Rockies (1942)
Relive the darkest chapter of the X-Men franchise as we take a look at Hugh Jackman’s first stab at solo superheroics! (Well, solo if you don’t count Gambit. Or Deadpool. Or Silver Fox. Or Kestrel. Or…) Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (2009)
In Which Tourists are Parasites From our perch entering the third decade of the 21st century there is a nostalgic romanticism to the world of travel of the recent past. That in the brief blip of history that was the … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 28: The Beach
Quentin Tarantino attempts to suspend a dying Hollywood era in time. With Disney’s ever-tightening stranglehold on the film industry, there is a changing of the guard currently underway in Hollywood. The age of the franchise film is quickly pushing out … Continue reading Review: Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood
Sometimes, you just have hit the ground running after having jumped out of a closed window. Available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and maybe some other countries. Approximately 120 minutes. The movie starts out with a sting operation … Continue reading WTF ASIA 67: The Man from Nowhere (2010)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-action Edition. No Deposit, No Return
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