Our intro has our initial character off to a rough start, and I'm excited to be shown the back story or memories that brought on the scene shown. I knew I had to watch when I caught a glimpse of Tamlyn Tomita, as she can really pull off deeply emotional content, and then we have Julia Nickson in the cast, as well as Amy Hill.
Such Horrendous Trauma our character has survived, and it looks like it was an ongoing issue for her. Things have turned out crazier than I expected them to from the earlier scenes, and something beyond reason is showing its ugly hands.
Unbelievable twist to the…
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Missed Opportunity Horror...
Our intro feels nostalgic, with the Muse of young friends in the moment doing what makes for a fun adventure. Like many youths out there, adventures can often lead to mysteries and possibly even lead into trouble, or characters are having that moment.
Strangeness is creeping into our young characters' adventure, and it's actually quite traumatic at their age, heck most ages. Even though the film started with a Goosebumps vibe, it felt a bit more tragic than usual. It appears that the trauma that happened to our characters before is still kind of prevale…
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**_Bleak Western with Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton and Ewan McGregor_**
This was shot in the spring of 2013, but not released until January, 2016, which shows that it sat on the shelf for a while. There were other production issues during the first year of conception in 2012, such as cast & crew changes. The original director walked off a day before shooting was scheduled after a three-day standoff with the key producer. I suppose we should be happy that someone cared enough to even give it a final edit and release.
Forgetting all that, it’s comparable to Westerns like “Sweetwa…
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With the deposition of Henry VI, England’s 15th century Wars of the Roses have seen the Yorkists triumph over the Plantagenets and the young Edward IV (Max Irons) claim the throne. With just one more battle required to clinch his victory, he is riding through the countryside with his king-making Earl of Warwick (James Frain) when he encounters the Lady Elizabeth Grey (Rebecca Ferguson) who implores him to return her late husband’s lands. He’s impressed by her courage and enraptured by her beauty, and so despite the protestations of the Earl, he embarks on a relationship that sees her crowned Q…
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The ailing “Joan” (Betty Buckley) and her husband “Larry” (Barry Primus) have been married for sixty-odd years and have become a typically cantankerous couple. They are going to their grandchild's gender reveal party where he helps himself to one pretzel too many and ends up beating his wife up the heavenly escalator. Everyone in God’s waiting room arrives at the age at which they were their happiest, and so now “Larry” has become Miles Teller and is assigned “Anna” (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) to help him plan his eternity from a wide variety of options set out in a series of stalls like those at a…
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With Earth now just about uninhabitable, the “Aniara” - a vast liner-like spacecraft - is heading to Mars when it suffers a technical malfunction at the hands of some space junk. It can only survive if it jettisons all it’s fuel and so is now rendered incapable of propulsion. The captain “Chefone” (Arvin Kananian) has to announce to the passengers that instead of three weeks, it might take them at least two years to get there and that will only be if they can slingshot around something and gain momentum. Initially the travellers are happy enough with their twenty-one restaurants, swimming pool…
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I enjoyed the 70s grainy cinematography and the clarity only when needed. The group feels forced together and kind of silly, for a not silly film. It's actually getting really cheesy, or maybe interesting, finally.
Our character, who hasn't quite fit the group since the intro, is finally starting to feel more comfortable in her role. Things are finally beginning to happen, and it's kinda fun, honestly. I'm finding the storyline to be a hoot, and the primary actors were nicely jelling together, except for the actor who felt like a late addition to the cast.…
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I thought the phonetic of the title suggested something altogether more risqué, instead of this collection of sketches of the real town of the same name. It’s in Texas and these drawings, as well as some snippets of commentaries from it's residents, present us with an eclectic mix of it’s citizenry, structures, it’s singularly unique “festival” - and then there’s a lemon in there too. The animation is rudimentarily, but engagingly enough presented in quite a quickly paced fashion with the images delivered in a rapid-fire fashion as the stories suggest there is way more going on in this town th…
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"Ghost" manages to successfully cut across a variety of genres, but unfortunately very few of them are used to particularly rewarding effect. The comedy doesn't even manage to raise the occasional chuckle, so there is a necessarily heavy reliance upon the romance. It undoubtedly soothes the heart broken amongst us to believe our loved ones are still dutifully watching over us with tender loving care and this film plays to that desire in people with a lot of help from The Righteous Brothers brilliantly singing the superb "Unchained Melody" on the soundtrack. This beautifully evocative song shou…
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## **Dexter: New Blood (2021) Review: A Redemptive, Riveting Final Chapter - 9/10**
After the original *Dexter* series had undeniably run its course, culminating in a finale that felt like a betrayal to its characters and fans, the announcement of *New Blood* was met with rightful skepticism. Could a ten-year-later revival possibly redeem the story? Astonishingly, the answer is a resounding yes. *New Blood* serves as the powerful, poignant, and dramatically satisfying conclusion the original series always deserved.
Set a decade after the infamous lumberjack fade-out, the series f…
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