Author: chris

Next project well underway. #maker

Next project well underway. #maker

Next project well underway. #maker A post shared by Chris Alley (@chrisalley) on Feb 28, 2017 at 6:04am PST

Doctor Strange, 2016

A visual treat for sure, but you can really notice the usual Marvel origin story template at work. Strange’s mean steak and flat humor were a bit odd.

The Founder, 2016

I think the movie was trying to make you root for Ray Kroc. All I came away with was feeling sad for the McDonald brothers.

Round two of cuts and glue. #maker

Round two of cuts and glue. #maker

Round two of cuts and glue. A post shared by Chris Alley (@chrisalley) on Feb 8, 2017 at 9:09am PST

Split, 2016

This review may contain spoilers. I loved the idea of Shyamalan hiding a movie within another movie. The little capper with Bruce Willis tying this movie into the Unbreakable universe was cool, but that one scene couldn’t hide the fact that Casey’s story just wasn’t satisfyingly wrapped up.

Beware the Slenderman, 2016

Made me understand how easily something like this can happen. Hopefully we’ll eventually get some type of follow up to finally see what happens to the girls.

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, 2017

Six movie in and these filmmakers have mastered the art of writing themselves out of corners. I didn’t like this as much as Retribution. I was surprised Wesker didn’t have much to do.

Overnight, 2003

The best cautionary tale ever caught on tape. Troy Duffy was king of the world for all of 5 minutes and blew it all when he crossed the Hollywood system.

Breaking a Monster, 2015

You can just watch the joy of playing kick ass metal music being sucked out of these kids by the record industry system. I hope they all stick with it.

The Girl on the Train, 2016

Completely insufferable. I tried to watch this over 2 sittings and totally gave up with over 45 minutes to go.