Category: MOVIE REVIEWS

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, 2016

The Lonely Island finally found a perfect fit for their style of comedy. The musical biopic is ripe for mockery. I laughed quite a lot during this movie.

The Commodore Story, 2018

Rather dull and boring telling of a pretty interesting chapter of history. I had a VIC20, C64, and Amiga500 back in the 1980s and I wish this film spent more time with software developers instead of spending most of the 2+ hour runtime focusing on the business side of things.

Extinction, 2018

Clever little sci-fi movie made on a modest budget. All of those other huge, bloated and boring action movies could learn a thing or two from movies like this one.

Ruin Me, 2017

I spent most of the movie disappointed and wondering how such a good idea could have gone so terribly wrong. The only really interesting sequence was the trap on the beach.

Unfriended: Dark Web, 2018

The gimmick still totally worked for me, I just wish the movie just had a few more scares in it. I thought it was pretty tame.

Pieces, 1982

One weird slasher movie. The funniest part is that you can tell this is a foreign director’s idea of what American life is like. I did forget about that great ending. It’s so bizarre.

The Thing, 1982

Finally got to see one of my all time favorites in a packed theater of like-minded fans. It was a blast.

Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018

A light and fun sequel. Rudd and Lilly have great chemistry together. The ever changing scale of things was used for some thrilling action scenes and good laughs. I only felt the entire Ghost plot line could have been removed if she just asked for help in the first place. The end credit scene drew lots of gasps in my theater.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, 2018

I liked the first third on the island. I was not into the middle section back at the mansion. I really enjoyed the shear stupidity of the last third quite a bit. I hope they lean hard into the cloning and dinosaurs running amok in the third movie. I want human/dino hybrids now!

Imitation Girl, 2017

A wonderfully weird little movie that owes much to the similar Under The Skin. Lauren Ashley Carter was very good in her dual roles.

Tau, 2018

I really was hoping this was going to be a fun update of Demon Seed. I couldn’t have been more wrong or bored.

Hereditary, 2018

The most shocking aspect of the movie is that there were no jump scares whatsoever. What a refreshing change of pace. The movie was very unsettling mostly because I had no idea where it was going next, I was just along for the ride.

The Hurricane Heist, 2018

Almost reaches “So bad Its Good” status for me. Too bad they squandered such a great title on a middle of the road movie.

Pacific Rim: Uprising, 2018

John Boyega seems like the only one having any kind of fun here. I was very happy to see that 90% of the action happened in broad daylight. That rarely happens in these type of movies.