It should send a chill down your spine. When you see “The Ice Tower,” and acknowledge that it’s inspired by “The Snow Queen,” don’t expect Idina Menzel to show up. Expect a […]
The Ice Tower
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The Smashing Machine, Bone Lake, Anemone, Coyotes, and Play Dirty Podcast Reviews
CJ reviews movies that fight, travel, and bite on the air. I’m part of a radio station known as NEWHD Radio, which not only hires people on the Autism spectrum, but also […]
The Smashing Machine
It gives The Rock a fighting chance to try something different with his acting career. It would make sense that Dwayne Johnson would reconnect with his wrestling days, back when he was […]
Play Dirty
This crime caper doesn’t play fair. The opening of “Play Dirty” looks and sounds like it wants to enter Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh territory with the thieves talking about how the […]
Anemone
Daniel Day-Lewis’ return to acting needs a little more ambition. In 2017, Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting with Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” being his last movie. I did mention […]
Coyotes
This B-movie with coyotes howls too much with cliches and pent up energy. The opening of “Coyotes” suggests that the California wildfires have basically sent coyotes to rural and suburban areas. That’s […]
Bone Lake
These couples are doubled booked with blood and sex. We begin with a naked couple running in the woods from a killer with a crossbow. One of them gets pierced through their […]
One Battle After Another, The Lost Bus, All of You, Dead of Winter, and Eleanor the Great Podcast Reviews
CJ reviews movies that fight, drive, love, and tell one’s story on the air. I’m part of a radio station known as NEWHD Radio, which not only hires people on the Autism […]
Dead of Winter
Almost like a cousin to “Fargo.” “You had to pick the middle of nowhere” is the first line spoken by Emma Thompson’s character Barb. She’s driving with a map through Minnesota in […]
Eleanor the Great
Hear June Squibb tell someone else’s Holocaust tragedy. June Squibb converted to Judaism in the 1950s, and Scarlett Johansson is Jewish, so it should be wise if Johansson directs Squbb in a […]
