A Star is Born, and Elle Fanning is that Star Recently, I’ve been given two Indies about rock stars and their ambitions. “Her Smell” was a fresh take on a 90s punk […]
Teen Spirit
The Curse of La Llorona
Avoid this loud, bombastic, and idiotic Conjuring-type nightmare while you can I’m having trouble saying “La Llorona” the correct way, although I remember hearing the deceased great grandmother singing the song in […]
Breakthrough
A matter of life and death is given a persistent attitude The only religious movies I review nowadays are ones that are filled with ambition. Most of the time, I’ve been skipping […]
Ben-Hur
Happy Birthday Dear Ben-Hur, Happy Birthday to You. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of its release, here’s my review of “Ben-Hur.” I honestly doubt today’s generation would watch the original 1959 “Ben-Hur” […]
Her Smell
A junkie rock star ruins hers and everyone’s lives, but not for the audience. My father sometimes told me that if Janis Joplin stopped doing drugs, she would still be alive today. […]
Hellboy (2019)
Bloody Hell, is this reboot violent and loud? I was having a small discussion the other day with a friend of my uncle’s. He was saying that he barely goes to the […]
Little
Little is too small to be Big. It’s no surprise that “Little” is like “Big” in reverse. In that movie, a kid becomes Tom Hanks because of a wish, and in this […]
Missing Link
Another charmer for Laika, if not a stop-motion masterpiece I’ve been curious about how movie-goers have been treating stop-motion animated films lately. For one thing, “Early Man,” a goofy Aardman entry, got […]
Under the Silver Lake
Hollywood nostalgia can’t even save this stranger than fiction LA mystery There’s probably a good reason why “Under the Silver Lake” went from a Summer release to a Holiday release to a […]
Hellboy (2004)
To prepare you for the new version, here’s my review of the original The new “Hellboy” is coming to theaters this Friday, and in order to compare and contrast with it, why […]
