A Revisit: Red Dawn (1984)

Full Disclosure: Operating outside of my usual format…I’ve seen Red Dawn many times over the years, so this is not a kneejerkreaction in my usual sense. That being said, my initial reaction, going WAY back through the mists of time, still sticks with me, and compels me to scribble some scribbles about this unique product of […]

Captive State (2019)

I like surprises…usually. And today I felt like I needed a surprise, something unexpected, so out of the two most intriguing flicks on The Big Screen right now, this and Marvel’s…er…Captain Marvel, I went with this one. Now despite my own admitted superhero fatigue, I do still like me a good Marvel flick. With only […]

Get Out (2017)

Right off the bat, I’ll admit that I’m not a ‘comedy’ guy. Don’t get me wrong, I like fun and laughter as much as the next dude, but when it comes to my visual entertainment, comedy is not my default, as any quick perusal of my past reviews will confirm. So, with that in mind, […]

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

It’s been a bit of time since my last review, which was written shortly before my Dad, at only 63, passed away due to a completely unnecessary and negligent work accident (very much not of his doing). Needless to say, my priorities have undergone some serious realignment, in my day-to-day activities and in Life overall. But […]

Aquaman (2018)

To paraphrase Chris Pine’s ‘Darwin Tremor’ character from Joe Carnahan’s horribly underrated flick Smokin Aces – ‘Sometimes…Life just up n fucks ya.’ I say this because recently I’ve been distracted from my normal pace of review out-put by a Priority Situation in that a serious medical issue that has befallen someone very dear to me […]

Terminal (2018)

Style over substance. Admittedly, that’s the first thing that zipped through my mind as this one got going. But…that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Terminal is another of those small, but interesting-looking ‘film noir’ movies (along with Hotel Artemis) that popped onto The Scene in among all the expected Blockbusters that we were bombarded with […]

Live by Night (2016)

Occasionally a movie pops up in the theatre that I have every intention of checking out but, for whatever reason, I just don’t get the chance (damn you, Life!!!). This is one of those titles. My main two reasons for wanting to check it out were the directing talents of Ben Affleck, and the time […]

Overlord (2018)

As anyone who’s read even just a few of my past movie scribbles can attest…I’m a sucker for a good WW2 flick. And, it just so happens, that I’m also a fan of weird freaky Cronenbergian body-horror type shit too, so when I first heard murmurings of this flick’s existence, I was intrigued right off […]

Venom (2018)

While I was a huge comic book collector / nerd as a kid, Spider-Man wasn’t one of those heroes I glommed onto. I don’t know why…Spidey n I just never connected. Sure, I had a few issues, particularly the McFarlane run in the early 90’s, but I never went out of my way to seek […]

The Accountant (2016)

I always intended to hit this one up when it hit The Big Screen, but for some reason, Life got in the way…and I missed it. I generally like Ben Affleck, both as an actor and as a writer / director, so that had my attention already, but I was also intrigued by the high-concept […]