As of this writing, it’s January 12th, and I’ve already watched my second foreign language film of the year! I wonder how long it took me to watch a non-English movie in 2025? (Actually, the answer to that depends on whether Flow counts or not. It’s a foreign made picture, sure, but it has no language to speak of) Anyway, today’s movie comes to you … Continue reading No Other Choice Review
It’s wild to me that K-Pop Demon Hunters is still in Netflix’s Top Ten movies daily all of these months later (as of this writing). No one saw that flick coming, man. What a phenomenon. Anyway, I still check every few days to see what is worth watching on the streaming giant, and Rumi, Mira, and Zoey are assuredly still on the list staring back … Continue reading Stone Cold Fox Review
Bust out your fanciest formalwear because today’s movie review is a Dutch offering that was in consideration for Best International Feature for the 2026 Academy Awards! Unfortunately, Reedland was not chosen as a finalist for that category at the 98th edition of the Oscars, but just to be in the picture and chosen as your country’s offering is great recognition. So let’s talk about a … Continue reading Reedland Review
It’s time for another review of a screener movie I was sent! Today’s film comes to us from the writer/director Kris McMenamin, and it is called Misfits. It’s your run-of-the-mill Christmas/Wrestling/Family Drama/Coming Of Age story about a group of lifelong friends who lose each other in their early 20’s / late teens, but end up all coming back together when one of them needs them … Continue reading Misfits (2025) Review
I’ve recently watched Full Metal Jacket for the first time, and I’m really struggling trying not to tell people I watched Full Metal Alchemist. I’m not even a huge FMA fan, though I kind of want to be and I own the first several volumes of the manga, but my comic and anime soaked brain somehow has decided that latter series is the pre-eminent “Full … Continue reading Full Metal Jacket Review
For being a child of the 80’s, I am super late to the Die Hard game. A lot of people point to Die Hard as something they put on their calendar for scheduled rewatches. There is, after all, that tedious Christmas movie debate. But for me, it was always one of those “Did I see Die Hard as a kid or not?” movies that I … Continue reading Die Hard With A Vengeance Review
Roofman was a movie that came out recently, and it was one that I had wanted very much to see in theaters. But I never got around to finding the time to do so; it came and left the cinema pretty quickly without leaving too much sign of its existence. Luckily, it was a short-lived break between its theatrical window and its streaming one, as … Continue reading Roofman Review
I feel like it’s been a while since I did a truly OLD movie in these Blast From The Past reviews. And by “truly old” I definitely mean “from at least before I was born”. And hey: I’m truly old as it is, so that just works out as an easy way to measure these things. You know, now that I think of it… you … Continue reading The Time Machine (1960) Review
Every so often, I am reminded of how little I care for director Todd Phillips. I’ve written on this before, but it’s something I come back to every now and again. If I were to look it up, I would see that Phillips’ exact quote was “Go try to be funny nowadays with this woke culture… There were articles written about why comedies don’t work … Continue reading Oh, Hi! Review
The only celebrity death that ever truly impacted me was Brodie Lee’s, and that was less because of my fandom of him as a wrestler and more about the aftermath of his passing and what his contemporaries had to say about him. And sometimes I feel bad about that. But I have a hard time getting my sadness going for people I have never personally … Continue reading Good Morning Vietnam Review
I know Netflix kind of hangs its hat on shows these days, but I have always been a movie guy, and I’m glad to see they still release so many new original films. I like television programs, sure, but they’re an awful big commitment. Several seasons of several episodes, all lasting between thirty and sixty minutes each. Sometimes much more if you enjoy something like … Continue reading Train Dreams Review
When your favorite movie is from a particular sub-genre, it can mean one of two things. You either grade that sub-genre really kindly because you know you love it, or you grade it harshly because any competition has an uphill battle to measure up. With me, my favorite movie is somehow NOT from the horror genre, which shocks even me. No, my favorite film of … Continue reading Fight Or Flight Review
I just recently, as of this writing, passed one hundred movies released in 2025 watched. In that hundred films, I’ve obviously seen a lot of movies in theaters and that were big, major releases (Predator: Badlands was officially #100, for instance), but you don’t get to that figure without finding a lot of independent flicks on streaming services. When you watch a lot of indie … Continue reading Don’t Log Off Review
Guys. Guys, I think I like musicals, guys. And this has been a really disappointing revelation in my life. I guess I always wanted to be one of those people that was “too cool” for musicals. “Why is everyone just busting out until song?” I’d ask. “Why are the extras in the background happily partaking in their music?”. It all seems so odd, right? Aliens … Continue reading Sing Street Review
I need to watch more of the classic Universal Horror features from the 1930’s through 1950’s. I’ve seen a handful of them, sure, but there are several more out there. For instance, I have skipped The Mummy and The Phantom Of The Opera because I had heard they didn’t quite measure up to the rest. But maybe I’ll dig them anyway when I try them … Continue reading Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Review
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