Following a whirlwind romance, Katie follows Jay to Los Angeles to spend a few more days with him. After he has to leave for work, she is left alone in his apartment where odd things are happening at an accelerating rate.
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Den of Thieves (2018)
A group of bank thieves has come onto the radar of the LA Sheriff’s special unit. As they plan an audacious heist, the Sheriff and his men are doing all they can to stop them.
The Misguided (2018)
After getting mixed into something with his brother Wendel, Levi must find a way to help his brother and not lose Sanja, his new girlfriend with whom he is planning to leave town.
Proud Mary (2018)
More “Leon: The Professional” than “Atomic Blonde,” Babak Najafi’s “Proud Mary” is a classic tribute to the blaxploitation films of the seventies that wears its intentions on its sleeves. It’s a film that feels like it would have been made in 1978 with Pam Grier as Mary, Bernie Casey as her ex-lover mobster boss. I wouldn’t be quick to call it a masterpiece, but through and through, it’s a sweet tribute, with some well drawn characters that’s almost brought down by its flaws in storytelling and editing.
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Luis Buñuel’s 1962 feature has inspired debate and discussion for more than a half-century. It would not be rude to say that it could also inspire impatience and boredom.
Check Please! (2017)
Adam and Steve; are sitting in the middle of a café going over their feelings after a blind date, until Steve comes out to Adam and admits something about their hook up the night before. It’s not long until Adam has to deal with the insanity as Steve comes completely clean. I really liked the set up of “Check Please!” as it felt like a comedy skit that thankfully never wore on.
One Million B.C. (1940) [Blu-Ray]
At one time One Million BC was considered a real hit at the box office and even earned some Academy Award nominations. Today it’s a pretty clunky albeit ambitious movie that predates Roland Emerich’s “10,000 B.C.” by decades where it tells the tale of a group of cavemen and cavewomen with perfect hair and make up, trying to survive in the wastelands. Said wastelands include dogs dressed as elephants, giant badgers fighting giant snakes, and a lot of stunt animals over a flat screen blown up to look like dinosaurs. Saving the effort of claymation and stop motion, the effect is a major dud most times, as the animals never really look all too menacing.